2007 studio album by Ensiferum
Victory Songs |
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Studio album by Ensiferum |
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Released | 23 March 2007 |
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Recorded | November–December 2006 at Sonic Pump Studios |
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Genre | Folk metal, melodic death metal, power metal |
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Length | 50:00 |
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Label | Spinefarm |
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Producer | Janne Joutsenniemi |
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Ensiferum chronology |
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Iron (2004) | Victory Songs (2007) | From Afar (2009) | |
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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About.com | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png) [1] |
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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 |
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1. | "Ad Victoriam" | | Meiju Enho, Sami Hinkka, Markus Toivonen | 3:10 |
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2. | "Blood Is the Price of Glory" | Hinkka | Toivonen, J.P. Miettinen | 5:17 |
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3. | "Deathbringer from the Sky" | Hinkka | Hinkka, Toivonen | 5:10 |
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4. | "Ahti" | Hinkka | Toivonen | 3:55 |
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5. | "One More Magic Potion" | Hinkka | Toivonen | 5:21 |
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6. | "Wanderer" | Hinkka | Toivonen | 6:32 |
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7. | "Raised by the Sword" | Enho | Enho, Toivonen | 6:11 |
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8. | "The New Dawn" | Petri Lindroos | Lindroos, Toivonen | 3:42 |
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9. | "Victory Song" | Hinkka | Toivonen, Hinkka, Miettinen | 10:42 |
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Total length: | 50:00 |
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Limited Edition bonus trackNo. | 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 |
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Total length: | 60:00 |
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Limited Edition bonus DVDNo. | Title | Length |
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0. | "Ensiferum photoshoot featurette & The Iron tour featurette" | |
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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
- ^ "Heavy Metal".
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1042055
- ^ "Ensiferum - Victory Songs review".
- ^ "Ensiferum - Victory Songs (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic".
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