''Dragons of the North'' is the first full-length album by the

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band

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. The lyrics of the seventh track, "Slaget ved Hafrsfjord" (''sic''), are taken from Torbjørn Hornklove's 9th-century account of the

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. The remaining songs have original

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lyrics.

Track listing

# "Dragons of the North" – 4:15 # "Dreamstorm" – 6:28 # "Forever Empire" – 6:42 # "Conquerer" – 7:04 # "Fimbul Winter" – 4:44 # "Storms of the Elder" – 7:53 # "Slaget ved Hafrsfjord" – 6:03 (The Battle at Hafrsfjord) # "Ballad of the Swords" – 4:58 Music by Storesund/Glesnes/Wold Lyrics by Glesnes/Storesund/Bjelland except "Slaget ved Hafrsfjord".

Credits

* Rune Bjelland –

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* Gerhard Storesund –

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–

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* Audun Wold – guitar, clean vocals * Stein Sund –

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References

Einherjer albums 1996 albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub