Land is the fourth full-length album by the Faroese Viking / folk metal band Týr. It is a multilingual album with vocals in Faroese, English, Norwegian, Danish in Sinklars Vísa and Icelandic in Brennivín. It was released on 30 May 2008 through Napalm Records.[5] The album is based on Nordic folklore. The final track is a new version of the song "Hail to the Hammer" which originally appeared on a demo in 2000, and again on How Far To Asgaard in 2002.
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Studio album by Týr | ||||
Released | 30 May 2008 | |||
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Length | 68:22 | |||
Label | Napalm | |||
Producer | Týr | |||
Týr chronology | ||||
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Blabbermouth.net | 6.5/10[3] |
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Gandkvæði Tróndar" | J.H.O. Djurhuus (1881–1948) | Traditional Faeroese, arr. Heri Joensen | 4:10 |
2. | "Sinklars Vísa" | Edvard Storm | Traditional Danish, Heri Joensen | 4:55 |
3. | "Ocean" | Heri Joensen | Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese | 10:07 |
4. | "Gátu Ríma" | Traditional Faeroese | Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen | 5:38 |
5. | "Brennivín" | Heri Joensen, Björn S. Blöndal (1893–1980) | Heri Joensen, Traditional Icelandic | 4:58 |
6. | "Fípan Fagra" | Traditional Faeroese | Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen | 5:49 |
7. | "Valkyrjan" | Heri Joensen | Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese, Edvard Grieg, Traditional Norwegian | 5:05 |
8. | "Lokka Táttur" | Traditional Faeroese | Traditional Faeroese, Swedish, Heri Joensen | 6:02 |
9. | "Land" | Heri Joensen, J.H.O. Djurhuus, Hávamál | Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese | 16:19 |
10. | "Hail to the Hammer" | Heri Joensen | Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese | 5:19 |
Total length: | 68:22 |
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