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Lord_Lexy, January 13th, 2011  Heri Joensen, mastermind behind
progressive Viking metallers Týr, recently started a side
project: Heljareyga, named after a special hole in rock near the
sea shore. Because I like Týr, and the artwork for the album
looks impressive, I got the album. The few first things I noted
were that everything is sung in Faeroese, and the songs average
around 9 minutes length. Risky, because you might start to bore
the listener. Luckily, that doesn’t happen.  Joensen often uses
traditional melodies and songs as a basis for Týr material, and
mixes them up with progressive metal. That’s not how Heljareyga
works. All songs are original material by Joensen, no
folk/Viking but the recognizable sound from Joensen’s other band
is present. A good thing. The album kicks off with the nine-
minute song Regnið. An