''Valkyrie'' is the sixteenth studio album by American

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band

Glass Hammer Glass Hammer is an American progressive rock band from Chattanooga, Tennessee, created and led by Steve Babb and Fred Schendel. Babb and Schendel, who founded the band in 1992, are the only constant members in the lineup, having surrounded the ...

. It was released on September 27, 2016. It is the last studio album to feature guitarist Kamran Alan Shikoh. It is the band's first

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since 2012's ''

Perilous ''Perilous'' is the thirteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Glass Hammer, released on October 23, 2012 by Arion Records/Sound Resources. This is the last album with Jon Davison acting as sole lead vocalist, with former vocalists ...

''; the story follows "a soldier's struggle to return home from the horrors of war, to the girl who loves him and must ultimately find her way to him."

Track listing

Personnel

;Glass Hammer * Susie Bogdanowicz – lead vocals * Alan Shikoh – electric, acoustic and classical guitars,

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* Steve Babb – bass, keyboards, lead vocals * Fred Schendel – keyboards, guitars, lead vocals * Aaron Raulston – drums ;Production * Fred Schendel and Steve Babb – producing *

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– mastering * Michal Xaay Loranc –

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, booklet art

References

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