''Doombound'' is the sixth album by the Finnish

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

band

Battlelore Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. ...

, released on January 26, 2011. It was their final album before their hiatus. A digipak version including the CD, a bonus DVD, and a poster is available at

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal, hard rock and folk/folk rock/folk metal. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach a ...

website, which also released a sample for the song "Kärmessurma". According to the band's blog:

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Battlelore.

''10 Years of Battlelore'' - bonus DVD

*Live at Club Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland June 27, 2008 *Live at Club Nosturi, Helsinki, Finland January 1, 2009 *"Evernight over Europe" Tour 2007 *"The Last Alliance" Tour in Finland 2008 *Photo galleries *Music videos: #"Third Immortal" #"House of Heroes" #"Storm of the Blade" #"Journey to Undying Lands"

Credits

;Band members * Kaisa Jouhki –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

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– vocals * Jussi Rautio –

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

* Jyri Vahvanen – guitar * Timo Honkanen –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

* Henri Vahvanen –

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

* Maria Honkanen – keyboards,

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

;Additional musicians *Markus Vuoristo - cello on "Doombound" and "Kielo" *

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and ...

- guitar solo on "Last of the Lords" *Janne Saksa - backing vocals ;Production *Janne Saksa - producer, engineer *Dan Swanö - mixing, mastering

Release history

The specific release dates follow: *January 26, 2011 – ESP/FIN/SWE *January 28, 2011 – GAS/BENELUX/ITA *January 31, 2011 – Rest of Europe *February 8, 2011 – USA/CAN

References

External links

Battlelore Official Homepage
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