When acclaimed Viking metal band Týr teamed up with the Symphony Orchestra of the Faroe islands on February 8, 2020, to record the double-disc/DVD release A Night at the Nordic House, band founder and frontman Heri Joensen was thrilled to bring together two of the music forms he loves most – folk and classical – into his band’s unorthodox form of music.
But at the time, he couldn’t have imagined what a profound impact the collaboration would have on his musical vision, and how much it would influence and inform the album he would write a few years later.
The follow-up to the band’s 2019’s powerful progressive folk-metal album Hel, the new Battle Ballads is aptly named – a crushing, soaring, batch of classical embellished songs that conjure images of galloping steeds, clashing swords, and hard-fought victories.
And, as if it needs to be stated, the title Battle Ballads has nothing in common with the lighter-raising songs so prevalent in the 1980s.
Tracklist:
Hammered
Unwandered Ways
Dragons Never Die
Row
Torkils Døtur
Vælkomnir Føroyingar
Hangman
Axes
Battle Ballad
Causa Latronum Normannorum
