06/12/2008 16:00

Battlelore

Battlelore: 'The Last Alliance'

Finland Tolkien-metallers Battlelore have completed the recordings of their 5th full length album, entitled 'The Last Alliance'. The album will be mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö.
The band recored 11 songs with engineer Janne Saksa. There will be a jewelcase and digipak versions of the album. And maybe, just maybe, the digipak will contain a bonus live DVD.

The track list for 'The Last Alliance' is as follows:
1. Third Immortal
2. Exile the Daystar
3. The Great Gathering
4. Guardians
5. The Voice of the Fallen
6. Daughter of the Sun
7. Green Dragon
8. Awakening
9. Epic Dreams
10. Moontower
11. The Star of High Hope

The track list for the bonus DVD (Live at Metal Female Voices Festival 2007):
1. Ghân of the Woods
2. Ocean's Elysium
3. Into the New World
4. Buccaneer's Inn
5. We Are the Legions
6. House of Heroes
7. Beneath the Waves
8. Sons of Riddermark

(source: Battlelore)

News about the subject posted April 1st 2008:

Here is the band's statement:

"Hellos all!

Battlelore started the recordings of their fifth album earlier today at Sound Supreme Studios in Hämeenlinna, Finland, with the producer Janne Saksa. The working title of the new album is 'The Last Alliance'. Within the next four weeks Battlelore will record and choose up to 9-10 songs from their material to be on this fifth voyage through Middle-earth. The album will then be mixed and mastered by the legendary Dan Swanö. Songtitles set to be on the album are e.g. 'The Last Alliance', 'Exile the Daystar', 'Daughter of the Sun', 'Third Immortal' and 'Voice of the Fallen'.

The new material is bigger, better and more epic with a few surprises such as the use of Tomi’s clean vocals. The band itself describes the new songs as a beautiful combination of 'Sword's Song' and 'Evernight', where all the typical musical elements of Battlelore are combined in a new and also unexpected way. Needless to say, the whole band is very enthusiastic and exited to be recording these songs.

Prepare for the album of a lifetime, this one will not disappoint you!

There will be a studiobook running on the band's site so keep on checking for photos, texts, videos..."

(source: the official Battlelore website)