The sound is decidedly American. I can't quite put my finger on it, but for some reason American metal bands sound totally different than European ones. In this case, certainly the voice, but even the first three guitar chords are a dead giveaway.
Now for some nice German Pagan Metal:
Menhir - Hildebrandslied Pt. 1
Menhir - Hildebrandslied Pt. 2
This is truly awesome and deserves a closer explanation: the Hildebrandslied (Lay of Hildebrand) is one of the oldest works written in German language, dating from the 9th Century, i.e. over a thousand years old. This band took the actual, Old High German lyrics and shaped it into a melody.
It starts like this:
Ik gihorta dat seggen,
dat sih urhettun ænon muotin,
Hiltibrant enti Hadubrant untar heriun tuem.
sunufatarungo iro saro rihtun.
garutun se iro gudhamun, gurtun sih iro suert ana,
helidos, ubar hringa, do sie to dero hiltiu ritun.
I heard tell this tale
That challengers met
Hildebrand and Hadubrand, between two hosts
Son and father prepared their armour
readied their battle-gear, buckled their swords
the heroes, over their maille, as they rode to battle
(I've seen Menhir live on stage, just great, they all dress up in authentic Germanic garbs of that era, really impressive)
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