By the Sword of My Father
# By the Sword of My Father

By the Sword of My Father is the second studio album of the musical project Folkearth.

## Track listing

* "Introduction" — 4:24
* "The Lady's Gift" — 3:48
* "By the Sword of My Father" — 5:26
* "Naglfar Sets Sail" — 5:18
* "The Death of Beowulf" — 6:04
* "Instrumental" — 4:24
* "Skaldic Art" — 4:04
* "Domain of Darksome Ravens" — 5:39
* "Returne to Waelhalle" — 4:41
* "Heathenpride" — 8:43
* "Elves" — 1:29
* "Invictus" — 6:08
* "Wisdom of Wolves" — 2:50
* "Sailing A'Viking" — 2:08
* "Tribute to Viking Gods" — 4:04
* "Journey Ends (outro)" — 3:23

    I^ :"Heathenpride" is Falkenbach cover recorded for tribute album An Hommage to Falkenbach, Part I

## Personnel

Greece

* Marios "Prince Imrahil" Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - vocal, keyboard
* Stefanos Koutsoukos (Dol Amroth) - bass
* Nikos Nezeritis (Dol Amroth) - acoustic guitar
* Hildr Valkyrie (Hildr Valkyrie) - vocal, keyboard

Lithuania

* Ruslanas - spoken vocal

Austria

* Alex "Hugin" Wieser (Uruk-Hai) - keyboard

United Kingdom

* Athelstan (Forefather) - electric guitar, drum programming, vocal
* Wulfstan (Forefather) - vocal

Sweden

* Magnus Wohlfart (Nae'blis) - electric guitar, keyboard, vocal
* Jeremy Child (Yggdrasil) - drums
* Niklas Olausson (Broken Dagger) - vocal
* Daniel Fredriksson (Otyg) - medieval lute, jaw harp
* Simon Frodeberg - bass
* Kristofer Janiec - violin
* Michelle Maas - vocal
* Daniel Pettersson (Pettersson & Fredriksson) - keyed fiddle

Germany

* Tobias Andrelang - bass
* Achim Eberle - percussion
* Ralf Gruber - drums, percussion
* Bernd Intveen (Van Lagen) - electric guitar
* Sabine Stelzer (Van Lagen) - bagpipes, flute, schalmey, percussion
* Marcus Van Langen (Van Lagen) - acoustic guitar, saz, bass, percussion, Viking flute, vocal
* André Groschopp (Thiasos Dionysos) - electric guitar, keyboard, vocal, tin whistle, violin, drums

United States

* Mark Riddick (The Soil Bleeds Black) - recorder, percussion

Italy

* Axel (Death Army) - electric guitar, bass, vocals
* Becky - Celtic harp
* Alessandro Caruso (Hysterya) - drums, percussion
* Francesca Crotti - violin
* Igor Saviola - vocals
* Raven - Celtic harp
* Ulven (Draugen) - acoustic guitar

### Production

* all lyrics except "The Lady's Gift" and "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marios Koutsoukos
* lyrics for "The Lady's Gift" by Wulfstan
* lyrics for "A Tribute to Viking Gods" by Marcus Van Langen
* music on "Returne to Waelhalle" by Hildr Valkyrie
* artwork and cd design by Mark Riddick
