Viking - Man of Straw [FULL ALBUM]

[@BBMetalKing]

I teach high school math in Anaheim CA. During Covid, I play tunes before classes start and each day has a theme. Today is thrashing Thursdays and this album is playing.

[@dowens3781]

Nice 🤘

[@apocalypsethrash]

Well done!

[@ebozyn]

@@apocalypsethrash WTF is covid? Whatever it is, you're teach during it. You make it sound challenging.

[@zerox5552]

Next week play Assassin: bullets

[@superbowlofselfabuse]

Wish I had you as a teacher back in the day. Do your students enjoy it?

[@josealfredoandrade407]

Underrated band, should've been big. Underground probably makes them more a true gem 🤘

[@dowens3781]

First time hearing this band. They're a lot better than I expected. Clean tight riffing, interesting and fairly unique guitar leads, and pretty good vocals - many thrash metal bands are lacking in the latter department.

[@rodrigotorresl76]

Totalmente sorprendido por este discazo... siempre me gustó el thrash metal.. pero no sabía de esta banda.. este es un disco lleno de energía, potentes riffs... una poderosa voz... envolventes cambios de ritmo.. gran trabajo del bajo... aplastante la bateria... definitivamente para repetir su escucha... Increíble que no destaque entre lo más sobresaliente del género.

[@michael_mayerscraft7707]

Fue su único álbum de estudio y se separó la banda. Tragedia ocurrida en muchas de las posibles exitosas bandas emergentes de los 80's.

[@S.O.D.M.O.D.]

1988 'Do or Die"

[@natala653]

Thanks❤Спасибо❤За Вашу ❤Информацию, о группе!!!👋🌠🫶🌠👍💬📝🎵👀​👂💫✨🎵‼️🎼💫✨💯🎯@@michael_mayerscraft7707

[@metalshuricks.a.8430]

Трэш доживал тогда последние золотые денечки... Ещё год-два и придёт эра долбаного гранджа и тупой альтернативы.... А данный релиз хорош! Viking представивший злой трзш с явным влиянием Bay Area, является далеко не самой известной гр., но по музыке на этом диске не уступает своим более популярным собратьям по оружию. Вокальная линия втихоря напоминает Dark Angel. Жалко, что гр. ушла в никуда. Очень классный, даже в чем-то легендарный, альбом!

[@asphyxdeath]

Очень кайфовая банда, случайно услышал, на работе лазил в ютубе в поисках трешака и они мелькнула, думаю дай послушаю и в цель, я так то восновном &дэт слушаю уже лет 30, трешака тоже много банд люблю, а тут такое музло в цель🤘

[@MARSHOMEWORLD]

I hear a lot of the guitar melody/harmony style that Bret would later contribute to Dark Angel. This is a VERY good thrash album.

[@jfkbananero4658]

gran banda ¡¡¡ puro thrash metal.. tuve la opotuninan de verlos en vivo. simplemente grandiosos¡¡¡

[@GoldenGateNum9]

The album which Leave Scars tried to be, 11:42 Pure adrenalin for me🤘😆 prob the most ferocious song on the album, reminds me of something from Possessed Seven Churches 👌 wish this talented band never disbanded after this, they were onto something special.. imo they were prob about to record their classic after this, you can really hear it coming.. Metal till the end 🤘♥️🎸1:19 - 23:44 and that guitar tone!, 29:34 viscious, amazing songs🤘

[@Starlesschild]

White Death, The Trial, Winter, The beautiful and coragious Benatar cover.. Perfect! When I was a boy, in 1991 I found this LP at 3000 ITA.Lire. (€1,50),Because of cover artwork I think,a fuorviant moniker, and last but no least The Twillight of Thrash Golden Age!

[@And.caboclo]

Nostálgico tempos da adolescência. Thrash Till Death!!!!

[@rodrigotorneria5662]

SIMPLEMENTE TREMENDOS!!!

[@BrianHarrisDrummer]

Great thrash! You can definitely hear the Dark Angel in there. I think the vocalist sounds like a mix of Ron Reinhart (Dark Angel) and Kyle Thomas (Exhorder)

[@deivid66609]

Yes!!! In leave scares the vocalist's participated in a song.

[@viking90706]

Actually, you can hear the !VIKING! in {Dark Angel}

[@fabioarbelaez1706]

un gran discazo para tenerlo en colecion y me recuerda al time does not heal de dark angel

[@viking90706]

Gracias !V!

[@МихаилСмирнов-й2н]

Очень неплохой альбом!

[@stuartturner3687]

Brilliant album that l happen to own on vinyl and cd great stuff

[@jonathanbarnes3061]

Glen Rogers said this is a number one choice for top thrash bar non. Good pick says aye. 💪⚡🎸

[@ValentijnTwisk]

.....been playing this record over & over, year in year out, since the day it came out ... My apologies to the world, i just bought my 2nd copy of the vinyl, as when I play side B, i hear fragments of side A ;-) All metal hail to the Eriksen brothers....

