Victory Songs is the third full-length album by the Finnish Viking / folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on April 20, 2007 by Spinefarm. It would be the first full-length Ensiferum album to feature the new members
Petri Lindroos, Sami Hinkka and Janne Parviainen, and the last to feature Meiju Enho.
Track listing
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| 1. |
"Ad Victoriam" (Enho-Hinkka-Toivonen) |
3:10 |
| 2. |
"Blood Is the Price of Glory" (Toivonen-Miettinen/Hinkka) |
5:17 |
| 3. |
"Deathbringer from the Sky" (Hinkka-Toivonen/Hinkka) |
5:10 |
| 4. |
"Ahti" (Toivonen/Hinkka) |
3:55 |
| 5. |
"One More Magic Potion" (Toivonen/Hinkka) |
5:22 |
| 6. |
"Wanderer" (Toivonen/Hinkka) |
6:32 |
| 7. |
"Raised by the Sword" (Enho-Toivonen/Enho) |
6:10 |
| 8. |
"The New Dawn" (Lindroos-Toivonen/Lindroos) |
3:42 |
| 9. |
"Victory Song" (Toivonen-Hinkka-Miettinen/Hinkka) |
10:38 |
The UK edition of Victory Songs includes the preceding EP Dragonheads on a bonus disc.
Credits
The band
- 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, saxophone
- 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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