metalmessage.de (9/10)
When drummer Harald Magne Revheim and bassist Stein Sund, both ex-members of Norwegian cult bands Enslaved resp. Einherjer, joined forces with keyboard man Nils Harald Revheim Johansen in 1998, they didn't know what they were in for. But style-wise, they knew what they wanted – and they all wanted the same: unique, epic, and classic Viking Metal. After a longer break, this is the third impressive Northman studio attack on your eardrums: a mighty opus containing the best of Scandinavian pagan steel so far. "Ignored By Fear" is much more melodious, often more captivating and anthemic when compared to "Worshipped By Chaos, the last album (released 2005), including some exciting progressive elements, delivered versatile and skillfully by the Thundra boys.
© Markus Eck
