Track listing

1. "Introduction" — 4:24
2. "The Lady's Gift" — 3:48
3. "By the Sword of My Father" — 5:26
4. "Naglfar Sets Sail" — 5:18
5. "The Death of Beowulf" — 6:04
6. "Instrumental" — 4:24
7. "Skaldic Art" — 4:04
8. "Domain of Darksome Ravens" — 5:39
9. "Returne to Waelhalle" — 4:41
10. "Heathenpride" — 8:43
11. "Elves" — 1:29
12. "Invictus" — 6:08
13. "Wisdom of Wolves" — 2:50
14. "Sailing A'Viking" — 2:08
15. "Tribute to Viking Gods" — 4:04
16. "Journey Ends (outro)" — 3:23

I:"Heathenpride" is Falkenbach

Falkenbach

Falkenbach is a Viking metal group from Germany that is currently signed to Prophecy Productions. The name means "Falconbrook" in German. The one permanent member is Vratyas Vakyas.-History:...

 cover

Cover version

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 recorded for tribute album

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 An Hommage to Falkenbach, Part I

Instruments

• Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - vocal
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  , keyboard
  Electronic keyboard
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• Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass
  Bass guitar
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• Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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• Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - vocal, keyboard

• Ruslanas - spoken vocal

• Alex "Hugin" Wieser (Uruk-Hai) - keyboard

• Athelstan (Forefather
  Forefather
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  ) - electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , drum programming
  Drum machine
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  , vocal
• Wulfstan (Forefather
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  ) - vocal

• Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal
• Jeremy Child (Yggdrasil) - drums
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• Niklas Olausson (Broken Dagger) - vocal
• Daniel Fredriksson (Otyg
  Otyg
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  ) - medieval lute
  Lute
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  , jaw harp
• Simon Frodeberg - bass
• Kristofer Janiec - violin
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• Michelle Maas - violin
• Daniel Pettersson (Pettersson & Fredriksson) - keyed fiddle
  Nyckelharpa
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• Tobias Andrelang - bass
• Achim Eberle - percussion
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• Ralf Gruber - drums, percussion
• Bernd Intveen (Van Lagen) - electric guitar
• Sabine Stelzer (Van Lagen) - bagpipes
  Bagpipes
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  , flute
  Flute
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  , schalmey
  Shawm
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  , percussion
• Marcus Van Langen (Van Lagen) - acoustic guitar, saz
  Baglama
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  , bass, percussion, Viking flute, vocal
• André Groschopp (Thiasos Dionysos) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal, tin whistle
  Tin whistle
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  , violin, drums

• Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black
  The Soil Bleeds Black
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  ) - recorder
  Recorder
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  , percussion

• Axel (Death Army) - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, vocals
• Becky - celtic harp
  Harp
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• Alessandro Caruso (Hysterya) - drums, percussion
• Francesca Crotti - violin
• Igor Saviola - vocals
• Raven - celtic harp
• Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar

Writing and production

• all lyrics except "The Lady's Gift" and "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marios Koutsoukos
• lyrics for "The Lady's Gift" by Wulfstan
• lyrics for "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marcus Van Langen
• music on "Returne to Waelhalle" by Hildr Valkyrie
• artwork and cd design by Mark Riddick