Victory Songs

Victory Songs
Studio album by Ensiferum
Released	23 March 2007
Recorded	November–December 2006 at Sonic Pump Studios
Genre	Folk metal, melodic death metal, power metal
Length	50:00
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Janne Joutsenniemi
Ensiferum chronology
Iron (2004) Victory Songs (2007) From Afar (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Metal Hammer	[ citation needed ]
Metal Storm	[3]
Sputnikmusic	[4]

Victory Songs is the third studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released through Spinefarm on 23 March 2007 domestically, and on 20 April 2007 in the rest of the world. It is the band's first full-length album to feature new members Petri Lindroos, Sami Hinkka and Janne Parviainen, and the last to feature Meiju Enho.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ad Victoriam"		Meiju Enho, Sami Hinkka, Markus Toivonen	3:10
2.	"Blood Is the Price of Glory"	Hinkka	Toivonen, J.P. Miettinen	5:17
3.	"Deathbringer from the Sky"	Hinkka	Hinkka, Toivonen	5:10
4.	"Ahti"	Hinkka	Toivonen	3:55
5.	"One More Magic Potion"	Hinkka	Toivonen	5:21
6.	"Wanderer"	Hinkka	Toivonen	6:32
7.	"Raised by the Sword"	Enho	Enho, Toivonen	6:11
8.	"The New Dawn"	Petri Lindroos	Lindroos, Toivonen	3:42
9.	"Victory Song"	Hinkka	Toivonen, Hinkka, Miettinen	10:42
Total length:				50:00

Limited Edition bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover. The actual song length is 5 minutes; afterwards, there is a few minutes of silence followed by acapella parts of the songs, "Wanderer" and "Victory Song".)	Ken Hensley	K. Hensley	10:00
Total length:				60:00

Limited Edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
0.	"Ensiferum photoshoot featurette & The Iron tour featurette"

Personnel

Band members

• Petri Lindroos – harsh vocals, guitars, banjo
• Markus Toivonen – guitars, clean vocals, acoustic & 12-string guitars, banjo, shaman drum, backing vocals
• Meiju Enho – keyboards
• Sami Hinkka – bass, clean vocals, harsh vocals on "Ahti"
• Janne Parviainen – drums, bodhran

Session/guest musicians

• Johanna Vakkuri – flute
• Euge Valovirta – acoustic guitars
• Petri Prauda – bagpipes
• Vesa Vigman – mandolin, bouzouki, saz
• Kaisa Saari – tin whistle, recorder
• Aleksi Parviainen – additional lead vocals (on Deathbringer From the Sky), backing vocals
• Lassi Logren – nyckelharpa
• Timo Väänänen – kantele
• D.P. – backing harsh vocals

References

1. "Heavy Metal".
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1042055
3. "Ensiferum - Victory Songs review".
4. "Ensiferum - Victory Songs (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic".