Gathered Around the Oaken Table is the third and final album released by viking metal

Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 band Mithotyn

Mithotyn

Mithotyn was a folk metal/black metal band from Mjölby, Sweden.-History:Formed in 1992 as a blackened death metal act under the name Cerberus by founding members; Christian "Christer" Schütz, Stefan Weinerhall who stayed with the band to the end, and Johan who left shortly afterward. After one...

. First issued in 1999 on Invasion Records and Soundholic in Japan, this featured a cover image of a group sitting around an oaken table. The Japanese version contains one bonus track (Bland Vargars Yl - a re-recorded version from the band's 1996 promo demo). The re-releases through Karmageddon Media (Europe) & Hammerheart America featured different artwork.

This would be the band's last release before members Stefan Weinerhall and Karsten Larsson dissolved the band and formed Falconer

Falconer (band)

Falconer is a Swedish power metal band from Mjölby, formed in 1999. Founded by the former guitarist of Mithotyn, Stefan Weinerhall. Falconer carry on many of the traditions set by Weinerhall's previous band and play a style of power metal that utilises folk instrumentation and melody to create a...

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Track listing

1. "Lord of Ironhand – 5:10
2. "Watchmen of the Wild – 5:16
3. "In the Clash of Arms – 6:39
4. "Hearts of Stone – 4:55
5. "The Well of Mimir – 4:38
6. "Chariot of Power – 5:55
7. "Nocturnal Riders – 3:06
8. "The Guardian – 4:40
9. "Imprisoned – 4:33
10. "Guided by History – 6:32
11. "The Old Rover – 3:45
12. "Bland Vargars Yl" – 5:15 (Japanese bonus track)