[@mongo426]

still have this record

[@stuartturner3687]

This absolutely kicks arse well worth investing in this album for sure

[@jnordne2]

What the hell? I love Do or Die and gave this a listen a while back and wasn't impressed for some reason. Just revisited it and it's freaking amazing. What is my problem?

[@jonathanbarnes3061]

Happens sometimes the hearer must be prepared for epic inpartation of metal inspiration or the true genius can be cloaked till time of perfect hearing.

[@GoldenGateNum9]

@jnordne2 Same 👋.. its a grower, some metal albums need a few spins and in time grows on you, think it depends on your mood and where you are in life also, you listen to some albums and hear them differently than before.. Metal Till The End 🤘♥️🎸

[@iwantoutnow]

this is the thrash metal I love

[@belial333]

yeahhh

[@zerox5552]

You like?

[@DSWEIG]

I have this album on the way courtesy of Amazon! \m/

[@apocalypsethrash]

How did u menage to get a free album like this? Lol that’s awesome!

[@ChrisA2617]

This is a great album. Vocals are a cross between RJD and Blackie Lawless. Very freakin' impressive

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

This album is epic

[@Melankolssk]

wow really nice album !! yeah !!

[@MAKORJV]

Album perfecto.

[@tcrassus]

This is a very good album.

[@westhao2718]

On Tour Now!

[@dean1618]

My mate lent me this album n I loved it instantly.

[@JacksonGuitars4Me]

I will take Man of Straw and Do Or Die and No Child Left Behind with me to the grave. I remember i had to bid $47 on ebay to get Man Of Straw on cd but it was worth every penny. Viking \m/

[@tugspeedman2091]

JacksonGuitars4Me or you could've got a CD and downloaded every song on to it but hey whatever

[@kultenhughes6612]

that's also illegal and don't you want to support the band

[@tomaszwesoowskifromlechist6222]

Honestly School of Slayer and Over kill,but very solid and energetic.I like sound of guitar and vocal.For me obscure diamond.

[@salisramek324]

yes yes

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

First time listening. Sounds like second wave of thrash metal

[@hmpz36911]

Damn, I never heard this one. Killer intro and production.

[@cfdabull]

the drums ast the beginning if 3 are brutal

[@facanacaveirafacanacaveira7521]

Essa banda white metal alguém sabe dizer

[@diogopedronerydasilvacruz945]

Rxcelente!!!

[@PedroPedro-lb4rw]

Jóia

[@FranciscoJCamargoLupoNegro]

Fuxing sick!

[@kevinfhaney]

i seen these guys live in da 80s

[@davidgrainger4807]

where do all these not planetwide known bands come from?

[@rubinamartin6690]

" the metal underground is where the true heart and soul of the genre are.the breathtaking innovation and astounding talent displayed by so many bands is purely because they,like us,are passionate about the worlwide beast that is heavy metal in all its forms.bro,there is some astounding thrash especially to be found from all corners of the earth if youre to dig a little deeper. " i almost cry

[@KunalMukherjee3701]

Wish they toured more

[@TheAlienPunker]

This album makes my loins moist

[@cartoondog800]

Can we all just take a moment to savor the delicious irony that the lead singer of a band called Viking became a born again Christian?

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Yeah but not long after he saw the light and then became a born again Metal Head once again 🤘😆 true story 🙏🏻

[@a.f.p2880]

Awwsoommeeeeee....!!!!

[@erisusanto8550]

mantapppp

[@elvissorna8861]

Damn, I thought this wouldn't match up to Do or Die. Fucking awesome riffs! While not as fast, this has more well written structured songs in my opinion.

[@vitorsoutosp2066]

Pesadasso

[@creepygeorgie148]

STILL TRASHING IN 2019🤘😈🤘

[@sergetartare5341]

helooooo.... very good

[@stuartturner3687]

Found this on record at my local record store while I was waiting for the CD 💿 of it I bought on ebay so I decided fuck it and bought the record as well $30 Australian

[@racewiththefalcons1]

Who still writes thrash metal like this?

[@SteveOzilla]

crank it

[@laurentsimons4560]

it's like exhorder!who no it? nice band viking you kick ass

[@bilrogar]

The first song intro is all NES Ninja Gaiden.

[@MrMegaigg]

Pure old school speed-trash fucking metal!!!!!

[@espiralinfinito7040]

alice cooper picture on the album ? jajajaja

[@mrnk88]

Disco fudido de bão!

