Týr - 'Hangman' (official audio)

Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa

They guide this guiltless lad to the gallows, make way
Raring to run, I must be mad
Bent down a desperate shape, by the gallows, I pray
Head over heels is my escape

Running up the ridge, my blood rushing
Hangman on my heels, his pace crushing
Scale the mountainside, he's still trailing
Hangman, take it home, you unfailing foe
Far down below

Exhausted by the hunt, set to fail from the start
Stitch in my side, onward, I grunt
Still breathe my burning lungs, still hammers my heart
Long may this lore live in their songs

Running up the ridge, my blood rushing
Hangman on my heels, his pace crushing
Scale the mountainside, he's still trailing
Hangman, take it home, you unfailing foe
Far down below

Whoa, whoa
Whoa, whoa

Running up the ridge, my blood rushing
Hangman on my heels, his pace crushing
Scale the mountainside, he's still trailing
Hangman, take it home, I'm hightailing

Hasting, my death rushing
Hangman on my heels, his pace crushing
Scale the mountainside, he's still trailing
Hangman, take it home, you unfailing foe
Far down below

Μπαλάντες μάχης μας τραγουδούν οι Týr στο νέο τους δισκογραφικό πόνημα. "Battle Ballads" ο τίτλος και κυκλοφορεί ήδη. 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: «The follow-up to the band's 2019's powerful progressive folk-metal album 'Hel', the new 'Battle Ballads' is aptly named - a crushing, soaring, batch of classical embellished songs that conjure images of galloping steeds, clashing swords, and hard-fought victories.

And, as if it needs to be stated, the title 'Battle Ballads' has nothing in common with the lighter-raising songs so prevalent in the 1980s.

"There are definitely two versions of a ballad", clarifies Joensen.

"A lot of people think of hair metal, when they think of ballads. We are looking at ballads here in the Medieval sense.

Apart from a couple of softer parts on the album, this is very much straight heavy metal with some folk and classical influences.

I'm not sure what exactly one would call it - power metal, Viking metal, folk metal. It still fits in very much with what we do, only it feels bigger and more like these big soundscapes."»

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

Audio: "Hangman"
Album: "Battle Ballads"
Type: Full length
Release date: April 12h, 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. 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