| Spears of Heaven | ||||
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| Released | April 9th, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | Eastclan Forge Studio, 2008 | |||
| Genre | Viking metal Pagan metal Black metal | |||
| Length | 54:33 | |||
| Label | No Colours | |||
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Spears of Heaven is the eleventh full length studio album released by the black metal band Graveland. It was released on No Colours Records in 2009.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Spears of Heaven" | 8:20 |
| 2. | "Walls of the Red Temple" | 7:50 |
| 3. | "Flame of Doom" | 7:38 |
| 4. | "Braid of a Pride Valkyria" | 6:48 |
| 5. | "When Valkyries Come" | 5:49 |
| 6. | "Sun Wind" | 7:24 |
| 7. | "Return to the Northern Carpathian" | 10:44 |
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