[@jesusvergas396]

music hellraiser

[@gregtenedine7817]

Perfect Example of Metal and Why its My Preference for every band that made it big ther were Literally 5000 bands in Ur locale Area that were Incredidble to say the least Much like the Dinosours the nickle bag & cars that had enough room to Poke Ur Girlfriend in the rear without Risk of Breaking Something Well The Fat Lady Sang Her Last HIT Yeah Its Over But on the Bright Side theres tons of existing Albums one better than the Next

[@arthurovpatto7910]

💀foda💀

[@darwleg]

Why a Michael Jackson picture on the album cover ? xD

[@salenarbelinski7677]

+darwleg Goddamn, Mike was uglier than that.

[@grzegorzcp6435]

i thought it is Alice Cooper

[@noonenowherenothing]

because he's bad

[@marcelorto440]

hahahahha

[@havokmendoza899]

Grzegorz CP im going to wrote this

[@luzatomica774]

thrash old rules

[@robykill7388]

Too underrated band.. fuck the system

[@zedjzara678]

what a pish album cover ""judging by Books

[@pikeybot]

Its like Scared Reich meets Gama Bomb.

[@zedjzara678]

again sounds similar to "DRI

[@tab6496]

I don't hear any DRI similarity, I hear more Exodus, Testament and Laaz Rockit type of sound.

[@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358]

Love the music, hate the cover and the lyrics.

[@dowens3781]

What's wrong with the lyrics?

[@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358]

@@dowens3781 I simply hate the lyrics that refer to society, religion, love, life, god, christianity, social and human issues, history, politics and introspection... I adore themes such as evil, nature, individualism, myths, anti-christianity, folklore, death, war, satanism, hatred, winter and pride... That's why I don't listen to thrash metal anymore and I listen to black metal...

[@dowens3781]

@@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358 Really? I much prefer metal bands who write about the former topics - there needs to be much more of them. Fantasy, satanic and gore lyrics are dumb and cheesy to me - I grew out of that stuff when I was 16. I like lyrics that relate to real life, and unless you're actually a Satanist, a sadist or a serial killer, how can a person relate to lyrics about those subjects? It's really immature. Metallica mainly wrote about real life shit (including war, death, mental illness and other dark heavy topics), and they're the greatest metal band ever. Black metal just makes me laugh - a bunch of dorks in corpse paint acting all tough and evil when most of them probably still live at home with their parents.

[@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358]

@@dowens3781 dude, I'm the exact opposite case!!! Life, love, society, religion, politics and christianity sound way too dumb and mainstream to me - I hate these stuff since 15 - and, if you want to know, you can enjoy some lyrical themes no matter which are your personal beliefs (I love satanic lyrics although I'm an atheist)... Rotting Christ and Darkthrone never spoke about social problems or life... Instead, they wrote about occultism and spiritual rebellion and that's why they are fuckin great bands!!! What you say about black metal are right at some point, 'cos the scene is full of posers like king ov hell, gaahl and amaly brown. But black metal as an entity is NOT a bunch of dudes in face paint trying to be evil, is an entire way of life against all trends and fashions, something that bands such as Mayhem, Darkthrone, Satyricon, Emperor, Gorgoroth, Nargaroth, Satanic Warmaster and Rotting Christ show!!! Personally, social themed songs make me feel sick and bored. Like come on, the dudes who write always about real life topics (sociopolitical themes, war and "death") are nothing to me but a bunch of dudes in jackets and jeans who only yell "fuck the system!", "stop the war that capitalism began!" and "the power is ours!", doing nothing but trying to show how politically and socially active they are!!! And I want to mention some dudes who compose stuff about religion and christianity!! They look to me as a handful of religious people who pray for salvation and preach about their christian beliefs all the time, saying "deus vult!" and praising virginity and the "old good medieval times", wanting to show gow great they are!!! Similar goes to those dudes who write about philosophical and abstract themes, to my eyes they look just some silly dudes who want to "think outside the box" and philosophize all the time, reaching the point of insanity (Nergal for example and Gaahl)... But, anyways, it's just my opinion, and what you say it's your opinion, so, I respect your opinion and I decide to end this conversation right now... (By the way, I hate also lyrics about introspection, human conditions, scenery, thoughts, drugs (like my buddy Euronymous), sorrow, morality, mental problems, history, philosophy, humour, passion, gothic themes, romance, emotions and feelings (especially the dark ones)...)

[@dowens3781]

@@emperorsavron-peterdewind0358 So basically you're not socially conscious or in touch with your feelings, so you enjoy music that's fantasy/escapism-based - I get it. To each their own, but as I said, I'm the opposite - I love the early 90's grunge and heavy alternative bands like Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, RATM, Rollins Band, and other who talk about social injustices, personal struggles, and dark feelings.

[@jumpfart666]

vocals still suck

[@GoldenGateNum9]

Erm.. no they don't

[@evilaudio]

+++1 Indeed, a VERY good album!