Swedish throwback metal! Shirtless singers! Cool vocals! Skybound from Grand Magus has it all! The band’s been kicking it since 1996, and they have a great tight sound that comes from years of working together.

I hadn’t heard them before, because I’m a sheltered baby man metal head. But the singer has a great voice, and might be allergic to shirts. The main riff on the song is catchy as hell, and the solo reinforces it really well. Properly noodly while still following the progression, just a tight solo.

The video is a studio shoot interspersed with some live shots. I think JK Simmons could play the guitarist if they did a biopic of the band. And it’d be pretty rad. Given the size of the crowds in the shots, I don’t know if the US could contain them. Or they have contained them and the band currently isn’t coming back to the US anytime soon. Regardless, I’d want to see them live. Then go drive a trans-am covered in skulls into battle.