Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Britain may be, in some eyes, the epitome of Metal and the often derided, and yet fulfilling, centre of the Progressive movement, but there is no denying the sense of beauty and epic which comes from the heartlands of Scandinavia, that the ability to weave a glorious tale that unmistakably captures the essence of old Norse sagas and stories that brought to life the world of heroes such as Beowulf, of Thor, and Odin.