Týr - 'Axes' (official music video)

Thus the battlehorn rang out into the dawn
Forge ahead towards a wall of weapons drawn
Soon your screams of pain will sound across the sky
Rage embraces me

With axes raised I
Run right into the fray
My bloodlust blind
Born and bred as a savage slayer
Bellowing in the gory grind
Wielding tools of heathen judgment
Vengeance is my sole concern
Ancient gods of the grave begrudge me
Drenched in guts as you bleed and burn

Lo, a spear in nimble hands impales my side
Joke’s on you, I split your skull, to Hel you ride
Downed I wipe your blood and brains from out my eye
Rising to my feet

Oh Týr be praised I
Run back into the fray
My bloodlust blind
Born and bred as a savage slayer
Bellowing in the gory grind
Wielding tools of heathen judgment
Vengeance is my sole concern
Ancient gods of the grave begrudge me
Drenched in guts as you bleed and burn

Axes raised I
Run right into the fray
My bloodlust blind
Born and bred as a savage slayer
Bellowing in the gory grind
Wielding tools of heathen judgment
Vengeance is my sole concern
Ancient gods of the grave begrudge me
Drenched in guts as you bleed and burn

Μπαλάντες μάχης θα μας τραγουδήσουν οι Týr στο νέο τους δισκογραφικό πόνημα. "Battle Ballads" ο τίτλος και αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει στα μέσα του δεύτερου ανοιξιάτικου μήνα, με το μουσικό βίντεο του τραγουδιού "Axes" να προετοιμάζει το έδαφος. Πρόκειται για τον ένατο "ολοκληρωμένο" στουντιακό δίσκο της μπάντας από τα Νησιά Φερόες (Νήσοι Φερόες ή Φαιρόες ή Φέρο, που σημαίνει Νησιά των Προβάτων)...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Joensen comments, “‘Axes’ starts with a battle horn followed by a fast melodic and symphonic guitar riff introducing the progression and main theme of the song.

Game Of Thrones-ish lyrics of gory and glorified hand-to-hand battle of Viking times, told from a first-person perspective. The verse is slow and heavy with a gritty, yet theatrical and melodic voice.

The chorus is fast with a singalong choir, alternating vocally between intricate and brutally simple phrasings. It’s a short face-melting metal song based on a single melodic idea.”

When Týr teamed up with the Symphony Orchestra of the Faroe Islands on February 8th, 2020, to record the double-disc/DVD release A Night At The Nordic House, founding frontman Heri Joensen was thrilled to bring together two of the music forms he loves most - folk and classical - into his band’s unorthodox form of music.

But at the time, he couldn’t have imagined what a profound impact the collaboration would have on his musical vision, and how much it would influence and inform the album he would write a few years later.

“There’s a reason classical music is called classical,” Joensen says. “It's the classical way of doing it. And it creates these epic sounds that fit in perfectly with the kind of metal we do in TÝR. So, there’s full orchestration on all of the new songs.”

"Battle Ballads" features the stunning artwork of by Gyula Havancsak.»

Band: Týr
Country of origin: Faroe Islands
Location: Tórshavn, Streymoy
Formed in: 1998
Genre: Epic/Power/Folk Metal
Lyrical themes: Norse mythology, Paganism, Faroese/Nordic lore
Years active: 1998-present

Video: "Axes"
Album: "Battle Ballads"
Type: Full length
Release date: April 14th, 2024
Label: Metal Blade Records

Tracklisting:
01. Hammered
02. Unwandered Ways
03. Dragons Never Die
04. Row
05. Torkils Døtur
06. Vælkomnir Føroyingar
07. Hangman
08. Axes
09. Battle Ballad
10. Causa Latronum Normannorum

Band members:
Gunnar Thomsen - Bass, Vocals (backing)
Heri Joensen - Guitars, Vocals
Tadeusz Rieckmann - Drums
Hans Hammer - Guitars

Miscellaneous staff:
Gyula Havancsák - Artwork