''Blot'' is the fourth full-length album by the

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Viking metal Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by a lyrical and thematic focus on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. Viking metal is quite diverse as a musical style, to the point where some consider it more a cr ...

band

Einherjer Einherjer is a Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway, founded in 1993. Some of the band's albums are heavily folk influenced, while others have a more traditional symphonic black metal sound. Their lyrics retell Norse legends, and each of th ...

. It was released on 15 September 2003 by

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Track listing

# "Einherjermarsjen" – 1:38 # "Ironbound" – 3:41 # "Dead Knight's Rite" – 5:34 # "Wolf-Age" – 4:44 # "The Eternally Damned" – 3:01 # "Ware Her Venom" – 5:57 # "Hammar Haus" – 8:02 # "Starkad" – 4:19 # "Ride the Gallows" – 6:48 # "Ingen Grid" – 4:06 # "Berserkergang" – 5:55 # "Venomtongue" – 6:25

Credits

Frode Glesnes ''Frode Glesnes'' (born 7 October 1974) is one of the founders of the Norwegian Viking metal band Einherjer. He started as guitarist/vocalist, but decided to concentrate on the guitar duties. He did the lead vocals on Einherjer's last album, '' ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Aksel Herløe - guitar,

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Gerhard Storesund -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

& keyboard arrangements

References

Einherjer albums 2003 albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub