Dreams of Endless War

Dreams of Endless War is the debut album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. It was released on 18 July 2002 by Spinefarm Records. The songs; "Victorious One" and "Endless War" are demo songs from Warlord, while the song "Warlord" from the demo was renamed as "Endless War" and are identical tracks. "Released" was released as a single and made into a music video.

Dreams of Endless War
Studio album by Norther
Released	18 July 2002
Recorded	August 2001 at Sundi Coop Studios, Savonlinna
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	43:28 46:30 (with bonus track)
Label	Spinefarm
Producer	Tuomo "jäänksmä tälläseks" Valtonen
Norther chronology
Warlord (2000) Dreams of Endless War (2002) Mirror of Madness (2003)

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Darkest Time"	Tuomas Planman	Petri Lindroos, Kristian Ranta	6:10
2.	"Last Breath"	Lindroos	Lindroos, Ranta	5:01
3.	"Released"	Ranta	Ranta, Lindroos	4:08
4.	"Endless War"	Ranta	Lindroos, Korpas	6:49
5.	"Dream"	Lindroos	Lindroos, Ranta	4:34
6.	"Victorious One"	Lindroos, Ranta	Lindroos, Korpas	5:44
7.	"Nothing Left"	Ranta	Ranta, Lindroos	4:22
8.	"The Last Night"		Planman, Ranta	2:18
9.	"Final Countdown" (Europe cover)	Joey Tempest	Tempest	4:22
10.	"Youth Gone Wild" (Skid Row cover Japanese Bonus Track)	Rachel Bolan	Bolan, Dave Sabo	3:02

Videography

The album features a video for the song "Released", which can be viewed here.

Credits

Norther

• Petri Lindroos − guitars, vocals
• Kristian Ranta − guitars
• Tuomas Planman − keyboards
• Jukka Koskinen − bass guitar
• Toni Hallio − drums

Other

• Mixed in October 2001 at Finnvox Studios by Mikko Karmila.
• Mastered in October 2001 at Finnvox Studios by Mika "Mikä" Jussila.
• Photos by Toni Härkönen.
• Illustration and logo by "tree-dwelling goblin" Janne Pitkänen.

References

• Dreams of Endless War at AllMusic. Retrieved 00:01, 3 May 2021 (UTC).

External links

• Official Norther website