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Victory Songs | ||||
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Released | 20 April 2007 23 March 2007 (in Finland) | |||
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 | ||||
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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 on 20 April 2007 by Spinefarm. 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.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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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 |
No. | Title | Length |
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0. | "Ensiferum photoshoot featurette & The Iron tour featurette" |
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