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Wardruna’s new, skaldic composition ‘Hibjørnen’ attunes one’s senses to nature. Another single out now from the upcoming new album ‘Birna’, set for release early 2025 via Sony Music and By Norse Music! The official music video will be premiering tomorrow night at 7 PM CET!

Season of Mist added yet another amazing Nordic folk project to its roster by signing Danheim, giving him the freedom to focus on making more of the music that speaks to the spirit of his Viking heritage!

Get ready for some dancing! Eihwar unleashed their explosive new single and video ‘Viking War Trance’, both the title track of their upcoming debut set for release in September via Season of Mist and a perfect representation of their “Viking Carpenter Brut” music style!

Last weekend, they took over Hellfest and some weeks before that, the duo Eihwar unleashed the single ‘Völva’s Chant’ from their upcoming debut album ‘Viking War Trance’, set for release via Season of Mist in September! And the perfect preparation for the dancing that will be happening tomorrow at our very own LITHA FEST!

Dutch artist and Nordic folk pioneer Kati Rán presented her new single ‘Stone Pillars’, featuring Gaahl and Mitch Harris on guest vocals, and a first track unveiled of her upcoming Svart Records album ‘Sála’!

Tuska has confirmed 16 more names for the 2024 edition with Stratovarius, HEALTH, Lord Of The Lost, Eivør, Elvenking, Devourment, St. Aurora, Assemble the Chariots, I AM YOUR GOD, Swansong, Krypta, Sadistic Drive, Prestige, Putro In Black, SICK URGE and Dome Runner! Get your tickets now before the price increase in a couple of weeks!

What bands are you happy with this time? And what bands are you still hoping for?

Melodic death metal and Scottish folk music duo Hand Of Kalliach signed to Prosthetic Records for the release of their upcoming album ‘Corryvreckan’ next month and celebrate with the new single ‘Fell Reigns’!

Earlier this week, Eivør announced her European tour for 2024, supported by very special guest and Season of Mist labelmate Sylvaine, who will perform solo for the very first time! Don’t miss out!

The enigmatic warriors of Eihwar are set to unleash their “Viking War Trance” on shows throughout this year!

Gåte rounds up the year with a radio edit of their song ‘Førnesbrunen’, released earlier via Indie Recordings as part of the ‘Vandrar’ EP.

Photo Reports

In the beginning of July, we hosted our very own Midsummer Folkfestival, fittingly named Litha Fest, and it was a great success with workshops, a lovely market and tons of other things to discover besides the amazing performances of Hert, Faybula, Sorcières, Nytt Land and Faie!

Black and white photo of the band Seed performing. From left to right: a man playing Davul drum, a man playing whistles, a man playing guitar and a woman playing bouzouki

Upstart pagan folk organisers Idavoll hosted a second edition of their “Hobgoblin’s Hollow” event, filled with board games & pagan folk, this time provided by Seed & Eleni Neldë!

Photo of 3 muscicians performing against a black background with blue light on them. Smoke is coming in from the lower right to the middle of the image.

Erlendis make their debut in France with the help from one-man project Biocentrik to play a night of pagan folk at La Brat Cave in Lille, France what became a magical night.

The German pagan folk collective Faun finally made it to Finland and turned Tavastia into a magical place to be, with the support of Emian.

Black and white photo of Wardruna on stage at the Koninklijk Circus, Brussels, Belgium

After over 2 years, Wardruna finally made it over to the Koninklijk Circus for an unforgettable show.

At the end of October, Heilung came to a sold out Jäähalli in Helsinki to celebrate all that connects us with each other and the nature around us, with special guests Eivør and Lili Refrain to warm us up.

A couple of months ago, All Things Live Finland brought the French Nordic folk collective Skáld to the Finnish shores with support from hurdy-gurdy virtuoso Guilhem Desq to celebrate music inspired by the past, brought to the now at Ääniwalli in Helsinki.

2 years after it was supposed to take place, Faun finally gave us a concert that simply came straight out of a fairy tale at Circus Krone in Munich, Germany! An absolutely stunning show of a magical band!

Pictures of the first day of Tuska 2023 with Eluveitie, Northern Kings, Lost Society, Perturbator, Beast In Black, Red Fang, Carcass and Heilung

Pictures of a satanic doo-wop night with Twin Temple to break the week a little bit!