King of the Distant Forest is the second studio album by the 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...

. Initially released on Invasion Records in 1997 and in the United States through Death Records (part of Metal Blade) featuring 11 songs and a purple cover. The album was re-issued a year later on the same label with different artwork in a digipak. The cover was based on the original purple cover, only with more details and in color. This also included five bonus tracks. Four of these were featured on the band's earlier demo, 'Meadow In Silence'. A Japanese release through Soundholic featured three of those bonus tracks (the remaining two were issued on their release of In the Sign of the Ravens

In the Sign of the Ravens

In the Sign of the Ravens is the first studio album by the Viking metal band Mithotyn. First released in 1997 on Invasion Records and Death Records in the US . The album was later reissued through Karmageddon featuring different artwork. This release was mistitled In the Sign of the Raven...

. In 2002, Karmageddon Records released the album again featuring different cover artwork entirely but did not have the bonus tracks.

Original release track listing

1. "King of the Distant Forest" – 5:28
2. "Hail Me" – 6:43
3. "From the Frozen Plains" – 5:57
4. "On Misty Pathways" – 5:20
5. "The Legacy" – 5:39
6. "Trollvisa" – 2:01
7. "Under the Banner" – 5:46
8. "We March" – 5:52
9. "The Vengeance" – 6:04
10. "Masters of Wilderness" – 5:57
11. "In a Time of Tales" – 3:33

Digipak re-release track listing

1. "King of the Distant Forest" – 5:28
2. "Hail Me" – 6:43
3. "From the Frozen Plains" – 5:57
4. "On Misty Pathways" – 5:20
5. "The Legacy" – 5:39
6. "Trollvisa" – 2:01
7. "Under the Banner" – 5:46
8. "We March" – 5:52
9. "The Vengeance" – 6:04
10. "Masters of Wilderness" – 5:57
11. "In a Time of Tales" – 3:33
12. "Ragnarokk" – 1:52
13. "Wisdom" – 1:09
14. "In the Bower of Shadows" – 3:02
15. "Meadow in Silence" – 7:52
16. "As Brothers Now Bonded" – 5:18

Soundholic (Japan) release track listing

1. "King of the Distant Forest" – 5:28
2. "Hail Me" – 6:43
3. "From the Frozen Plains" – 5:57
4. "On Misty Pathways" – 5:20
5. "The Legacy" – 5:39
6. "Trollvisa" – 2:01
7. "Under the Banner" – 5:46
8. "We March" – 5:52
9. "The Vengeance" – 6:04
10. "Masters of Wilderness" – 5:57
11. "In a Time of Tales" – 3:33
12. "Ragnarokk" – 1:52
13. "Wisdom" – 1:09
14. "Meadow in Silence" – 7:52