Land (Týr album)

Land is the fourth full-length album by the Faroese Viking / folk metal band Týr. It is a multilingual album with vocals in Faroese, English, Norwegian, Danish in Sinklars Vísa and Icelandic in Brennivín. It was released on May 30, 2008 through Napalm Records.[4] The album is based on Nordic folklore. The final track is a new version of the song "Hail to the Hammer" which originally appeared on a demo in 2000, and again on How Far To Asgaard in 2002.

Land
Studio album by Týr
Released	Europe: May 30, 2008 US/Canada: June 10, 2008
Genre	Viking metal Folk metal Progressive metal
Label	Napalm Records
Producer	Týr
Týr chronology
Ragnarok (2006) Land (2008) By the Light of the Northern Star (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Lords of Metal	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Gandkvæði Tróndar"	J.H.O. Djurhuus (1881–1948)	Traditional Faeroese, arr. Heri Joensen	4:10
2.	"Sinklars Vísa"	Edvard Storm	Traditional Danish, Heri Joensen	4:55
3.	"Ocean"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	10:07
4.	"Gátu Ríma"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen	5:38
5.	"Brennivín"	Heri Joensen, Björn S. Blöndal (1893–1980)	Heri Joensen, Traditional Icelandic	4:58
6.	"Fípan Fagra"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen	5:49
7.	"Valkyrjan"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese, Edvard Grieg, Traditional Norwegian	5:05
8.	"Lokka Táttur"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Swedish, Heri Joensen	6:02
9.	"Land"	Heri Joensen, J.H.O. Djurhuus, Hávamál	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	16:19
10.	"Hail to the Hammer"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	5:19
Total length:				68:22

References

1. About.com review
2. Allmusic review
3. Lords of Metal review
4. "Tyr Delay New Album, "Land," and Reveal Artwork". metalunderground.com. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-04-08.