Týr "Land (2008, CD + DVD, Napalm Records, Limited Edition, Digipak, US, EU NPR 247 NPRDVD 005)"

Land is the fourth studio album by Faroese folk metal band Týr. It is a multilingual album with vocals in Faroese, English, Norwegian, Danish in Sinklars Vísa and Icelandic in Brennivín. It was released on 30 May 2008 through Napalm Records. The album is based on Nordic folklore. The final track is a new version of the song "Hail to the Hammer" which originally appeared on a demo in 2000, and again on How Far to Asgaard in 2002.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 (CD)

1. Gandkvæði Tróndar 04:11   
2. Sinklars vísa 04:55
3. Ocean 10:07   
4. Gátu ríma 05:39   
5. Brennivín 04:58   
6. Fípan fagra 05:49   
7. Valkyrjan 05:05
8. Lokka táttur 06:05
9. Land 16:17  
10. Hail to the Hammer 05:19  

Time: 01:08:25  

Disc 2 (DVD) - Live 2007: Wacken, DEU

1. The Edge (live) 07:37
2. Regin Smiður (live) 06:34
3. Lord of Lies (live) 06:17  
4. Hail to the Hammer (live) 05:47   
5. Ragnarok (live) 06:41
6. Wings of Time (live) 06:49
7. Ramund hin Unge (live) 05:32   

Time:    45:17  

According to the band, the album "Land" 'contains mostly Faeroese, but also Icelandic and Norwegian traditional songs, re-arranged into heavy metal. The second most prevalent language is English'.

It also contains original material.

'Hail to the Hammer' 2008 is a re-recording of the track with the same name from the 'How Far to Asgaard' album. The first version of this song was on the band's 2000 demo.

A music video was made for "Hail to the Hammer"

Another video was made for "Sinklars Vísa"

Recording information:

Recorded at Jacob Hansen's studio in Ribe, Denmark.