Bathory – Nordland II (2003)
Nordland II continues where Nordland I left off, but my interest is not as high for this one. Perhaps it would have been different in “real time”, with a year or whatever between the two albums, but back-to-back these two feel like one bloated, overly-long record. It is also an unfortunate reality that many of the least interesting songs are placed here on Nordland II. Don’t get me wrong, I need to speak plainly in order to get my point across in just a paragraph or two, but Nordland II is far from the least inspiring record in the Bathory canon.
My favourite track, for what it’s worth, is “The Land” (say it with me in a J-Dawg voice!)