''Shadowheart'' is the debut album by Finnish

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band

Kivimetsän Druidi Kivimetsän Druidi was a Finnish metal band from Kouvola. 'Kivimetsän Druidi' is Finnish for "druid of the stone forest". Band history Their lyrics are based on the fantasy novel Joni Koskinen's writing. The novel tells a story from The Land o ...

. It was released through

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on October 20, 2008.

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*Tracks 1-11 Published By Magic Arts Publishing. # "Northwind - Prelude" - 1:29 # "Blacksmith" - 6:01 (Jenni Onishko, Joni Koskinen, Antti Koskinen, Antti Rinkinen) # "Jäässä Varttunut" ("Grown Up Within Ice") - 5:51 (Onishko, A. Koskinen, J. Koskinen) # "Halls of Shadowheart" - 4:36 (A. Koskinen, J. Koskinen, Leeni-Maria Hovila) # "Pedon Loitsu" ("The Spell Of The Beast") - 5:57 (A. Koskinen, J. Koskinen, Lukas Pearsall) # "Burden" - 4:31 (Onishko, J. Koskinen, Ville Ryöti) # "The Tyrant" - 5:44 (A. Koskinen, J. Koskinen, Onishko) # "Tiarnäch - Verinummi" ("Bloodmoor") - 2:33 (Hovila, J. Koskinen, A. Koskinen) # "Verivala" ("Bloodoath") - 4:01 (Hovila, Ryöti, J. Koskinen, A. Koskinen) # "Korpin Laulu" ("Raven's Song") - 5:19 (Hovila, J. Koskinen, A. Koskinen) # "Mustan Valtikan Aika" ("The Era Of The Black Scepter") - 7:00 (Rinkinen, J. Koskinen. A. Koskinen) # "Viimeinen Peikkokuningas" ("The Last Of The Troll Kings") - 2:22 # "Leaves" - 4:42 *Tracks 2 and 3 are re-recordings of songs from the " Taottu" EP. *Tracks 5 and 11 are re-recordings of songs from the " Mustan Valtikan Aika" EP. *Tracks 6 and 7 are re-recordings of songs from " The New Chapter" demo. *Track 12 and 13 are bonus tracks. Track 13 is a cover of a song by The Gathering

Personnel

Kivimetsän Druidi

*Leeni-Maria Hovila: Female Vocal *Joni Koskinen: Lead Guitar, Male Vocal,

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Vocal *Antti Rinkinen: Rhythm Guitar *Antti Koskinen: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Choir Vocal *Simo Lehtonen: Bass, Male Backing Vocal *Atte Martinen: Drums, Percussion

Additional Personnel

*Janne Virkki, Olle Korte, Pasi Itäniemi, Vesa Virtanen, Ville Konka, Esa Orjatsalo: Choir

Production

*Arranged By Kivimetsän Druidi *Produced, Engineered & Mixed By Esa Orjsatsalo *Digital Editing By Artturi Laukkanen & Timo Kuismanen *Mastered By Svante Forsback

External links

Kivimetsän Druidi Official Homepage

References

{{Authority control 2008 albums Kivimetsän Druidi albums Century Media Records albums