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Eric the Red (album)

Eric the Red
Eric the Red cover.JPG
Studio album by Týr
Released 27 June 2003
Recorded Jacob Hansen studio, Denmark
Genre Viking metal
Folk metal
Progressive metal
Length 60:14 / 70:19
Label Tutl
Napalm Records
Producer Týr
Týr chronology
Ólavur Riddararós
(2002)
Eric, the Red
(2003)
Ragnarok
(2006)
Eric the Red - 2006 re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com 4/5 stars
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars
Lords of Metal (8.1/10)
Metal Storm 9/10 stars

Eric the Red is the second full-length album by the Faroese Viking folk metal band Týr. It was released on 27 June 2003 by Tutl.

The album is trilingual with Faroese and English as the predominant languages. The song Ramund Hin Unge is sung in Danish (specifically Gøtudanskt).

The album was re-released on 24 March 2006 by Napalm Records with a new cover artwork and two additional tracks originally from a demo released in 2000.

The original cover features a painting by Haukur L. Halldórsson titled The Ocean God. The re-release album features cover art by Jan Yrlund.



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