The Last Alliance (album)
2008 studio album by Battlelore
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The Last Alliance is the fifth album by the Finnish heavy metal band Battlelore, released in 2008. It was issued as a jewel case CD and a digipack with a bonus DVD featuring footage of a live show at Metal Female Voices Fest in Wieze, Belgium in 2007.
| The Last Alliance | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 24, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | April–May 2008 | |||
| Studio | Sound Supreme Studios, Hämeenlinna, Finland | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 53:42 | |||
| Label | Napalm | |||
| Producer | Janne Saksa, Battlelore | |||
| Battlelore chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Special edition Digipak cover | ||||
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metal Review | (4.4/10)[1] |
| Lords of Metal | (85/100)[2] |
| Terrorizer |   [3] |
| Metal.de | [4] |
It peaked at position 26 in The Official Finnish Charts.[5]
Track listing
All music and lyrics by Battlelore.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Third Immortal" | 04:45 |
| 2. | "Exile the Daystar" | 04:45 |
| 3. | "The Great Gathering" | 04:09 |
| 4. | "Guardians" | 04:57 |
| 5. | "Voice of the Fallen" | 04:09 |
| 6. | "Daughter of the Sun" | 06:22 |
| 7. | "Green Dragon" | 03:52 |
| 8. | "Awakening" | 05:05 |
| 9. | "Epic Dreams" | 04:25 |
| 10. | "Moontower" | 04:51 |
| 11. | "The Star of High Hope" | 06:25 |
| Total length: | 53:42 | |
Bonus DVD
- "Ghân of the Woods"
- "Ocean's Elysium"
- "Into the New World"
- "Buccaneers Inn"
- "We Are the Legions"
- "House of Heroes"
- "Beneath the Waves"
- "Sons of Riddermark"
Credits
Lyrical references
- "Third Immortal" deals with the wizard Radagast and his part in the defeat of Saruman.
- "Exile the Daystar" describes the effects of the Sun on the creatures of the dark.
- "The Great Gathering" is about the last alliance against Sauron at the end of the Second Age.
- "Guardians" makes reference to the eagles of Middle-Earth.
- "Voice of the Fallen" tells the story of the Mouth of Sauron.
- "Daughter of the Sun" is about Éowyn.
- "Green Dragon" is about the Green Dragon inn in Bywater.
- "Awakening" describes the creation of the Dwarves by the Vala Aulë.
- "Epic Dreams" deals with the dreams sent by the Vala Ulmo to the elven kings Turgon and Finrod Felagund.
- "Moontower" tells the story of Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon.
- "The Star of High Hope" is about the voyages of Eärendil.