Tyr - Old Faroese Viking Metal

[K Mitsuhide]

Who else has heard of them? Pretty much half of their songs are in Old Faroese Swedish. Ironic that one of Sweden's top folk metal bands came from an island known for it's lack of metal ore

Anyways, the other half is in English, and there are a few songs sprinkled in that have both... Like Ragnarok. Good song. Anyways, I've acquired quite a taste for them within the last year.

[PandaMattMatt]

I wonder if there is a part of Sweden known for its meatballs??? O.o

Edited July 14, 2010 by PandaMattMatt

[Draiko]

The name Tyr looks familiar for some reason...but I think the only folk metal/viking metal I've been exposed to is Ensiferum and Korpiklaani. And they're both Finnish.

[Zereon]

I am Swedish, love rock/metal and I've NEVER heard of them And no there's no special place in Sweden know for it's meatballs that I know of. And btw after listening to them for a while I can't make out very much of what they're singing.

Edited July 14, 2010 by Zereon

[Horurinjiru Iyasu]

The name Tyr looks familiar for some reason...but I think the only folk metal/viking metal I've been exposed to is Ensiferum and Korpiklaani. And they're both Finnish.

Vyr, maybe?

[Draiko]

I most likely haven't heard of Tyr at all, so it probably just reminded me of something simular name wise that I may have seen. My memory lies to me. It's tragic. There isn't even any cake!

Edited July 14, 2010 by Draiko

[K Mitsuhide]

I am Swedish, love rock/metal and I've NEVER heard of them And no there's no special place in Sweden know for it's meatballs that I know of. And btw after listening to them for a while I can't make out very much of what they're singing.

I doubt you'd be able to. It's almost like they are using English back when it was a slang language that wouldn't make any sense whatsoever to a modern English speaker. They are using a specific type of Swedish spoken in the Faroese Islands back in, say, the 900's A.D.