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Track listing

# "Kynning - Einvaldnir Er Her" – 1:24 # "Dreptu Allur" – 1:45 # "Uppruni Vonsku" – 3:36 # "Kynning - Fjoroi Riku" – 4:12 # "Fjordi Rikins Uppgangur" – 3:26 # "I Eldur Og Drumur" – 2:57 # "Vondur" – 2:38 # "Hrafnins Auga Er Sem Speglar A Botni Af Satans Svartasalur" – 3:17 # "Eitt Bergmal Ur Framtidinnar Dagar" – 3:38 # "Kirkjur Skola Brenna" – 2:03 # "Sigurskrift" – 2:29 # "Gud Er Dajnn" – 3:17 # "Ekki Krist - Opinberun I & II" – 3:31 # "Eg Daemi Oss Til Dauda" – 2:57 # "Ekki Nein Verdur Saklaus" – 2:00 # "Beitir Hnifar Skera Djufur" – 3:29 # "Hofdingi Satan" – 3:07

Credits

* It (

Tony Särkkä Tony Särkkä (15 December 1972 – 8 February 2017), who went by the stage name It, was a Swedish multi-instrumentalist who has played in many black metal bands. He played guitar, drums and bass guitar as well as doing vocals. He was joined by ...

) - All guitars, bass guitar, vocals on track 16, violin, talk, additional vocals on tracks 2, 9, 12, handwriting * All (Jim Berger) - Vocals, talk on track 7 * Irata - Drums *

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- Synthesizers * Desire - Female talk, photos * Alexandra Balogh - Piano on tracks 7, 17, Logo design

References

* 1995 albums {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub