Sverker

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Sverker
Sverker album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 25, 2011
Genre Neo-Medieval music
[1]
Length51:14
Label Behßmokum Records
Corvus Corax chronology
Live in Berlin
(2009)
Sverker
(2011)
Gimlie
(2013)

Sverker is a studio album by Neo-Medieval group Corvus Corax.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Intro Gjallarhorni" - 0:58
  2. "Gjallarhorni" - 2:59
  3. "Sverker" - 4:31
  4. "Fiach Dubh" - 6:38
  5. "Trinkt vom Met" - 0:35
  6. "The drinking loving dancers" - 5:19
  7. "Lá í mBealtaine" - 4:47
  8. "Havfrue" - 4:36
  9. "Baldr" - 3:27
  10. "Ragnarök" - 7:40
  11. "Tjugundi bidil" - 0:27
  12. "Na Láma-sa" - 9:18

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References

  1. "CD Review: Corvus Corax - Sverker".