The Lay of Thrym

The Lay of Thrym is the sixth full-length album by the Faroese Viking/folk metal band Týr.[1] The name of the album comes from one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda, called "Þrymskviða", "The Lay of Thrym". The band revealed the name of the album along with its release date on their MySpace page.[4] The cover artwork is by Gyula Havancsák.[5] This would be the band's last album with long-time drummer Kári Streymoy.

The Lay of Thrym
Studio album by Týr
Released	May 27, 2011[1]
Recorded	2011
Genre	Power metal Viking metal Folk metal
Length	57:02
Label	Napalm Records[1]
Týr chronology
By the Light of the Northern Star (2009) The Lay of Thrym (2011) Valkyrja (2013)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing[6]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Flames of the Free"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen	4:17
2.	"Shadow of the Swastika"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen	4:23
3.	"Take Your Tyrant"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen	3:53
4.	"Evening Star"	Heri Joensen	Danish Traditional, Heri Joensen	5:05
5.	"Hall of Freedom"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen	4:07
6.	"Fields of the Fallen"	Heri Joensen	Terji Skibenæs, Heri Joensen	4:59
7.	"Konning Hans"	Danish / Faeroese Traditional	Danish / Faeroese Traditional, Heri Joensen	4:28
8.	"Ellindur bóndi á Jaðri"	Heri Joensen	Faeroese Traditional, Heri Joensen	3:55
9.	"Nine Worlds of Lore"	Heri Joensen	Faeroese Traditional, Heri Joensen	4:04
10.	"The Lay of Thrym"	Heri Joensen	Gunnar H. Thomsen, Heri Joensen	6:48
Total length:				46:00

Limited Edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"I" (Black Sabbath cover)	Ronnie James Dio	Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi	4:43
12.	"Stargazer" (Rainbow cover)	Ronnie James Dio	Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio	6:19
Total length:				57:02

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-03-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) TÝR: New Album Title, Release Date Revealed
2. Simms, Kelley. "About.com Review". About.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
3. Monger, James. "Allmusic Tyr The Lay of Thrym review". Retrieved February 20, 2016.
4. TÝR on MySpace
5. Hjules Illustration and Design (Gyula Havancsák) hjules.com
6. Napalm Records