Track four from the EP "Nameless One."
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A metal project influenced by various styles of music.
Sequester is the musical project of Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Boc. Founded in 2005, all of the material thus far has been written, performed, recorded and produced by Boc, having drawn inspiration from various genres of music including: heavy and thrash metal, progressive and psychedelic rock, traditional English and Scottish folk, grunge, alternative rock, blues, jazz, and classical.
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Genre
Metal • Power Metal
Charts
Peak #17
Peak in subgenre #4
Author
Ryan Boc
Rights
Ryan Boc 2009
Uploaded
July 31, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 6.3 MB • 128 kbps • 6:56
Story behind the song
From sequester.ca: It is called The Seer and lyrically goes back to the time of the Vikings around 1000AD when the conversion to Christianity was taking place in certain areas of northern Europe. In particular, this song tells of King Olaf I (Olaf Tryggvason, or Olaf The Traitor) of Norway. As the story goes, Olaf visited a seer who prophecized him becoming king, and how after a battle in which he would be severely wounded, he would recover after seven days and be baptized. These prophecies came true, and so Olaf went on to be the Norweigen king with the goal of ruling a united Christian Scandinavia; those in Norway who refused to convert were tortured, mutilated or killed. Olaf also played a role in the Christianity of both Iceland and Greenland, with priests being sent to the former and Leif Eriksson, who had adopted Christianity at Olaf's insistance, to the latter.
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