Northern Steel (2017) – Antti Martikainen

Novum (2022)

1. Novum (4:01)
2. Undefeated (4:02)
3. Neon Drifter (4:23)
4. Cybershock (5:30)
5. Velvet Dragon (5:48)
6. Heavy Drop (3:48)
7. Helldive (3:45)
8. Superluminal (3:45)
9. Angel of Vengeance (4:01)
10. Hard Reset (4:50)
11. Fatal Defiance (3:24)
12. Scavengers Awaken (2:44)
13. Accelerate (3:31)
14. F.M.D. (3:06)
15. Singularity Aftermath (3:42)
16. Laid to Waste (2:58)
17. Pandemonium (4:13)
18. Wings of Armageddon (4:06)
19. Resistance Is Futile (3:25)
20. Ad Astra (4:18)

Total running time: 1 Hours 19 minutes

Released on November 30, 2022

Credits:
Rick Curran: classical strings
Tommy Ponce: guitars
Alia Fay: vocals on tracks 3,5, 9, xiao and dizi on track 5
Jocelyn Fields: vocals on track 2
Jacko Cheng: erhu on track 5
Lloyd Degler: tarhu on track 3

Cover artwork by Dusan Markovic
Cover layout and logos by Antti Martikainen

Composed, arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen

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Throne of the North (2022)

1. From the Fields of Gallia (07:20)
2. Runestones (07:18)
3. A Forgotten Kingdom (05:55)
4. Valiant Heart (05:44)
5. Pathway to Glory (06:53)
6. Dragoncrest (08:09)
7. Battleworn (05:40)
8. Homecoming (04:59)
9. Winter’s Legacy (05:44)
10. The Heart of Wilderness (08:40)
11. Vale of a Thousand Rivers (05:35)
12. Rise to Asgard (08:12)
13. Throne of the North 10:55)
14. From the Fields of Gallia (Folk version) (05:24)
15. Runestones (Metal version) (06:37)
16. Dragoncrest (Metal version) (05:58)
17. The Heart of Wilderness (Folk version) (04:40)
18. Throne of the North (Metal version) (06:50)

Total running time: 2 Hours

Released on July 6, 2022

Credits:
Ian Fontova: folk instruments and percussion
Rick Curran: classical strings
Mikko Salovaara: guitars and additional guitar solo arranging
Hillewi Elgstrand: vocals
Lassi Logrén: nyckelharpa
Paul Johnson: gaita, gralla and tarota
Kim Fleuchaus: native flutes on track 11
Carlos Carty: native flutes on track 11
Jocelyn Fields: vocals on track 18
Pepe Rodriquez: additional percussion

Composed, arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen

Artwork by Jonathan Guzi
Cover layout and design by Antti Martikainen

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Throne Of The North (2015)

1. From the Fields of Gallia
2. Runestones
3. A Forgotten Kingdom
4. Valiant Heart
5. Pathway to Glory
6. Dragoncrest
7. Battleworn
8. Homecoming
9. Winter’s Legacy
10. The Heart of Wilderness
11. Vale of a Thousand Rivers
12. Rise to Åsgard
13. Throne of the North

Total running time: 1 Hour 31 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Antti Martikainen
© 2015 Antti Martikainen

This album is was remade in 2022. You can listen to the original 2015 tracks (legacy versions) here

The Last Chronicle (2014)

1. The Trail of Heroes
2. The King of the Highlands
3. Xian
4. Titanium Sky
5. Oceangate
6. Faraway
7. Imperia
8. Conquer New World
9. Frozen Sun
10. Revival
11. The Last Chronicle

Total running time: 1 Hour 36 Minutes
All music composed, arranged and produced by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Tuomas Pekkarinen
Logo by Pierre-antoine Porte
© 2014 Antti Martikainen

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Another Saga (2014)

1. Through Enemy Lines
2. Revenge of the Steampunk Pirates
3. Nighttime Canopy
4. Sands of Deccan
5. A Snowy Day
6. A Village by the River
7. Trial by Fire
8. Wonders Below
9. Eternal Saga (metal)
10. To Valhalla! (metal)
11. After the End (metal)
12. New Horizons (metal)
13. The Chase (synth & percussion)
14. New Horizons (acoustic)
15. Eternal Saga (alternative)
16. To Valhalla! (alternative)
17. Treacherous Waters (alternative)
18. Northland (alternative)
19. Sons of Avalon (alternative)
20. After the End (alternative)
21. Spirit Creek (alternative)
22. The Chase (alternative)
23. New Horizons (alternative)
24. The God of Thunder (alternative)
25. Valor (alternative)
26. Call of the Ancients (alternative)
27. Awakening the Forest (alternative)
28. The Final Confrontation (alternative)
29. At the Journey’s End (alternative)
30. Eternal Saga (demo)
31. To Valhalla! (demo)
32. Treacherous Waters (demo)
33. Sons of Avalon (demo)
34. After the End (demo)
35. The Chase (demo)
36. New Horizons (demo)
37. The God of Thunder (demo)
38. Valor (demo)
39. At the Journey’s End (demo)

