Wardruna

Wardruna
Wardruna at the Roadburn Festival 2015
Background information
Origin Bergen, Norway
Genres Nordic folk, ambient, dark folk
Years active 2003–present
Labels Indie Recordings, By Norse Music
Associated acts Gorgoroth, Sahg, Trelldom, Gaahlskagg, God Seed
Website wardruna.com
Members Einar Selvik
Lindy Fay Hella
Arne Sandvoll
HC Dalgaard
Eilif Gundersen
Jørgen Nyrønning
Past members Gaahl

Wardruna is a Norwegian music group dedicated to creating musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions. It was formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy Fay Hella.[1] The band have since released three full-length albums, each based on a set of runes. Their third album, Runaljod - Ragnarok, was released on October 21, 2016. Wardruna make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments including primitive deer-hide frame drums, flutes, kraviklyr, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn and lur. Non-traditional instruments and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water and torches are also used.[2]

In 2014, Selvik announced on the group's official Facebook page that they would take part in composing the score for season 2 of Vikings along with Trevor Morris.[3][4] He later appeared as an actor on the show.[5] In 2014, Gaahl left Wardruna on amicable terms.[6]

TeamRock.com described Wardruna's music as "a conjunction of the earthy, the organic and the ethereal" with "runic-based rites inhabit[ing] a frequency that once heard have always seemed just adjacent to everyday consciousness".[7] Thanks in part to the success of Vikings, the band's 2016 album, Runaljod Ragnarok, debuted at No. 1 in Billboard's World Albums chart.[8] On August 2017 Wardruna headlined the 20th alternative music, folk music and experimental music festival Mėnuo Juodaragis.[9]

Selvik and Gaahl were both previously members of Gorgoroth, appearing together on the album Twilight of the Idols and the live DVD Black Mass Krakow 2004.[10][11] Selvik has also recorded with other projects including Det Hedenske Folk,[10] Bak de Syv Fjell, Jotunspor, Sahg, Dead to this World, Skuggsjá and Faun.[12][10] Gaahl has also recorded with Trelldom, Gaahlskagg and God Seed.[13]

Members

Current
  • Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik – vocals, all instruments, composer
  • Lindy Fay Hella – vocals, flute
  • Arne Sandvoll
  • HC Dalgaard
  • Eilif Gundersen
  • Jørgen Nyrønning
Former

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Wardruna - An In Depth Interview With Brilliant Norwegian Band With Viking Roots Music". Louder Than War. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  2. ↑ "About Wardruna". Wardruna. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  3. ↑ "WARDRUNA's Music In 'Vikings' TV Series".
  4. ↑ "WARDRUNA Music Featured In HISTORY CHANNEL Series 'Vikings'". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  5. ↑ "Einar Kvitrafn Selvik (Wardruna) Appearing On History Channel's Vikings". Ghost Cult Magazine.
  6. ↑ "Gaahl No Longer Performing Live With Wardruna".
  7. ↑ Jonathan Selzer (2016): Norse code: how Wardruna's runic trilogy transformed Norway's musical landscape, Teamrock.com
  8. ↑ Norwegian band rides ‘Vikings' success to top of Billboard chart, TheLocal.no
  9. ↑ "20th fable of Mėnuo Juodaragis tells of God of Thunder and Wardruna". Delfi. BNS EN. May 8, 2017. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 Metal: The Definitive Guide by Garry Sharpe-Young (Jawbone Press, 2007)
  11. ↑ https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33855/gorgoroth-black-mass-krakow-2004/
  12. ↑ https://noizr.com/news/world/video-faun-and-einar-selvik-perform-odin/:1533/
  13. ↑ http://www.metalblast.net/interviews/unleashing-satan-an-evening-with-gaahl/
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