{"id":1624,"date":"2014-10-26T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2014-10-26T01:29:01","modified_gmt":"2014-10-26T01:29:01","slug":"einherjer-av-oss-for-oss-album-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/1624","title":{"rendered":"Einherjer – Av Oss, For Oss = Album Of The Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"av-oss-for-oss\"<\/a>Oh the dilemmas of the modern world. I’m sitting here thinking Judas Priest<\/b> has put out a phenomenal album, perhaps worthy of the coveted AotY<\/b> title. But then, let’s not forget Exodus<\/b> has never actually released a bad album (thus making them the best metal band ever, when I think of it that way.) I loved this band, then they broke up, damnit…but then they got back together and have ‘won’ my AotY<\/b> in 2004 AND<\/b> 2010! Wait!!! At The Gates<\/b> – back from the dead, the first new album since 1995’s masterpiece Slaughter Of The Soul<\/b>. I remember that album coming out and then them breaking up. The production is insanely good and the album is spectacular. Is it good enough for AotY<\/b>?!?! <\/p>\n

So, Einherjer<\/b>. I loved this band from compilations and word of mouth in the mid-90s. I bought Odin Owns Ye All<\/b> and…well…I pretty much hate it. Then, some good stuff and after Blot<\/b>, they TOO broke up. WTF? But, they TOO came back from the dead and while I liked<\/i> Norr\u00f8n<\/b>, I didn’t love it. The first single from the new album…OK. The whole album is now available for streaming. Let’s check it out. OMFG! I expected 70s rock + viking death sorta. I don’t know if that’s what I got but I friggin’ LOVE<\/b> it! It’s catchy, melodic, folk-inspired, groovy…I don’t know what to say. I’d read some iffy reviews of Norr\u00f8n<\/b> and think it got a bad rap. Av Oss, For Oss translates to By Us, For Us. Hell, if this is what they want to put out, I’ll buy their shit for life! The more I listen, the more I think it may usurp the kings…Judas Priest<\/b>, Exodus<\/b>, At The Gates<\/b>. It already passed The Haunted<\/b>, Insomnium<\/b> and Vintersorg<\/b>. Damn, I love this record. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh the dilemmas of the modern world. I’m sitting here thinking Judas Priest has put out a phenomenal album, perhaps worthy of the coveted AotY title. But then, let’s not forget Exodus has never actually released a bad album (thus making them the best metal band ever, when I think of it that way.) I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-blog","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1626,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions\/1626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}