Billy Talent's New Song At Least Has An Awesome Title.

Billy Talent have been slowly working away on their fourth album, which theoretically should see release later this year.  To reward fans who have been waiting for new material, they've posted up a new song called Viking Death March on their website.

Now, I'm no expert on Vikings, but to me the lyrical content of the track seems to be speaking more to one percenters than ancient Norse warriors (example: "Rats fighting for scraps / Siphon the gas from your tank / Left your pockets empty / As they laughed to the bank").  Of course, the title may be an excuse for a video wherein Vikings hack one percenters to bits with axes, which would be pretty entertaining.

At any rate, I'm not here to argue the literalness of the title, I'm here to give you a listen:




Time will tell whether or not Viking Death March is even on Billy Talent's new album, let alone whether or not it's a single.  Frankly, I'm hoping this ends up being a B-side.  It's not such a bad song, but it's not really anything they haven't done ad nauseum over their ten year career.  I'm not the biggest fan of their work, but I can surmise that if this is the best they've got in 2012 (after a three year gap between new songs), we may be in for a bit of a stinker.

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