| Victory Songs | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |   [1] |
| Allmusic | [2] |
| Metal Hammer | |
| 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.
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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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
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