''Heralding – The Fireblade'' is the fourth studio album by the German

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band ''

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''. This record is made up of songs originally intended to be the band's first album, ''Fireblade'', which was shelved in 1995. For the 15-year anniversary of the band, the tracks were finally re-recorded (using the same session musicians as on ''

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'') and released. The LP version, limited to 1,000 copies, was released in 2006 by ''

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'' with the first 300 in transparent clear vinyl.

Track listing

* ''The song "Heralder" is a re-recorded shorter version of "The Heralder", an old track, which once was only available as a bonus track for the picture LP version of ...En their medh ríki fara...''. * ''The song "Læknishendr" is also a re-recording and can be found on the Læknishendr and the Promo 1995 demo albums in two different early/demo forms. Another version of the song was used on the band's first album ''...En their medh ríki fara....'' ''

Personnel

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- vocals, guitars, keyboards

Additional personnel

* Hagolaz - guitars, bass guitar * Tyrann - screaming vocals, spoken parts * Boltthorn - drums, percussion *

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- logo * Patrick Damiani - recording, mixing, mastering * Robin Schmidt - mastering * Philip Breuer - layout

Notes

2005 albums Falkenbach albums Napalm Records albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub