''Let Battle Commence'' is the third album by Italian heavy metal band

Doomsword DoomSword is an Italian heavy metal band from Varese, Northern Italy, that combines elements of doom metal, viking metal and traditional heavy metal. Doomsword's lyrics are concerned with epic themes such as ancient and medieval history, fanta ...

, released in 2003. In 2019, ''

Metal Hammer ''Metal Hammer'' is a heavy metal music magazine and website founded in 1983, published in the United Kingdom by Future, with other language editions available in numerous other countries. ''Metal Hammer'' features news, reviews and long-form ...

'' ranked it as the 23rd best power metal album of all time.

Track listing

The lyrics concern the

Great Heathen Army The Great Heathen Army,; da, Store Hedenske Hær also known as the Viking Great Army,Hadley. "The Winter Camp of the Viking Great Army, AD 872–3, Torksey, Lincolnshire", ''Antiquaries Journal''. 96, pp. 23–67 was a coalition of Scandin ...

invasion of England in 865. The front cover is taken from the painting "Gizur and the Huns"(1886) by Peter Nicolai Arbo.

References

2003 albums Doomsword albums {{2000s-doom-metal-album-stub