Victory Songs is the third full-length album by the Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum . It was released on 20 April 2007 by Spinefarm . It is the band's first full-length album to feature new members Petri Lindroos , Sami Hinkka and Janne Parviainen , and the last to feature Meiju Enho .
Track listing
Title Lyrics Music 1. "Ad Victoriam" Meiju Enho , Sami Hinkka , Markus Toivonen 3:10 2. "Blood Is the Price of Glory" Hinkka Toivonen, J.P. Miettinen 5:17 3. "Deathbringer from the Sky" Hinkka Hinkka, Toivonen 5:10 4. "Ahti " Hinkka Toivonen 3:55 5. "One More Magic Potion " Hinkka Toivonen 5:21 6. "Wanderer" Hinkka Toivonen 6:32 7. "Raised by the Sword" Enho Enho, Toivonen 6:11 8. "The New Dawn" Petri Lindroos Lindroos, Toivonen 3:42 9. "Victory Song" Hinkka Toivonen, Hinkka, Miettinen 10:42 Total length: 50:00
Limited Edition bonus track Title Lyrics Music 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 Hensley K. Hensley 10:00 Total length: 60:00
Limited Edition bonus DVD Title 0. "Ensiferum photoshoot featurette & The Iron tour featurette"
Personnel
Band members
Petri Lindroos – harsh vocals, guitars, banjo
Markus Toivonen – guitars, clean vocals, acoustic & 12-string guitars, banjo, shaman drum, backing vocals
Meiju Enho – keyboards
Sami Hinkka – bass, clean vocals, harsh vocals on "Ahti"
Janne Parviainen – drums, bodhran
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