Holy Martyr Invincible

2011, They have the square powerful riffs, never self-centred and perfectly fitting the context; they have the arrangements, that are refined to the small details as far as guitar interlacements (with an axe that maintains the main riff and the other which weaves harmonies to increase the depth) and the rhythmical section (with a bass that can dominate without exaggerating); they have the themes, having understood perfectly that an Italian band that repeats the Viking cliché for the 100th time is just boring, so it's better to recover the thicker Mediterranean tradition: they have the refrains, and what refrains! This is where the fragile destiny of such an album are cast, and Holy Martyr can give the creeps. They have all an epic metal fan can expect!