Saga

Sagas are stories mostly about ancient Nordic and Germanic history, about early Viking voyages, the battles that took place during the voyages, about migration to Iceland and of feuds between Icelandic families. They were written in the Old Norse language, mainly in Iceland.

The texts are tales in prose which share some similarities with the epic, often with stanzas or whole poems in alliterative verse embedded in the text, of heroic deeds of days long gone, "tales of worthy men," who were often Vikings, sometimes pagan, sometimes Christian. The tales are usually realistic, except legendary sagas, sagas of saints, sagas of bishops and translated or recomposed romances. They are sometimes romanticised and fantastic, but always dealing with human beings one can understand.

Background

Sagas (album)

Sagas is Equilibrium's second full-length album, released on June 27, 2008.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Helge Stang, all music composed by René Berthiaume, except where noted.

Personnel

  • Helge Stang − vocals
  • René Berthiaume − guitar
  • Andreas Völkl − guitar
  • Sandra Völkl − bass guitar
  • Manuel DiCamillo − drums
  • Kurt Angerpower – guitar
  • Ulrich Herkenhoff – pan flute
  • Muki Seiler – accordion
  • Agnes Malich – violin
  • Gaby Koss – vocals
  • Jörg Sieber
  • Toni González (Karlahan vocalist)
  • Karlahan crew
  • Notes

  • ^ The word "Wurzelbert" (though "Wurzel" means "root") has no direct English translation, but Helge Stang describes it as "an ugly man living in the woods and looking like some kind of nature-bum or something, [with] roots instead of fingers."
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