Land (Týr album)

Land is the fourth full-length album by the Faroese Viking / folk metal band Týr. It is a multilingual album with vocals in Faroese, English, Norwegian, Danish in Sinklars Vísa and Icelandic in Brennivín. It was released on May 30, 2008 through Napalm Records.[4] The album is based on Nordic folklore. The final track is a new version of the song "Hail to the Hammer" which originally appeared on a demo in 2000, and again on How Far To Asgaard in 2002.

Land
Studio album by Týr
Released	Europe: May 30, 2008 US/Canada: June 10, 2008
Genre	Viking metal Folk metal Progressive metal
Length	68:22
Label	Napalm Records
Producer	Týr
Týr chronology
Ragnarok (2006) Land (2008) By the Light of the Northern Star (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Lords of Metal	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Gandkvæði Tróndar"	J.H.O. Djurhuus (1881–1948)	Traditional Faeroese, arr. Heri Joensen	4:10
2.	"Sinklars Vísa"	Edvard Storm	Traditional Danish, Heri Joensen	4:55
3.	"Ocean"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	10:07
4.	"Gátu Ríma"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen	5:38
5.	"Brennivín"	Heri Joensen, Björn S. Blöndal (1893–1980)	Heri Joensen, Traditional Icelandic	4:58
6.	"Fípan Fagra"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Heri Joensen	5:49
7.	"Valkyrjan"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese, Edvard Grieg, Traditional Norwegian	5:05
8.	"Lokka Táttur"	Traditional Faeroese	Traditional Faeroese, Swedish, Heri Joensen	6:02
9.	"Land"	Heri Joensen, J.H.O. Djurhuus, Hávamál	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	16:19
10.	"Hail to the Hammer"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen, Traditional Faeroese	5:19
Total length:				68:22

References

1. About.com review
2. Allmusic review
3. Lords of Metal review
4. "Tyr Delay New Album, "Land," and Reveal Artwork". metalunderground.com. 2008-04-05. Retrieved 2008-04-08.