MORGUL BLADE's sophomore album delivers righteous headbanging anthems. Songs like the title track and "Beneath the Black Sails" lean into their love of Tolkien lore, with the arena rock attitude inspired by Dokken and the Scorpions.
Other tracks like "Frostwyrm Calvary" attack with the ice cold speed of classic black metal.
More ambitious yet are "Razor Sharp" and "Neither Cross Nor Crown," which speak to the band's working class attitude and disdain for zealotry.
"Heavy Metal Wraiths" is an instant classic blackened epic heavy metal album.
Album cover by James Bousema.
Side A:
1. Eagle Strike / 2. Beneath the Black Sails / 3. Heavy Metal Wraiths / 4. Frostwyrm Cavalry / 5. Widow's Lament
Side B:
6. Spider God / 7. Razor Sharp / 8. A Welcoming Hearth / 9. Neither Cross Nor Crown / 10. The Last in a Line of Kings
