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Dragonheads | ||||
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Released | 15 February 2006 | |||
Recorded | November 2005 | |||
Studio | Sonic Pump Studios | |||
Genre | Folk metal, melodic death metal | |||
Length | 25:55 | |||
Label | Spinefarm | |||
Ensiferum chronology | ||||
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