Njord (album)
Njord is the third studio album by the German/Norwegian symphonic metal band Leaves' Eyes, released on 28 August 2009 on Napalm Records. Njörðr comes from Norse mythology and is a name associated to the Vanir god of the sea and the wind.
In this album the band used for the first time a full orchestra and choir and wrote for them suitable arrangements.
The album was also released in a digipak deluxe edition, including two bonus tracks and a model of a Viking longship with Leaves' Eyes logo on the sail.Track listing
Personnel
Leaves' Eyes
- Liv Kristine Espenæs – vocals
- Alexander Krull – vocals, keyboards, programming, samples
- Thorsten Bauer – guitars, bass
- Mathias Röderer – guitars
- Alla Fedynitch – bass
- Seven Antonopoulos – drums
Additional musicians
- Lingua Mortis Orchestra from Minsk, Belarus, directed by Victor Smolski
- Al dente Choir from Kleinbottwar, Germany, directed by Veronika Messmer
- Christian Roch - Uilleann pipes and whistles on "Scarborough Fair" and "Irish Rain"
- Anette Gulbrandsen - backing vocals on "Northbound"
- Gunnar Sauermann, Cristoph Sutzer, Robert Suß, Uwe Fichtner, Markus Rutten, Steven Willems, Stefan Heilemann - Vikings on "Njord"
Production
- Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing and mastering at Mastersound Studios
- Mathias Röderer, Thorsten Bauer - assistant engineers
- Victor Smolski - orchestra recording engineer
Charts
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