Third Age of the Sun is the third studio album released by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2005. As on previous albums, the songs are all based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas. This album introduced new bass player Timo Honkanen and new vocalist Tomi Mykkänen, who had previously toured with the band when Miika Kokkola and Patrik Mennander had been unavailable. The sound of the album differs from the first two Battlelore albums, as the instrumentation has a more live and organic feel and also due to the absence of clean male vocals.

Third Age of the Sun
Studio album by
Released25 July 2005
RecordedMarch–April 2005
StudioSound Suite Studio, Marseille, France
GenreMelodic death metal, folk metal, Celtic metal
Length49:45
LabelNapalm
ProducerTerje Refsnes, Battlelore
Battlelore chronology
Sword's Song
(2003)
Third Age of the Sun
(2005)
Evernight
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Review(6.9/10)[1]
Metal Storm(6.5/10)[2]
Lords of Metal(60/100)[3]
The Metal Crypt[4]

The album peaked at position 38 in The Official Finnish Charts.[5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Jyri Vahvanen, except "Usvainen Rhûn" by Kaisa Jouhki

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Usvainen Rhûn"Maria Honkanen1:36
2."Storm of the Blades"Jyri Vahvanen, Battlelore3:22
3."Ghân of the Woods"Jussi Rautio, Battlelore4:41
4."Gwaith-i-Mírdain"Battlelore3:43
5."Trollshaws"Vahvanen, Battlelore4:07
6."Elves of Lúva"Rautio, Jouhki4:39
7."Valier - Queens of the Valar"Vahvanen, Battlelore4:19
8."Thousand Caves"Rautio, Battlelore4:06
9."Cloaked in Her Unlight"Rautio, Battlelore4:13
10."Of Orcs and Elves"Vahvanen, Battlelore4:26
11."Touch of Green and Gold"Vahvanen, Battlelore3:59
12."Pallando - Forgotten Wizards I"Vahvanen, Rautio, Battlelore3:31
13."Gollum's Cry"Honkanen3:03
14."Alatar - Forgotten Wizards II" (Digipak edition bonus track)Battlelore3:33
15."Elessar's Call" (Digipak edition bonus track)Battlelore4:11
16."Dwimmerlaik" (Digipak edition bonus track)Battlelore4:28
Total length:61:57

Credits

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Band members
Production
  • Terje Refsnes - producer, engineer, mixing
  • Miitri Aaltonen - additional pre-production
  • Tommi Havo - additional growl-vocals arrangements
  • Mika Jussila - mastering at Finnvox Studios

Lyrical references

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References

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  1. ^ Carlson, Harley (1 September 2005). "Review of Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun". Metal Review.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  2. ^ "Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun review". Metal Storm. 16 November 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. ^ Barten, MIchiel. "Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun". Lords of Metal.nl. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  4. ^ Batteiger, Paul. "Battlelore - Third Age of the Sun". The Metal Crypt.com. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  5. ^ "Battlelore in Finnish Charts". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-09-23.
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