What is Nordland II?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album | name = Nordland II | type = Album | artist = [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]] | released = 31 March 2003 | recorded = July–September 2002 | genre = [[Viking metal]] | length = 63:23 | label = [[Black Mark Productions|Black Mark]] | producer = Borje Forsberg, [[Quorthon]] | prev_title = [[Nordland I]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/nordland-ii-mw0000029575 |title=Nordland II - Bathory : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref> | rev2 = Chronicles of Chaos | rev2Score = 5/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-3210_bathory_nordland_ii.aspx |title=CoC : Bathory - Nordland II : Review |last=Kalis |first=Quentin |date=21 September 2003 |work=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]] |access-date=9 September 2012}}</ref> }} '''''Nordland II''''' is the twelfth [[studio album]] by the [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[extreme metal]] band [[Bathory (band)|Bathory]]. It was released on 31 March 2003 through [[Black Mark Productions]]. The album is mainly [[viking metal]], so the songs have lyrics about [[Norse mythology]]. The album was the second in a two-album set, and no plans for Nordland III ever existed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drunkinagraveyard.com/2017/05/31/headbanging-lumberjacks-an-interview-with-bathorys-quorthon/ |title= Headbanging Lumberjacks - An Interview with Bathory's Quorthon |publisher= Headbanging Lumberjacks |access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref> == Track listing == {{Track listing | total_length = 63:23 | all_writing = | title1 = Fanfare | length1 = 3:37 | title2 = Blooded Shore | length2 = 5:46 | title3 = Sea Wolf | length3 = 5:26 | title4 = Vinland | length4 = 6:39 | title5 = The Land | length5 = 6:23 | title6 = Death and Resurrection of a Northern Son | length6 = 8:30 | title7 = The Messenger | length7 = 10:02 | title8