Åsmund Frægdegjevar (album)
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Åsmund Frægdegjevar is the first full-length album by the Norwegian
folk metal
band Lumsk
. It was released on August 25, 2003 by Spikefarm. A concept album, it adapts the Norwegian legend Åsmund Frægdegjevar
into an experimental folk metal project.
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 August 25, 2003 by Spikefarm. A concept album, it adapts the Norwegian legend Åsmund Frægdegjevar
Åsmund Frægdegjevar
Åsmund Frægdegjevar is a medieval Norwegian legend and ballad with several variations all detailing the adventures of a hero by the same name who is hired by the king to rescue a princess...
into an experimental folk metal project.
Track listing
- "Det var Irlands kongi bold" – 2:08
- "Ormin lange" – 4:44
- "Skip under lide" – 5:34
- "I trollehender" – 3:11
- "Hår som spunnid gull" – 2:08
- "Slepp meg" – 4:23
- "Skomegyvri" – 6:24
- "Olafs belti" – 4:45
- "I lytinne två" – 3:54
- "Langt nord i Trollebotten" – 3:33
- "Fagran fljotan folen" – 7:23
- "Kampen mot bergetrolli" – 4:07
- "Der e ingin dag'e" – 6:06