the group got unfairly boycotted by extremist environmentalists who attacked the lead singer for honouring his cultural heritage, exposing themselves as closed-minded radicals.
Is the frontman of Týr a whaler? They're faroese, this has to be about whaling right? regardless this review set off my 
@corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net I don't think prog/folk metal is your jam but you might be interested
It's a shame, the album's really good
I might have to make :hitler-metal-detector:, where the partical detector's got Varg's face in the background or something
I get more of a bad vibe off of the reviewer in that one bit. I don't know enough about those isles and whaling traditions to say much more. Maybe it is like when colonist environmentalists seem eager to jump on Inuit seal-hunting practices?
But also, not sure if whaling there is actually more of an indigenous thing or if it's people taking advantage of loopholes to sate some rich bastards elsewhere.
idk that the faroese islands count as colonized but maybe I'm wrong about that idk
conquered and ruled by the danish crown for centuries i expect. it probably wasnt a nice overlordship, but settler colonialist genocide it wasnt. danish rule was light enough that the faroese language survives to this day.