Tale of Revenge
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Publication |
March 18, 2004 |
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2 |
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9 min 45 s |
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Sweet Silence Studios |
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Tale of Revenge ( engl. , Story of Revenge ') is the only single -Auskopplung for album Iron the Finnish folk - / Viking metal band Ensiferum , and also the first single of the band at all. It was released on March 18, 2004 by the record label Spinefarm Records .
History of origin
The single, like the other songs on the album Iron , was recorded at the end of 2003 in the Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen . It was recorded , produced and mixed by Flemming Rasmussen .
Although the release in Finland was officially scheduled for March 22nd, 2004, Tale of Revenge was already available in stores on March 17th.
Track list
| # | title | composition | length |
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| 1 | Tale of Revenge | Toivonen | 4:31 |
| 2 | Battery ( Metallica Cover) | Hetfield / Ulrich | 5:14 |
Guest musician
Well-known guest musicians were not hired for the single, but Battery has a choir consisting of the following singers:
- Valtias Mustatuuli
- Mikko Kaipainen
- Markus Osterlund
- Henrik Kumlin
Cover
The cover artwork shows a blood-smeared ax head. Ice crystals can be seen in the background. The artwork was designed by Kristian Wåhlin .
criticism
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As a result of the rapidly growing popularity of Ensiferum, mainly due to the very successful debut album Ensiferum , the single was very popular, so that it entered the Finnish singles charts at number 7 in March 2004 and stayed there for 4 weeks. The reviews of the single were nonetheless mixed.
The author Wehrmut from the webzine voenger.de describes the song Tale of Revenge as a typical Ensiferum song that is worth listening to; the Metallica cover, on the other hand, is atypical (a comparison with Manowar is drawn) and uninteresting. So you can buy the single to complete the collection, but it is not really needed.
The conclusion on the song Tale of Revenge by Stefan Popp from the webzine metal1.info was much more positive :
"" Tale Of Revenge "[goes] a little more leisurely [...]. Here you step from a quiet number over an emotional middle section completely unpredictably to a Melodic Death cracker of the first class with a lot of folk and an outstanding chorus including drum fireworks and a very dashing lead - acute danger of catching your ears! "
Individual evidence
- ^ History . ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ensiferum.com, accessed June 1, 2011.
- ↑ News . ensiferum.com; accessed on June 1, 2011.
- ↑ Steffen Hung: Ensiferum - Tale of Revenge. finnishcharts.com, accessed June 1, 2011 .
- ↑ Wehrmut: Ensiferum # Tale of Revenge . voenger.de, accessed on June 1, 2011.
- ^ Stefan Popp: CD review: Ensiferum - Iron. ( Memento from February 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) metal1.info; Retrieved June 1, 2011.
