Skyforger (biography) :: Kauja pie Saules

Tracklisting
1. Zviegtin' zviedza kara zirgi (Neighed the Battlehorses) (02:29)
2. Kauja pie Saules. 1236. (The Battle of Saule) (04:51)
3. Senču ozols (The Ancient Oak) (04:41)
4. Viestarda cīņa pie Mežotnes (Viestard's Fight at Mežotne)
5. Kurši (Kurshi) (04:36)
6. Kalējs kala debesīs (Forger Forged up in the Sky) (04:41)
7. Kam pūšat kara taures (Why the Horns of War Are Blown) (02:33)
8. Kauja Garozas silā. 1287. (Battle at Garoza Forest) (05:23)
9. Svētais ugunskrusts (The Sacred Firecross) (06:33)

Produced by Gints Lundbergs and Skyforger.
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Gints Lundbergs at Phoenix Recordings, Riga, Latvia, in May 1998.
Co-engineered by Jānis Levits.

All music by Pēteris Kvetkovskis , Rihards Skudrītis and Edgars Grabovskis.
All heathen poetry by Pēteris Kvetkovskis, except "Zviegtin' zviedza kara zirgi" and "Kam pūšat kara taures", which are ancient Latvian warrior songs.
2 is based upon the poem of Vilis Plūdonis.
6 was inspired by Latvian folksongs - dainas.
English translations by Gints Lundbergs.

Cover painting "Kauja pie Saules. 1236." by Voldemārs Vimba.
Inside artwork "Kurshi besiege Riga in 1210" Voldemārs Vimba.
Design by Gints Lundbergs and PÄ“teris Kvetkovskis.
Photography by Gints Lundbergs.
Layout by Valdis BÄ“rzvads.

Line-up (pictured):
Pēteris "Peter" Kvetkovskis - vocals, guitars, kokles on 1, rattle stick on 1, bagpipes on 6, warhorn on 7, pipe on 8 & 9, Ģīga on 9
Rihards Skudrītis - guitars, backing vocals, kokles on 1, 3 & 9
Edgars "Zirgs" Grabovskis - bass, mouth harp on 3 & 6, Ģīga on 4
Imants Vovers - drums, percussion, backing vocals