★★★★★
"The disc is composed of totally unrestrained, pummeling chaos that never lets up for seven solid tracks of sonic destruction." You've got to hand it to the Swedes - when they go black metal, they don't pull any punches. Tending to even be more abrasive and soul destroying than their Norwegian brethren, Valkyra's new album "The Antagonist's Fire" is no exception to this rule...
- www.metalunderground.com
2013-11-14
★★★★★
At first glance, Valkyrja seems an appealing enough dilution of extreme metal. After all, you've got the melodic sensibility of Dissection; the more physical, riff-oriented approach of Satyricon; the classic tremolo-picking style of Darkthrone; the lavish production of Dimmu Borgir; and even a touch of the blackened death metal brutality of Behemoth, all wrapped up in one slick package...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
"Valkyrja was knocked for the atmospheric Opeth-style interludes on their first album, and have almost completely removed those from 'Contamination,' and the result is an endless black metal bashing." Valkyrja is the latest in the long line of Scandinavian black metal acts to be hailed as the next big band. Their debut full-length was reissued in 2009 by Metal Blade after bouncing around for a couple years on vinyl and cassette...
- www.metalunderground.com
2010-12-21