Eric the Red (album)

Eric the Red is the second studio album by Faroese folk metal band Týr. It was released on 27 June 2003 by TUTL Records.

Eric the Red
Studio album by
Týr
Released27 June 2003
StudioJacob Hansen studio, Denmark
Genre
Length60:14
LabelTUTL
ProducerTýr
Týr chronology
How Far to Asgaard
(2002)
Eric the Red
(2003)
Ragnarok
(2006)
2006 re-release
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com
AllMusic
Lords of Metal(8.1/10)
Metal Storm

The album is trilingual with Faroese and English as the predominant languages. The song "Ramund Hin Unge" is sung in Danish (specifically Gøtudanskt).

The album was re-released on 24 March 2006 by Napalm Records with a new cover artwork and two additional tracks originally from a demo released in 2000.

The original cover features a painting by Haukur L. Halldórsson titled The Ocean God. The re-release album features cover art by Jan Yrlund.

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