The Fighting Man

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The Fighting Man
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Studio album by
Released2000
Genre Black metal, pagan metal
Length43:41 (original edition)
52:01 (2004 reissue)
Label Angelisc
Karmageddon Media
Producer Forefather
Forefather chronology
Deep Into Time
(1999)
The Fighting Man
(2000)
Engla Tocyme
(2002)

The Fighting Man is the second studio album by the English pagan metal band Forefather . It was recorded and mixed at The Croft, Surrey and released in 2000 on Angelisc Enterprises. In 2004 Karmageddon Media reissued the album with two bonus tracks.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Fighting Man"04:46
2."A New Dawn"05:38
3."Together They Stood"04:55
4."For These Shores"05:36
5."The Call to Arms"02:27
6."Out of Darkness"04:36
7."The Paths of Yesterdays"07:39
8."The Last Battle"04:45
9."When Our England Died"03:19
10."Deep Into Time" (re-recorded, 2004 reissue bonus track)04:20
11."The Fighting Man" (demo version, 2004 reissue bonus track)04:40

Personnel

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