By the Sword of My Father
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By the Sword of My Father is the second studio album of the musical project Folkearth
Folkearth
Folkearth is an international music project created in 2003 by musicians playing folk and viking metal. The name symbolizes musicians from all over the world playing folk music...

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Track listing

  1. "Introduction" — 4:24
  2. "The Lady's Gift" — 3:48
  3. "By the Sword of My Father" — 5:26
  4. "Naglfar Sets Sail" — 5:18
  5. "The Death of Beowulf" — 6:04
  6. "Instrumental" — 4:24
  7. "Skaldic Art" — 4:04
  8. "Domain of Darksome Ravens" — 5:39
  9. "Returne to Waelhalle" — 4:41
  10. "Heathenpride" — 8:43
  11. "Elves" — 1:29
  12. "Invictus" — 6:08
  13. "Wisdom of Wolves" — 2:50
  14. "Sailing A'Viking" — 2:08
  15. "Tribute to Viking Gods" — 4:04
  16. "Journey Ends (outro)" — 3:23
I:"Heathenpride" is Falkenbach
Falkenbach
Falkenbach is a Viking metal group from Germany that is currently signed to Prophecy Productions. The name means "Falconbrook" in German. The one permanent member is Vratyas Vakyas.-History:...

 cover
Cover version
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 recorded for tribute album
Tribute album
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 An Hommage to Falkenbach, Part I

Instruments

Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

  • Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - vocal
    Vocal music
    Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...

    , keyboard
    Electronic keyboard
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  • Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - acoustic guitar
    Steel-string acoustic guitar
    A steel-string acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound...

  • Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - vocal, keyboard


Lithuania
Lithuania
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  • Ruslanas - spoken vocal


Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

  • Alex "Hugin" Wieser (Uruk-Hai) - keyboard


United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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  • Athelstan (Forefather
    Forefather
    Forefather are a folk metal band from Surrey, England.-History:The Forefather project was born in September 1997 in Surrey, England by founding members and brothers Athelstan and Wulfstan...

    ) - electric guitar
    Electric guitar
    An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

    , drum programming
    Drum machine
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    , vocal
  • Wulfstan (Forefather
    Forefather
    Forefather are a folk metal band from Surrey, England.-History:The Forefather project was born in September 1997 in Surrey, England by founding members and brothers Athelstan and Wulfstan...

    ) - vocal


Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

  • Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal
  • Jeremy Child (Yggdrasil) - drums
    Drum kit
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  • Niklas Olausson (Broken Dagger) - vocal
  • Daniel Fredriksson (Otyg
    Otyg
    Otyg was a folk metal band from Sweden, featuring Andreas Hedlund, the frontman for Vintersorg.During their existence, Otyg released two albums with songs written in traditional Scandinavian folk style, featuring traditional Scandinavian instruments not frequently heard in heavy metal, such as the...

    ) - medieval lute
    Lute
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    , jaw harp
  • Simon Frodeberg - bass
  • Kristofer Janiec - violin
    Violin
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  • Michelle Maas - violin
  • Daniel Pettersson (Pettersson & Fredriksson) - keyed fiddle
    Nyckelharpa
    A nyckelharpa , sometimes called a keyed fiddle, is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.The nyckelharpa is similar in appearance to a...



Germany
Germany
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  • Tobias Andrelang - bass
  • Achim Eberle - percussion
    Percussion instrument
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  • Ralf Gruber - drums, percussion
  • Bernd Intveen (Van Lagen) - electric guitar
  • Sabine Stelzer (Van Lagen) - bagpipes
    Bagpipes
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    , flute
    Flute
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    , schalmey
    Shawm
    The shawm was a medieval and Renaissance musical instrument of the woodwind family made in Europe from the 12th century until the 17th century. It was developed from the oriental zurna and is the predecessor of the modern oboe. The body of the shawm was usually turned from a single piece of wood,...

    , percussion
  • Marcus Van Langen (Van Lagen) - acoustic guitar, saz
    Baglama
    thumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....

    , bass, percussion, Viking flute, vocal
  • André Groschopp (Thiasos Dionysos) - acoustic and electric guitar, keyboard, vocal, tin whistle
    Tin whistle
    The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English Flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, Tin Flageolet, Irish whistle and Clarke London Flageolet is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, American Indian flute, and...

    , violin, drums


United States
United States
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  • Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black
    The Soil Bleeds Black
    The Soil Bleeds Black is a pagan Neo-Medieval band from Ashburn, Virginia.-History:The Soil Bleeds Black was conceived in the year 1992 as a project that focused on the experimental visions of twin brothers, Mark and Michael Riddick...

    ) - recorder
    Recorder
    The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes—whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple...

    , percussion


Italy
Italy
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  • Axel (Death Army) - acoustic and electric guitar, bass, vocals
  • Becky - celtic harp
    Harp
    The harp is a multi-stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicularly to the soundboard. Organologically, it is in the general category of chordophones and has its own sub category . All harps have a neck, resonator and strings...

  • Alessandro Caruso (Hysterya) - drums, percussion
  • Francesca Crotti - violin
  • Igor Saviola - vocals
  • Raven - celtic harp
  • Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar

Writing and production

  • all lyrics except "The Lady's Gift" and "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marios Koutsoukos
  • lyrics for "The Lady's Gift" by Wulfstan
  • lyrics for "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marcus Van Langen
  • music on "Returne to Waelhalle" by Hildr Valkyrie
  • artwork and cd design by Mark Riddick
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