Troll (album)
Encyclopedia
Troll is the second full-length album by the Norwegian
folk metal
band Lumsk
. It was released on June 6, 2005 by Tabu Recordings
. The songs tell different stories about troll
s and spirits in Norwegian folklore.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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 Lumsk
Lumsk
Lumsk is a folk metal band from Trondheim, Norway. It combines traditional Norwegian folk music and folklore with rock, progressive rock and metal...
. It was released on June 6, 2005 by Tabu Recordings
Tabu Recordings
Tabu Recordings is an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003 in Oslo. It is owned by Tuba Records, a major Scandinavian independent music distributor...
. The songs tell different stories about troll
Troll
A troll is a supernatural being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In origin, the term troll was a generally negative synonym for a jötunn , a being in Norse mythology...
s and spirits in Norwegian folklore.
Track listing
- "Nøkken" (The NeckNixThe Neck/Nixie are shapeshifting water spirits who usually appear in human form. The spirit has appeared in the myths and legends of all Germanic peoples in Europe....
) – 3:33 - "Dunker" – 4:03
- "Åsgårdsreia" (The Wild HuntWild HuntThe Wild Hunt is an ancient folk myth prevalent across Northern, Western and Central Europe. The fundamental premise in all instances is the same: a phantasmal, spectral group of huntsmen with the accoutrements of hunting, horses, hounds, etc., in mad pursuit across the skies or along the ground,...
)– 4:33 - "Trolltind" (Troll Peak) – 4:16
- "Allvis" – 6:41
- "Perpålsa" – 3:37
- "Blæster" – 8:39
- "Byttingen" (The ChangelingChangelingA changeling is a creature found in Western European folklore and folk religion. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. Sometimes the term is also used to refer to the child who...
)– 5:00
Credits
- Stine Mari Langstrand – Vocals
- Vidar Berg – Drums
- Ketil Sæther – Guitar
- Espen Warankov Godø – Piano, Hammond, Synthesizer
- Eystein Garberg – Guitar
- Siv Lena Waterloo Laugtug – Violin
- Espen HammerEspen HammerEspen Hammer is a Norwegian philosopher. He is a professor of philosophy at Temple University and has held visiting professorships at the New School for Social Research and the University of Pennsylvania. Between 1998 and 2007 he was a Lecturer and later Reader at the University of Essex...
– Bass Guitar