Dave Brockie has been memorialized again – only this time in a manner that would've made his monstrous alter-ego Oderus Urungus chortle with glee. The late Gwar frontman was given a Viking funeral at ...

Gwar frontman Dave Brockie and his alter ego Oderus Urungus were sent off in a blaze of glory as his fans and bandmates paid their respects with a Viking Funeral on Friday. The ceremony took place ...

For those unfamiliar, a Viking funeral is a ceremony where the deceased is laid in a boat or stone ship and given grave offerings in accordance with their earthly profession. Afterward, the ship is ...

Five months after his death by heroin overdose, GWAR’s Dave Brockie has finally been given a sendoff fitting of his legacy as the band’s vile frontman Oderus Urungus. As part of the inauguration of ...

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a World War II veteran’s Viking longship carrying his ashes on Sept. 29, as requested. The doors to Valhalla are open to a New Jersey veteran given a Viking funeral by ...

While many storage units are used to house furniture, documents or cars, Springfieldian Kyle Scheele has a 16 foot-tall, 30 foot-long Viking ship in his unit in Rogersville, Missouri. For ...

This is the moment a Viking-style river cremation was given to a pet gerbil. The beloved rodent called Nibbles had a funeral fitting of a Norse warrior. The gerbil passed away and his body was placed ...

The historic Leif Erikson Viking ship, long neglected in Duluth, has finally found a forever home on the North Shore. Photo courtesy of Paul von Goertz of the Knife River Heritage and Cultural Center ...