Tales of Ithiria

Infobox Album |
Name = Tales of Ithiria
Type = studio
Artist = Haggard

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Released = flagicon|Germany August 29 2008
Recorded =
Genre = Symphonic metal
Length = 43:03
Label = Drakkar Entertainment
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "Eppur Si Muove"
(2004)
This album = "Tales of Ithiria"
(2008)
Next album =

"Tales of Ithiria" is the fourth studio album by the German symphonic metal band Haggard.Previously known under its work title "A dark winter's tale", [cite web |last=forum.haggard.de |title=(Website is currently down) |date=2006-09-07 |url=http://forum.haggard.de] this album breaks the band's habit of writing about historical characters and events. Instead, it tells a fictional, medieval-themed story written by Haggard's songwriter Asis Nasseri. [cite web |last=FolkMetal.de |title=Interview with Asis Nasseri at the Summer Breeze Open Air Festival 2005 (German) |date=2005-08-18 |url=http://www.folkmetal.de/interviews/h/haggard/2005_08_18/62/index.html]

Progress

So far, two videos have been released on the band's [http://www.haggard.de official website] , the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLN5AOiAbk first one] on January 17, 2007 and the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Yrt7tubYQ second one] on January 24, 2007 showing the studio's premises and giving a small preview of the album's content.

The album's release was originally slated for June 29, 2007, but was postponed "indefinitely" as announced on the publisher's website on July 29, 2007:
:"Sadly, we can't tell you anything real new about the release date of the new Haggard album "Tales of Ithiria", except that it almost definitely won't happen this year anymore"." [cite web |last=drakkar.de |title=Tales of Ithiria - Release date: TBA |date=2007-07-19 |url=http://www.drakkar.de/en/index.php?bandid=1&jahr=2007]

The album was released on August 29, 2008.

Track listing

Songs are written by Asis Nasseri.

# The Origin - 1:57
# Chapter I - Tales Of Ithiria - 8:08
# From Deep Within - 0:25
# Chapter II - Upon Fallen Autumn Leaves - 6:37
# In des Königs Hallen (Allegretto Siciliano) - 2:03
# Chapter III - La Terra Santa - 4:55
# Vor dem Sturme - 0:35
# Chapter IV - The Sleeping Child - 6:10
# Hijo De La Luna - 4:20
# On These Endless Fields - 1:03
# Chapter V - The Hidden Sign - 6:25

Trivia

"Hijo de la Luna" is a cover from Spanish pop band Mecano, however, in the booklet both the music and the lyrics are credited as "traditional", instead of José María Cano, who in fact wrote the song.

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