The only cover of an actual metal song on the list ... as the lead track on the band’s first EP and they even made a ...

Sounds to listen out for in the introduction to our song include metal instruments (gongs and anvils), loud horn-calls and fanfares.

"Because I played on his solo album, so we have a connection. We're friends. He's awesome." ...

The song describes the realms of the Viking world - Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc - and in the story the goddess Freya ventures into the world of the goblins. 3. Goblins a go-go! collection3.

Where heavy metal, heady psych ... make sense in the brain of NPR Music's Lars Gotrich and are documented on his Viking's Choice newsletter.