Total running time: 3 Hours 52 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Pierre-antoine Porte
© 2014 Antti Martikainen

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Eternal Saga (2014)

1. Eternal Saga
2. To Valhalla!
3. Treacherous Waters
4. Northland
5. Sons of Avalon
6. After the End
7. Spirit Creek
8. The Chase
9. New Horizons
10. The God of Thunder
11. Valor
12. Call of the Ancients
13. Awakening the Forest
14. The Final Confrontation
15. At the Journey’s End

Total running time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Pierre-antoine Porte
© 2014 Antti Martikainen

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Creation Of The World (2013)

1. Creation of the World
2. Jewel of the Forest
3. The Era of Legends
4. The Forbidden City
5. Winds of Ithaca
6. Folktale
7. The Land of Eternal Winter
8. Sakura No Seishin
9. At the Gates of Babylon
10. Enchanted Halls
11. Cradle of Life
12. The Lone Wanderer
13. Treasure Cove
14. Day at the Market
15. Ocean Palace
16. Ominous Revelations
17. The Sky Is Ours!
18. The Stone of Dryad
19. On the Road to Adventures
20. To the Ends of the Earth

Total running time: 1 Hour 36 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Jordi Castelar
© 2013 Antti Martikainen

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Carmina Gloria (2021)

1. Divine Alliance (6:55)
2. Durandal (6:37)
3. Metal Crusade (6:37)
4. Terra Sancta (6:48)
5. Blood of Glory (5:45)
6. Deliverance (7:41)
7. Claymore in the Face (4:39)
8. Shining Fate (5:24)
9. Defenders of the Cross (8:03)
10. The March of the Templars (9:15)
1.1 Victoria Ultima (10:57)

Total running time: 1 Hour 19 Minutes

Released on July 21, 2021

Credits:
Mikko Salovaara: lead guitars, acoustic guitars
Francesco Mattei: rhythm guitars
Ian Fontova: folk instruments
Ruben Monteiro: oud, saz baglama, hurdy gurdy
Paul Johnson: gaita, gralla, tarota
Natalia Dmukhovskaia: classical violin
Jocelyn Fields: vocals
Angela Schleihauf: Oboe, english horn
Kim Fleuchaus: ney flute
Erkan Erginci: duduk
Max Kerner: Citole

Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen
Additional guitar, bass and drum mixing by Simone Mularoni (Domination Studio)

Cover artwork by Kerem Beyit

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Sonic Savior (2020)

1. Edenfall
2. Maverick
3. The Cure for Weakness
4. Neogenesis
5. Sonic Savior
6. Etherity
7. World of Hurt
8. Ascension Gate
9. Iconoclast
10. Limitless
11. Quantum Exodus
12. Ashes of Decadence

Total running time: 1 Hour 19 Minutes

Released on December 27, 2020

Composed, arranged, mixed and mastered by Antti Martikainen
Additional guitar, bass and drum mixing by Simone Mularoni (Domination Studio)Guest performances:
Mikko Salovaara: lead guitars and additional guitar solo composing
Francesco Mattei: rhythm and clean guitars
Marco Gnoatto: keyboards
Cover artwork by Kerem Beyit

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Northern Steel Remastered (2020)

1. Northern Steel (Remastered)
2. Lords of Iron (Remastered)
3. Heathen Sword (Remastered)
4. The Crown of War (Remastered)
5. Taivaantuli (Remastered)
6. Mead Hall Mayhem (Remastered)
7. Final Kingdom (Remastered)
8. Wolfheart (Remastered)
9. Kalevala (Remastered)

Total running time: 1 Hour 51 Minutes

Released on June 10, 2020
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Kerem Beyit
© 2019 Antti Martikainen

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The Heart of Avalon, Vol. 2 (2019)

1. The Grail Quest
2. Hills of Badon
3. The Knights of Camelot
4. Trinovantum
5. The Code of Chivalry
6. Joyous Gard
7. Antumnos
8. Excalibur
9. Elegia Regum
10. Camlann Will Bleed
11. The Heart of Avalon

