''Leve Vikingånden'' (''Long Live the Viking Spirit'') is the first official release by the

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heavy metal 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 ...

, following their 1993 demo ''

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''. It was released on 7 inch

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and only 1500 copies were made. Both of its songs have

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lyrics and were re-recorded for the band's 1997 EP '' Far Far North''. The sleeve features an image of Mjolnir.

Track listing

# "Når Hammeren Heves" (When the Hammer Heaves) # "Når Aftensolen Rinner" (When the Evening Sun Sets) Music by Storesund/Glesnes. Lyrics by Glesnes/Bjelland.

Credits

Rune Bjelland Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets known as runic alphabets native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were used to write various Germanic languages (with some exceptions) before they adopted the Latin alphabet, and for specialised ...

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Gerhard Storesund Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–19 ...

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Frode Glesnes ''Frode Glesnes'' (born 7 October 1974) is one of the founders of the Norwegian 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. ...

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Sources

* ''Einherjer.com''
discography

References

Einherjer albums 1995 EPs {{1990s-metal-album-stub