''Leve Vikingånden'' (''Long Live the Viking Spirit'') is the first official release by the Norwegian heavy metal band

Einherjer Einherjer is a Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway, founded in 1993. Some of the band's albums are heavily Traditional folk music, folk influenced, while others have a more traditional symphonic black metal sound. Their lyrics retell Norse ...

, 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 ''Far Far North'' is a three-song EP released by the band Einherjer in 1997. The final two tracks are re-recorded versions of songs from the band's 1995 EP '' Leve Vikingånden''. Those two songs have Norwegian language lyrics, while the title ...

''. 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 –

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* Gerhard Storesund –

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* Frode Glesnes –

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* Audun Wold –

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Sources

* ''Einherjer.com''
discography

References

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