Total running time: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen

Ian Fontova: Celtic whistles and pipes, recorders, fiddle, plucked string instruments, small percussion
Rick Curran: violin, viola and cello
Paul Johnson: gaita, gralla and tarota
Carolina Sánchez: oboe and english horn
Annie Rie: hurdy gurdy
Max Hattwich: lute
Mohammad Rjoub: oriental strings
Eli Mine: oud and bansuri
Jocelyn Fields: female vocals
Celica Soldream: female vocals
Hillewi Elgstrand: female vocals
Francesca Genco: female vocals
Jonathan Matthews: male vocals
Ian Fontova, Isaac Solanas and Axel Blázquez: male choir

© 2019 Antti Martikainen

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The Heart of Avalon, Vol. 1 (2019)

1. Albion
2. Dinas Emrys
3. The Serpent Prophecy
4. Victory Or Death
5. The Rise of Pendragons
6. The Herald of Fate
7. A Giant’s Dance
8. The Walls of Tintagel
9. The Once And Future King
10. Lady of the Lake
11. Chosen by the Sword
12. Laus Equitis
13. Brocéliande
14. White Riding Warrior

Total running time: 1 Hour 19 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen

Ian Fontova: Celtic whistles and pipes, recorders, fiddle, plucked string instruments, small percussion
Rick Curran: violin, viola and cello
Paul Johnson: gaita, gralla and tarota
Carolina Sánchez: oboe and english horn
Annie Rie: hurdy gurdy
Max Hattwich: lute
Mohammad Rjoub: oriental strings
Eli Mine: oud and bansuri
Jocelyn Fields: female vocals
Celica Soldream: female vocals
Hillewi Elgstrand: female vocals
Francesca Genco: female vocals
Jonathan Matthews: male vocals
Ian Fontova, Isaac Solanas and Axel Blázquez: male choir

© 2019 Antti Martikainen

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Hymn Of The High Seas, Vol. 2 (2018)

1. Dangerous Tides
2. Sunken Sailor’s Inn
3. Wenches And Rum
4. The Queen of Storms
5. Down with the Waves
6. Uncharted
7. To Our Watery Grave
8. Oceanbound
9. Cutthroat Crew (Acoustic Version)
10. Wenches And Rum (Acoustic Version)
11. Hymn of the High Seas (Metal Version)
12. Taking Back Nassau (Metal Version)
13. Drowning Crown (Metal Version)
14. Dangerous Tides (Metal Version)
15. Sunken Sailor’s Inn (Metal Version)

Total running time: 1 Hour 18 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen

Ian Fontova Valero: Recorders, Irish whistles, fiddle, melodica, Glastonbury pipe, bagpipe, bouzouki, banjo, acoustic guitars, lapharp, percussion, choir, additional arranging
Rick Curran: Classical strings
Ronen Sakal: Lead electric guitars and additional guitar solo arrangements
Celica Soldream: Vocals in tracks 1, 6 and 8
Annie Rie: Hurdy gurdy
Martine Chiasson: Nyckelharpa
Ian Fontova Valero and Isaac Solanas: Pirate choirs in tracks 2 and 11.
Cover artwork by Admira Wijaya

© 2018 Antti Martikainen

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Hymn Of The High Seas, Vol. 1 (2018)

1. Hymn of the High Seas
2. Taking Back Nassau
3. Only for the Brave
4. Oath to the Abyss
5. Black Skulls
6. Old West Conquest
7. Wild Iron
8. The Dream of Libertalia
9. Drowning Crown
10. Cutthroat Crew
11. Saloon Showdown
12. Dead Frontiers
13. Silver Bullet

Total running time: 1 Hour 18 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen

Ian Fontova Valero: Recorders, Irish whistles, transverse flute, fiddle, melodica, Glastonbury pipe, bagpipe, bouzouki, banjo, acoustic guitars, lapharp, harmonica, whistling, percussion, choir, additional arranging
Rick Curran: Classical strings
Ronen Sakal: Lead electric guitars and additional guitar solo arrangements
Celica Soldream: Vocals in tracks 4 and 8
Julie Seechuk: Vocals in track 12
Vito Gutilla: Fiddle and additional fiddle solo arrangement
Mark Morgan: Solo trumpet
Annie Rie: Hurdy gurdy
Martine Chiasson: Nyckelharpa and crumhorn
Paul Kempf: Piano and additional piano solo arrangement in track 11
Alex Paclin: Harmonica and additional harmonica solo arrangement in track 7
Ian Fontova Valero and Isaac Solanas: Pirate choirs in tracks 1 and 10
Cover artwork by Admira Wijaya

© 2018 Antti Martikainen

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Northern Steel (2017)

