Pagan metal is kind of an interesting genre. Either people really seem to like it or they really seem to hate it. One of the beefs that I've had with Pagan Metal in the past is that oftentimes it seems kind of silly with a bunch of scruffy looking dudes in battle armor singing what sounds like traditional songs to a metal beat. Lots of times it just doesn't work and the band in question just seems to come off as goofy.
Goofy is definitely NOT the case with Heidevolk's latest "Batavi". According to the press release "Batavi" is some sort of concept album about Germanic tribes fighting against the Roman Empire.
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