Midgard (album)

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Midgard
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Studio album by
Released19 August 2016
StudioIP Studio (Berlin), Valicon Studio 1 (Berlin), Tonschale Studio (Landshut)
Genre Folk rock, pagan folk
Length1:07:00
LanguageGerman
Label We Love Music, Electrola, Universal Music Group
Producer Ingo Politz, Bernd Wendlandt, Alexander Schulz
Faun chronology
Luna (Faun album)
(2014)
Midgard
(2016)
XV – Best Of
(2018)

Midgard is the ninth studio album by the German band Faun, released on 19 August 2016 via Electrola (Universal Music Group). It is the final album to feature Katja Moslehner before her departure in 2017.

Contents

Conception

Midgard is themed around Norse mythology. It also has elements from the Celtic-speaking area. The music takes inspiration from melodies from Sweden and Norway. [1]

Reception

Ulf Kubanke of laut.de wrote positively about the songs "Odin" and "Rabenballade", but described the album overall as sterile and too simple. [2] Matthias Weise of Metal.de wrote that the album contains both the pop-oriented side of Faun, with "Federkleid" as a positive example, and more atmospheric tracks reminiscent of the band's early works. Weise called "Odin" especially gripping due to its interplay between lyrics and music. He described "Gold und Seide", "Brandan" and "Lange Schatten" as weak. Overall he called Midgard a "strong and playful album with great lyrics, dreamy melodies and exciting song structures". [3]

Midgard entered the German album chart on 26 August 2016 as number three, which became its peak position. [4] This was the highest position any Faun album had reached; the previous record was held by Luna (2014) which peaked as number four. [5] Midgard remained on the chart for 13 weeks. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Midgard Prolog"Oliver s. TyrKatja Moslehner, Niel Mitra, Stephan Groth00:50
2."Federkleid"Fiona Frewert, Michael FrewertF. Frewert, Moslehner, s. Tyr, Rüdiger Maul04:42
3."Sonnenreigen (Luchnasad)"F. Frewert, M. Frewert, s. TyrF. Frewert, Moslehner, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth03:54
4."Alba II Intro" Efren Lopez, Mitra01:50
5."Alba II"s. TyrF. Frewert, Moslehner, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth06:10
6."Nacht des Nordens"s. TyrF. Frewert, Moslehner, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth05:34
7."Mac Beth"s. TyrF. Frewert, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth05:57
8."Gold & Seide"Moslehner, GrothMoslehner, Marcus Gorstein, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth04:35
9."Brandan"GrothF. Frewert, Moslehner, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth03:58
10."Odin" (featuring Wardruna)s. Tyr Einar Selvik, F. Frewert, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth05:58
11."Rabenballade"s. TyrF. Frewert, Moslehner, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth05:03
12."Lange Schatten"F. Frewert, M. Frewert, s. TyrF. Frewert, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth03:33
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."Aufbruch"GrothF. Frewert, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth04:54
14."Alswinn"s. TyrF. Frewert, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth03:47
15."Räven"MoslehnerMoslehner, Maya Fridman, Mitra, s. Tyr, Maul, Groth06:04
Total length:1:07:00

Personnel

Faun

Guests

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