Battlemaster 'Warthirsting & Winterbound' CD

<a href="http://battlemaster.bandcamp.com/album/warthirsting-winterbound">Warthirsting & Winterbound by Battlemaster</a>   The most notable heavy metal names synonymous with the state of Virginia nowadays are certainly in the vein of Lamb of God or Darkest Hour. But what about a band that sounds so blatantly Scandinavian that the keenest of ears would dub them as Norsemen in a nanosecond? Richmond, VA’s Battlemaster have more than likely delivered such false impressions in their brief history. One spin of Warthirsting & Winterbound will certainly cement this belief. The sound radiates back and forth from epic Immortal-sounding guitar marches to colder and bleaker Amon Amarth-styled chugging. This is all topped off by the mixing of standard death metal growls with an almost asexual-sounding screeching. Warthirsting & Winterbound is, without a doubt, a sampling of some of the best bits of European met