Eric the Red is the second full-length album by the Faroese

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

 Viking

Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 folk metal

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band Týr

Týr (band)

Týr, , is a folk metal band from the Faroe Islands. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history, taking their name from a Norse god of war. They signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while signed to the Faroese record...

. It was released on June 27, 2003 by Tutl

Tutl

Tutl is a record label of the Faroe Islands, founded in 1977 by the Danish jazz musician and composer Kristian Blak. The "legendary label" is credited with giving many Faroese musicians their first break, and "has played a major role in giving musicians a chance to record and publish."Tutl is...

.

The album is trilingual with Faroese

Faroese language

Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...

 and English

English language

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 as the predominant languages. The song Ramund Hin Unge is sung in Danish

Danish language

Danish is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in the country of Denmark. It is also spoken by 50,000 Germans of Danish ethnicity in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, where it holds the status of minority language...

 (specifically Gøtudanskt

Gøtudanskt

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).

The album was re-released on March 24, 2006 by Napalm Records

Napalm Records

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 with a new cover artwork and two additional tracks originally from a demo released in 2000.

The original cover features a painting by Haukur L. Halldórsson titled The Ocean God. The re-release album features cover art by Jan Yrlund.

Track listing

	Title	Music	Lyrics	Notes	Length
1.	"The Edge"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen		7:44
2.	"Regin Smiður"	Traditional Faroese	Traditional Faroese	Arranged by Heri Joensen	6:08
3.	"Dreams"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen		5:32
4.	"The Wild Rover The Wild Rover The Wild Rover is a popular folk song whose origins are contested.According to Professor T. M. Devine in his book The Scottish Nation 1700 - 2000 the song was written as a temperance song. The song is found printed in a book, The American Songster, printed in the USA by W.A... "	Traditional Irish	Traditional Irish	Arranged by Heri Joensen	4:12
5.	"Stýrisvølurin"	Heri Joensen Traditional Faroese	Heri Joensen		6:57
6.	"Ólavur Riddararós"	Traditional Faroese	Traditional Faroese	Arranged by Heri Joensen	4:36
7.	"Rainbow Warrior Rainbow Warrior (1978) The Rainbow Warrior was a former UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food trawler later purchased by the environmental organisation Greenpeace... "	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen		5:28
8.	"Ramund Hin Unge"	Traditional Danish	Traditional Danish	Arranged by Heri Joensen	4:31
9.	"Alive"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen		6:24
10.	"Eric the Red"	Heri Joensen	Heri Joensen		7:42
11.	"God of War"	Heri Joensen Jón Joensen	Heri Joensen	Bonus track on 2006 re-release	6:23
12.	"Hail to the Hammer"	Heri Joensen Pól Arni Holm	Heri Joensen	Bonus track on 2006 re-release	3:49

Credits

• Heri Joensen – vocals, guitar
• Terji Skibenæs – guitar
• Gunnar H. Thomsen – bass
• Kári Streymoy – drums