Urkraft

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title: "Urkraft" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2000-albums", "thyrfing-albums", "hammerheart-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urkraft" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Urkraft
type	Album
artist	Thyrfing
cover	Thyrfing_Urkraft.jpg
released	August 2000
recorded	6–18 March 2000
genre	Viking metal
length	60:08
label	Hammerheart Records
producer	Tommy Tägtgren & Thyrfing
prev_title	Valdr Galga
prev_year	1999
next_title	Vansinnesvisor
next_year	2002
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| name = Urkraft | type = Album | artist = Thyrfing | cover = Thyrfing_Urkraft.jpg | alt = | released = August 2000 | recorded = 6–18 March 2000 | venue = | studio = | genre = Viking metal | length = 60:08 | label = Hammerheart Records | producer = Tommy Tägtgren & Thyrfing | prev_title = Valdr Galga | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Vansinnesvisor | next_year = 2002 Urkraft (English: Primordial Force) is the third album by Swedish viking metal band Thyrfing. It was released in 2000.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/thyrfing-mn0000586892#biography |title= Thyrfing Biography by Jason Ankeny |website=AllMusic |date= |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=

On some editions of the album, there is a bonus cover of "Over the Hills and Far Away" by rock musician Gary Moore. |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/urkraft-mw0002068635#trackListing |title= Urkraft. Track Listing |website=AllMusic |date= |access-date=16 September 2024 |language=

Track listing

1. "Mjölner" – 5:30
2. "Dryckeskväde" (translation: "Drinking Poem") – 3:54
3. "Sweoland Conqueror" – 6:30
4. "Home Again" – 7:45
5. "The Breaking of Serenity" – 4:28
6. "Eldfärd" (translation: "Journey in Fire") – 1:39
7. "Ways of a Parasite" – 4:39
8. "Jord" (translation: "Earth") – 5:17
9. "The Slumber of Yesteryears" – 3:48
10. "Till Valfader Urgammal" (translation: "To Ancient Valfader") – 4:00
11. "Urkraft" (translation: "Primordial Force") – 7:37
12. "Over the Hills and Far Away" (Gary Moore cover) – 5:01

References

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