Sword's Song
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Sword's Song is the second album
released by the metal band
Battlelore
. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
. The album essentially was similar to their debut but in the opinions of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both the strength of the material and the quality of the performances. The album was the last to feature original vocalist Patrik Mennander and bass player Miika Kokkola and as a result future releases saw a noticeable change in the band's sound.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
released by the metal band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover 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...
. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Middle-earth
Middle-earth is the fictional setting of the majority of author J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings. The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place entirely in Middle-earth, as does much of The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales....
. The album essentially was similar to their debut but in the opinions of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both the strength of the material and the quality of the performances. The album was the last to feature original vocalist Patrik Mennander and bass player Miika Kokkola and as a result future releases saw a noticeable change in the band's sound.
Track listing
- "Sons of Riddermark" – 4:06
- "Sword's Song" – 4:08
- "The Mark of the Bear" – 4:27
- "Buccaneers Inn" – 3:54
- "Attack of the Orcs" – 3:13
- "Dragonslayer" – 3:30
- "Khazad-Dûm Pt.2 (Silent Caverns)" – 4:08
- "Horns of GondorGondorGondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth by the end of the Third Age. The third volume of The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, is concerned with the events in Gondor during the War of the Ring and with...
" – 3:52 - "The War of WrathWar of WrathThe War of Wrath, or the Great Battle, is a key plot development in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, portraying the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age....
" – 3:57 - "Forked Height" – 3:18
- "Starlight Kingdom" – 4:24
- "The Curse of the Kings (Bonus Track)" – 3:57
Credits
- Kaisa JouhkiKaisa JouhkiKaisa 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...
- vocalsSingingSinging 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... - Patrik MennanderPatrik MennanderPatrik Mennander is a Finnish singer who has been in the bands Ruoska, Battlelore and Natsipaska.-Short biography:Mennander was born in Finland in 1976. He was in the Finnish army until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/hard rock band Natsipaska with Anssi Auvinen, Mika...
- vocalsSingingSinging 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... - Jussi Rautio - guitarGuitarThe 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 - guitarGuitarThe 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...
- Miika Kokkola - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Maria- keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA 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...
- Henri Vahvanen - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Lyrical references
- 'Sons of Riddermark' deals with the history of the ÉothéodÉothéodIn the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Éothéod were a group of Northmen who became the ancestors of the Rohirrim. The word, meaning "horse people", is a compound of the Old English words éoh and théod ; it is cognate with Old Norse jóþjóð...
. - 'The Mark of the Bear' is about the Beornings.
- 'Buccaneers Inn' deals with the Black NúmenóreansBlack NúmenóreansIn author J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Arda, the Black Númenóreans are mentioned briefly at several points in both his published and unpublished writings, as one of many peoples and races inhabiting his Middle-Earth setting....
. - 'Attack of the Orcs' is about the OrkenOrc (Middle-earth)In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy writings, Orcs or Orks are a race of creatures who are used as soldiers and henchmen by both the greater and lesser villains of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings — Morgoth, Sauron and Saruman...
hordes in the Third Age. - 'Dragonslayer' is based on the story of Túrin TurambarTúrin TurambarTúrin 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...
. - 'Khazad-Dûm Pt. 2 (Silent Caverns)' deals with the invasion of MoriaMoria (Middle-earth)In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Moria was the name given by the Eldar to an enormous underground complex in north-western Middle-earth, comprising a vast network of tunnels, chambers, mines and huge halls or 'mansions', that ran under and ultimately through the Misty Mountains...
. - 'War of Wrath' is based on the War of WrathWar of WrathThe War of Wrath, or the Great Battle, is a key plot development in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium, portraying the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age....
. - 'Forked Height' deals with the tower of Orthanc.
- 'The Curse of the Kings' is about the NazgûlNazgûlThe Nazgûl are fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium...
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