Victory Songs

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Victory Songs
Ensiferum Victory Songs.png
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 20, 2007
March 23, 2007 (in Finland)
RecordedNovember - December 2006 at Sonic Pump Studios
GenreFolk metal, melodic death metal, power metal
Length50:00
LabelSpinefarm
ProducerJanne Joutsenniemi
Ensiferum chronology
Iron
(2004)
Victory Songs
(2007)
From Afar
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com4/5 stars [1]
Allmusic4/5 stars [2]
Metal Hammer8/10 stars[citation needed]
Metal Storm9.5/10 stars [3]
Sputnikmusic4/5 stars [4]

Victory Songs is the third full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on April 20, 2007 by Spinefarm. It is the band's first full-length album to feature the new members Petri Lindroos, Sami Hinkka and Janne Parviainen, and the last to feature Meiju Enho.

Track listing[]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Ad Victoriam" Meiju Enho, Sami Hinkka, Markus Toivonen3:10
2."Blood Is the Price of Glory"HinkkaToivonen, J.P. Miettinen5:17
3."Deathbringer from the Sky"HinkkaHinkka, Toivonen5:10
4."Ahti"HinkkaToivonen3:55
5."One More Magic Potion"HinkkaToivonen5:21
6."Wanderer"HinkkaToivonen6:32
7."Raised by the Sword"EnhoEnho, Toivonen6:11
8."The New Dawn"Petri LindroosLindroos, Toivonen3:42
9."Victory Song"HinkkaToivonen, Hinkka, Miettinen10:42
Total length:50:00
Limited Edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."Lady in Black" (Uriah Heep cover. The actual song length is 5 minutes; afterwards, there is a few minutes of silence followed by acapella parts of the songs, "Wanderer" and "Victory Song".)Ken HensleyK. Hensley10:00
Total length:60:00
Limited Edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
0."Ensiferum photoshoot featurette & The Iron tour featurette" 

Personnel[]

Band members[]

Session/guest musicians[]

  • Johanna Vakkuri - flute
  • Euge Valovirta - acoustic guitars
  • Petri Prauda - bagpipes
  • Vesa Vigman - mandolin, bouzouki, saz
  • Kaisa Saari - tin whistle, recorder
  • Aleksi Parviainen - additional lead vocals (on Deathbringer From the Sky), backing vocals
  • Lassi Logren - nyckelharpa
  • Timo Väänänen - kantele
  • D.P. - backing harsh vocals

References[]

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