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Njord (album)

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Released
  
26 August 2009

Language
  
English, Norwegian

Artist
  
Leaves' Eyes

Label
  
Napalm Records

Length
  
55:56

Njord (2009)
  
Meredead (2010)

Release date
  
26 August 2009

Producer
  
Alexander Krull

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Recorded
  
Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany, 2009

Genres
  
Symphonic metal, Gothic metal, Viking metal

Similar
  
Leaves' Eyes albums, Gothic metal albums

Njord is the third studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes, released on 28 August 2009 on Napalm Records. Njörðr comes from Norse mythology and is a name associated to the Vanir god of the sea and the wind.

Contents

In this album the band used for the first time a full orchestra and choir and wrote for them suitable arrangements.

The album was also released in a digipak deluxe edition, including two bonus tracks and a model of a Viking longship with Leaves' Eyes logo on the sail.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull; all music composed by Alexander Krull, Mathias Röderer, Thorsten Bauer, except where noted.

Leaves' Eyes

  • Liv Kristine Espenæs Krull – vocals
  • Alexander Krull – vocals, keyboards, programming, samples
  • Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass
  • Mathias Röderer – guitars
  • Alla Fedynitch – bass (credited, but does not appear on the album)
  • Seven Antonopoulos – drums

    • Additional musicians

  • Lingua Mortis Orchestra from Minsk, Belarus, directed by Victor Smolski
  • Al dente Choir from Kleinbottwar, Germany, directed by Veronika Messmer
  • Christian Roch - Uilleann pipes and whistles on "Scarborough Fair" and "Irish Rain"
  • Anette Gulbrandsen - backing vocals on "Northbound"
  • Gunnar Sauermann, Cristoph Sutzer, Robert Suß, Uwe Fichtner, Markus Rutten, Steven Willems, Stefan Heilemann - Vikings on "Njord"

    • Production

  • Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing and mastering at Mastersound Studios
  • Mathias Röderer, Thorsten Bauer - assistant engineers
  • Victor Smolski - orchestra recording engineer

    • Songs

    1Njord6:14
    2My Destiny4:13
    3Emerald Island5:24

    References

    Njord (album) Wikipedia
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