Torsteins Kvæði is a Faeroese ballad about a King of Norway and his two sons, one of which is Torstein. It is a very long and complicated story involving a war with Denmark, which is a very popular subject in Faeroese ballads, and we usually see the Danes beat beyond recognition. This is probably because of hundreds of years of oppression. Be that as it may, we have picked out a few verses from the several hundred that there are to choose from, so there is no way to get the story into our version. We have just picked the first and the last verses and the most beautiful and lyrical verses in between.
Quote from an interview with Tyr:
Torsteins Kvæði is a Faeroese ballad about a King of Norway and his two sons, one of which is Torstein. It is a very long and complicated story involving a war with Denmark, which is a very popular subject in Faeroese ballads, and we usually see the Danes beat beyond recognition. This is probably because of hundreds of years of oppression. Be that as it may, we have picked out a few verses from the several hundred that there are to choose from, so there is no way to get the story into our version. We have just picked the first and the last verses and the most beautiful and lyrical verses in between.
Source: http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/showinterview.php?id=1501