1. Northern Steel
2. Lords of Iron
3. Heathen Sword
4. The Crown of War
5. Taivaantuli
6. Mead Hall Mayhem
7. Final Kingdom
8. Wolfheart
9. Kalevala

Total running time: 1 Hour 50 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Jan-Philipp Eckert
© 2017 Antti Martikainen

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The Sound of Courage (2017)

1. Legendary
2. Kingdom Come
3. Ruins of the Future World
4. Onward!
5. Cannonstorm
6. A Taste of Freedom
7. Escalation
8. The Goddess of War
9. A Will of Steel
10. Nuke it From the Orbit!
11. Liberation
12. The Strength Within
13. The Harbinger of Death
14. The Bringer of Justice
15. Adrenaline
16. Reclaiming Earth
17. Overkill
18. Rise as Champions
19. Patriot
20. A Coming Storm
21. Vanguard
22. Powers from Beyond
23. Salvation
24. Hellbound
25. The Last Ride to Glory
26. Extinction Game
27. Defenders of the Galaxy
28. Beautiful Vengeance
29. Nothing Left to Fight For
30. The Sound of Courage

Total running time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Jan-Philipp Eckert
© 2017 Antti Martikainen

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Adventuria vol. 1 (2016)

1. Welcome to Adventuria
2. A Warrior’s Fate
3. The Fabled Capital
4. The Age of Prosperity
5. Across the Evergreen
6. Symphony of the Forest
7. Oakenthrone
8. Ride with the Dragons
9. The Way North
10. The Breath of Winter
11. Snow Dancer
12. Take the Skies
13. Thunderheads
14. Horizon’s End

Total running time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen

Ian Fontova: fiddle, whistles, mandolin and guitar in tracks 6 and 7
Gaby Koss: vocals in tracks 2, 8, 10 and 11
Pau Vazquez: violin in track 8
IceRequiem: violin in track 4
Cover artwork by Chris Ostrowski

© 2016 Antti Martikainen

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Origins (2016)

1. Faraway (remaster)
2. The Era of Legends (remaster)
3. To Valhalla! (remaster)
4. The King of the Highlands (remaster)
5. The Forbidden City (remaster)
6. Treacherous Waters (remaster)
7. Titanium Sky (remaster)
8. At the Gates of Babylon (remaster)
9. New Horizons (remaster)
10. Xian (remaster)
11. The Land of Eternal Winter (remaster)
12. At the Journey’s End (remaster)
13. Imperia (remaster)
14. Creation of the World (remaster)
15. The God of Thunder (remaster)
16. Revival (remaster)

Total running time: 1 Hour 55 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Pierre-Alain D. / 3mmi Design
© 2016 Antti Martikainen

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Synthesia (2016)

1. The Future That Never Was
2. Synthesia
3. Unstoppable
4. One Against the World
5. Child of the Machine
6. Lightbearer
7. Uprising
8. Enhanced Man
9. Skydrome
10. Dark City
11. Supreme in Design
12. Psionic Souls
13. Corruption
14. The New Order
15. Critical Point
16. The Game Changer

Total running time: 1 Hour 29 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Mohamud M Aden
© 2016 Antti Martikainen

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Set Sail For The Golden Age (2016)

1. Set Sail for the Golden Age
2. Destination Tortuga
3. The Shine of Gold
4. Port Royal
5. The Great Pirate Hunt
6. Beyond the World’s Edge
7. Barbarossa
8. Escaping the Tribals
9. Otherworld
10. Wolves of the Sea
11. Salty Seadogs’ Tavern
12. The City of Lions
13. Dead Man’s Tale

Total running time: 1 Hour 28 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Gordon Napier
© 2016 Antti Martikainen

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Enter Infinity (2015)

1. Xenospheres
2. Elysion
3. Deep Space Expedition
4. Dystopia
5. Unexplored Territories
6. Disruption
7. Terraforming
8. Endless Frontier
9. Star Odyssey
10. Sky Atlas
11. D3cim4t0r
12. Enter Infinity

Total running time: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
Cover artwork by Dinodrawing
© 2015 Antti Martikainen

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1. Warpipes
2. Stormfarer
3. Land of the Brave
4. From Ashes
5. Winterheart
6. Across the Highlands
7. A Victorious Path
8. Heaven Or Hell
9. The Lost Haven
10. The Price of Honor
11. New Dawn Rising
12. Fabled
13. The Elder Blood
14. Versus
15. Spellborn

Total running time: 44 Minutes
All music composed and arranged by Antti Martikainen
© 2015 Colossal Trailer Music, SPM Music Group

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