Týr have premiered a new video for their new song “Axes.” This track is from the band’s new album “Battle Ballads,” which will be released on April 12.
Vocalist Heri Joensen said the following about the song:
“‘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.”
He also added the following about the album:
“We consciously decided to make this a more direct album with songs that are easier for listeners to get right away than some of the stuff on our last album, or maybe even on our 2006 album Ragnarok, which was very progressive. With ‘Battle Ballads,’ there are progressive elements here and there, but we tried to keep the songs based on one or two musical ideas each, and work on everything from there. So, in a way, it’s more concise than our last album, but it’s more epic because of the symphonic elements.”
“Battle Ballads” Track Listing:
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”
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