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Land (Týr album)

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Land
Studio album by
Released30 May 2008
Genre
Length68:22
LabelNapalm
ProducerTýr
Týr chronology
Ragnarok
(2006)
Land
(2008)
By the Light of the Northern Star
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
AllMusic[2]
Blabbermouth.net6.5/10[3]
Lords of Metal[4]

Land is the fourth studio album by Faroese 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.

Track listing

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Land track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Gandkvæði Tróndar"J.H.O. Djurhuus (1881–1948)Traditional Faeroese, arr. Heri Joensen4:10
2."Sinklars Vísa"Edvard StormTraditional Danish, Heri Joensen4:55
3."Ocean"Heri JoensenHeri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese10:07
4."Gátu Ríma"Traditional FaeroeseTraditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen5:38
5."Brennivín"Heri Joensen, Björn S. Blöndal (1893–1980)Heri Joensen, Traditional Icelandic4:58
6."Fípan Fagra"Traditional FaeroeseTraditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen5:49
7."Valkyrjan"Heri JoensenHeri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese, Edvard Grieg, Traditional Norwegian5:05
8."Lokka Táttur"Traditional FaeroeseTraditional Faeroese, Swedish, Heri Joensen6:02
9."Land"Heri Joensen, J.H.O. Djurhuus, HávamálHeri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese16:19
10."Hail to the Hammer"Heri JoensenHeri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese5:19
Total length:68:22

References

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  1. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Tyr - Land". About.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ Monger, James Christopher. Land at AllMusic
  3. ^ Ogle, Ryan. "TYR - Land". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ Tyr - Land Lords of Metal. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Tyr Delay New Album, 'Land', and Reveal Artwork". metalunderground.com. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 25 March 2021.