Doombound is the sixth album by the Finnish metal band Battlelore

Battlelore

Battlelore is a metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. All of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.-Style:Battlelore mixes female vocals with harsh male growling in "beauty and the beast" duet, backed by heavy guitar riffing and occasional keyboard interludes. The band's...

. It was first released January 26, 2011. There is a digipack version including the cd, a bonus DVD, and a poster available at Naplam records website.

A sample has been released for the song Kärmessurma.

According to the band's blog:“We will begin the recordings of our next album in early June at Sound Supreme Studios (Hämeenlinna, Finland) with Janne Saksa, who will engineer and produce the album. The legendary Dan Swanö will do the mixing and mastering and hopefully, we'll get the whole battle package out in early fall of 2010. Stylistically, we have turned back to the old school style of songs with grinding drums and fast guitars! This will also be our first concept album and the songs will relate the story of Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...

's tragic hero Túrin Turambar

Túrin Turambar

Túrin Turambar is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. "Turambar and the Foalókë", begun in 1917, is the first appearance of Túrin in the legendarium. J.R.R...

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Release history

The specific release dates follow:

• January 26, 2011 – ESP/FIN/SWE
• January 28, 2011 – GAS/BENELUX/ITA
• January 31, 2011 – Rest of Europe
• February 8, 2011 – USA/CAN”

Track listing

1. "Bloodstained" – 4:34
2. "Iron of Death" – 4:42
3. "Bow and Helm" – 3:56
4. "Enchanted" – 5:40
5. "Kärmessurma" – 4:23
6. "Olden Gods" – 4:21
7. "Fate of the Betrayed" – 5:08
8. "Men as Wolves" – 4:38
9. "Last of the Lords" – 5:43
10. "Doombound" – 8:02
11. "Kielo (Instrumental)" – 2:57

10 Years of Battlelore: Bonus DVD

1. "Live at Club Nosturi 2008"
2. "Live at Club Nosturi 2009"
3. "Third Immortal (Video Clip)"
4. "House Of Heroes (Video Clip)"
5. "Storm Of The Blade (Video Clip)"
6. "Journey To Undying Lands (Video Clip)"
7. "Tour Report: Europe Tour 2007, Finnish Tour 2008"
8. "Photogalleries"

Credits

• Kaisa Jouhki
  Kaisa Jouhki
  Kaisa Jouhki is a singer, vocalist of the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore since 1999.-Studio albums:* ...Where the Shadows Lie * Sword's Song * Third Age of the Sun * Evernight...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Tomi Mykkänen – vocals
  Singing
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• Jussi Rautio – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Jyri Vahvanen – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Timo Honkanen – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Henri Vahvanen – drums
  Drum kit
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• Maria – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , Flute
  Flute
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External links

• Battlelore Official Homepage