Track listing

1. "Before Battle I Embrace" – 3:57
2. "Hoplites Awaiting Command" – 3:38
3. "Hugin & Munin" – 4:29
4. "Griminsmol (The Ballad of Grimnir)" – 3:55
5. "Högtid" – 2:17
6. "Sworn to the Raven" – 4:56
7. "Great God Pan" – 4:21
8. "Drakkars in the Mist" – 4:38
9. "Midgard Farewell" – 4:00
10. "De Tause Fjell" – 3:50
11. "If I Should Fall" – 2:25
12. "When Long Ships Arrive" – 4:21
13. "On Wings Divine" – 4:51
14. "Thunders of War" – 2:56

Bonus tracks

15. "The Bane of Giants" – 4:30


16. "Kingdom of the Shades" – 3:58


17. "The Riding of the Queen Boudiccea" – 4:35

Instruments

• Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - spoken vocal
  Vocal music
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  , scream vocal
  Screaming (music)
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  , choir vocal
  Choir
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  , keyboard
• Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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• Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - keyboard
  Electronic keyboard
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• Polydeykis (Zion) - 6 and 12-string acoustic guitar, keyboard, piano
  Piano
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  , recorder
  Recorder
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  , tin whistle
  Tin whistle
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  , bağlama
  Baglama
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  , accordion
  Accordion
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  , lead and backing choir, male vocal, narration
  Narrator
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  , Thracian bagpipes
  Bagpipes
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• Thanasis Karapanos - lead and backing male vocal, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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  , drums, keyboard
• Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - lead and backing female vocal, spoken vocal, drum programming
  Drum machine
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  , keyboard
• Faethon - bass, choir vocal

• Ruslanas - tin whistle

• Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - guitar, vocal, keyboard, drums
• William Ekeberg (Broken Dagger) - vocal
• Simon Frodeberg - bass, vocal

• Morten Basse (Thulr)

• Dreogan (Peordh) - electric guitar, bass
• Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black
  The Soil Bleeds Black
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  ) - bodhrán
  Bodhrán
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  , sopranino recorder, soprano recorder, tenor recorder

• Axel (Death Army) - electric guitar, bass, drums
• Raven - celtic harp
  Harp
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  , backing vocal
• Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar

• Roman Samonin (Morituri)
• Ralf Goossens (Morituri)

• Vojan Koceic (Koziak)

• Haavard Tveito (Vetter) - electric guitar, bass, vocal

• Orey (Pagan Reign) - guitar, domra
  Domra
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• Vetrodar (Pagan Reign) - flute
  Flute
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  , guitar, naylon guitar

• Autumn (Hordak) - vocals, guitar, drum programming
• Winter (Hordak) - guitar, bass, drum programming
• Antonio Mansilla (Last Deception) - chorus
• Jesus Sierra (Last Deception) - drums
• Jose Luis Frias - flute, pipes
• GG Karman - chorus
• A. Pangin - flute

Writing and production

• lyrics by: Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos, Polydeykis, Haavard Tveito and Autumn
• music by: Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos, Polydeykis, Ulven, Raven, Haavard Tveito, Orey, Vetrodar, Autumn, Winter, Magnus Wohlfart and Dreogan
• orchestration
  Orchestration
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  by: Polydeykis and Thanasis Karapanos
• sound technicians: Antonio Mansilla and GG Karman