Eric the Red (album)
Eric The Red is the second full-length album by the Faroese Viking folk metal band Týr. It was released on 27 June 2003 by Tutl.
Eric The Red | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 27 June 2003 | |||
Recorded | Jacob Hansen studio, Denmark | |||
Genre | Viking metal, folk metal, progressive metal | |||
Length | 1:00:22 / 1:10:35 | |||
Label | Tutl Records | |||
Producer | Týr | |||
Týr chronology | ||||
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2006 Re-Release | ||||
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
About.com | |
Allmusic | |
Lords of Metal | (8.1/10)[3] |
Metal Storm |
The album is trilingual with Faroese and English as the predominant languages. The song Ramund Hin Unge is sung in Danish (specifically Gøtudanskt).[5]
The album was re-released on 24 March 2006 by Napalm Records with a new cover artwork and two additional tracks originally from a demo released in 2000.[6]
The original cover features a painting by Haukur L. Halldórsson titled The Ocean God.[7] The re-release album features cover art by Jan Yrlund.[7]
Track listing
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "The Edge" | Heri Joensen | Heri Joensen | 7:44 |
2. | "Regin Smiður" | Traditional | Traditional | 6:08 |
3. | "Dreams" | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 5:32 |
4. | "The Wild Rover" (Irish Traditional Song) | Traditional | Traditional | 4:12 |
5. | "Stýrisvølurin" | H. Joensen | H. Joensen, Traditional | 6:57 |
6. | "Ólavur Riddararós" | Traditional | Traditional | 4:36 |
7. | "Rainbow Warrior" | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 5:28 |
8. | "Ramund Hin Unge" | Traditional | Traditional | 4:31 |
9. | "Alive" | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 7:24 |
10. | "Eric the Red" | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 7:42 |
Total length: | 1:00:22 |
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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11. | "God Of War" (Re-Issue from Demo (2000)) | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 6:23 |
12. | "Hail To The Hammer" (Re-Issue from Demo (2000)) | H. Joensen | H. Joensen | 3:49 |
Total length: | 1:10:35 |
Credits
- Heri Joensen – vocals, guitar
- Terji Skibenæs – guitar
- Gunnar H. Thomsen – bass
- Kári Streymoy – drums
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gollark: Which is a shame, since this sounds cool. I think if you had the volumes and some way to convert them into distances, and several computers/hypothetical listener things of known position, you could probably trilaterate the lighting's source pretty easily.
gollark: I do not believe there is a way for computers to detect sounds.
gollark: You probably *can't* run it in practical-CC, given limited RAM.
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References
- "About.com review". Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- Allmusic review
- Lords of Metal review
- Metal Storm review
- "Lords of Metal". Týr Interview. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
- "Allmusic". Eric The Red. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
- "Týr Official Website". Discography. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2008.
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