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Wardruna
Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy-Fay Hella. They create musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions and make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments, including deer-hide frame drums, flutes, lyre#Global variants and parallels, kraviklyra, Jew's harp, mouth harp, Bukkehorn, goat horn, and lur. Non-traditional instruments, like the Finnish jouhikko, and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water, and torches are also used. The band have released six full-length albums, the first three based on Norse runes, the fourth based on the sayings of Odin from the Völuspá and other old Norse sources. The name Wardruna means "the guardian of secrets" or "she who whispers". History Wardruna was formed in 2003. Selvik and Gaahl were both previously members of Gorgoroth, appearing together on the album ''Twilight of the Idols (Gorgoroth album), Twilight of the Idols'' and the live DVD ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindy-Fay Hella
Lindy-Fay Hella (born in 1975) is a Norwegian singer, musician and composer, known as a member of Wardruna and Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne. She played electronic music before becoming a founding member of Wardruna, which plays eclectic music influenced by runes. Her singing features prominently in Wardruna's ''Runaljod'' album trilogy. Hella released an Electropop, electronic pop solo album in 2019. She released two further solo albums under the name Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne. Early life Lindy-Fay Hella was born in 1975 and grew up on the island of Radøy (island), Radøy close to Bergen in Norway. As a teenager, she sang in a band influenced by Punk rock, punk and grunge music. She took singing lessons both in classical European techniques and in various folk music traditions, including joik and Eastern European and African styles. She collaborated with Norwegian music acts of different genres. In the early 2000s, she and Arne Sandvoll founded the electronic music duo Ullan Gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Einar Selvik
Einar Selvik (born 18 November 1979), also known by his stage name Kvitrafn ("white raven"), is a Norwegian musician known for being the drummer of black metal band Gorgoroth from 2000 to 2004, and for fronting the Nordic folk project Wardruna, founded in 2002. Selvik and Wardruna earned international prominence for contributing to the soundtrack and score of the television show ''Vikings''. Selvik is a founder of By Norse, a platform to support Norse and Norse-related art, music, literature, film and culture. Musical career On 1 March 2016, ''A Piece for Mind & Mirror'' by Skuggsjá, a collaboration between Selvik and Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson, was announced and streamed. Commissioned by the Norwegian government for the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, the album tells the history of Norway, and was released by Season of Mist on 11 March. Selvik has also recorded with other projects including Det Hedenske Folk, Bak de Syv Fjell, Jotunspor, Sahg, Dead to thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaahl
Kristian Eivind Espedal (born 7 August 1975), better known by his stage name Gaahl, is a Norwegian vocalist. He is best known as the former frontman of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He is also the founder and lead vocalist of Trelldom and Gaahlskagg. Since leaving Gorgoroth, he has been involved with God Seed, Wardruna, and Gaahls Wyrd. He was the focus of the documentary '' True Norwegian Black Metal'' and also appeared in the film '' Flukt''. Early life Gaahl was born in 1975 in Sunnfjord, a district in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He spent his youth living in a sparsely populated valley called Espedal, in the municipality of Fjaler. Gaahl and his family still have homes in the valley, although he now spends much of his time in Bergen. Career Early career (1993–1998) Gaahl became involved with black metal in 1993, when he co-formed the band Trelldom with guitarist Tyrant and bassist Taakeheim. They released a demo in March 1994, with Goat Pervertor o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaljod – Gap Var Ginnunga
''Runaljod – Gap var ginnunga'' (''Sound of Runes – The gap was vast'') is the first album by Norwegian Nordic folk group Wardruna. It was released 19 January 2009 by Indie Recordings/Fimbulljóð Productions. The album is the first chapter of the ''Runaljod'' trilogy (continued on the next two Wardruna albums), inspired by the 24 ancient runes of the Elder Futhark. The lyrics were composed by Kvitrafn in Norwegian, Old Norse and Proto-Norse. Nordic traditional instruments such as percussion and strings were used in the recording of the album. Track listing All songs written and arranged by Kvitrafn Personnel * Kvitrafn – Vocals and instruments * Gaahl – Vocals * Lindy-Fay Hella – Vocals * Hallvard Kleiveland – Hardanger fiddle A hardanger fiddle () is a traditional stringed instrument considered the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than four as o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Runaljod – Yggdrasil
''Runaljod – Yggdrasil'' (''The Sound of Runes - Yggdrasil'') is the second album by Norwegian Nordic folk musical project Wardruna, released 15 March 2013 by Indie Recordings/Fimbulljóð Productions. It is an interpretation of the Elder Futhark and is sung in Norwegian, Old Norse and Proto-Norse. The lyrics center on Norse spiritual themes. Lyrical content and themes The title of the opening song, "Rotlaust Tre Fell", meaning "a rootless tree falls", is based on the philosophy of the band. The song is an invocation of the Allfather Odin and "my mother Frigg" and "wise Vanir", "ancient Thurs" and the Norns. "Rotlaust Tre Fell" was used in the third season of ''Vikings'' during preparation for an attack on Paris. "Fehu", which was used in the first season of TV series ''Vikings'' during a raiding scene, tells of the dangers of gold and wealth and how greed takes over the hearts of men. The final track, "Helvegen" ("the Road to Hel") is essentially a funeral song. The so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vikings (2013 TV Series)
''Vikings'' is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst. A co-production between Canada and Ireland, the series originally premiered on the History Channel on March 3, 2013. The series concluded with its broadcast on History in Canada from January 1 to March 3, 2021, after the second half of the sixth season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland on December 30, 2020. A sequel series, titled '' Vikings: Valhalla'', premiered on Netflix on February 25, 2022. It is inspired by the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok, a Viking who is one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. The show portrays Ragnar as a farmer from the Kattegat who rises to fame by raiding England and eventually becomes a Scandinavian king, with the support of his family and fellow warriors. In the later seasons, the series follows the fortunes of his sons and their adventures in England, Scandina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgoroth
Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. It was formed in 1992 by guitarist Infernus, who is the sole original member remaining, and has released nine studio albums. Gorgoroth are a Satanism, Satanic band and have drawn controversy due to some of their concerts, which have featured impaled sheep heads and mock crucifixions. The band is named after the dead plateau of darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel ''The Lord of the Rings''. History Early years (1992–1995) Gorgoroth was founded in 1992 by guitarist Infernus. In 1993, the band released their first demo, entitled ''A Sorcery Written in Blood''. On 7 January 1994, Firda, the major newspaper in the county of Sogn og Fjordane where the band originated from, ran a cover story on the demo, with the headline "Local music with Satanic symbolism". According to the article, the release of the demo and flyers with Satanic symbols led to "concerned parents contacting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaahlskagg
Gaahlskagg is a Norwegian black metal band from Sunnfjord, Norway. The band was founded as a side project in 1998 by Gaahl and Skagg. Gaahlskagg released one studio album before going on hiatus in 2001 due to Gaahl's commitment to Gorgoroth. History Gaahlskagg was founded in 1998 by singer Gaahl and guitarist Skagg, who were both members of the band Sigfader at the time. The duo entered Grieghallen Studio in 1999 and recorded their debut album with the help of session members Tormentor, Terje Martinussen and Herbrand Larsen. Three of the album's tracks were released as part of the split ''Erotic Funeral Party I / Styggmyrs triumf'' together with Stormfront in 1999. Gaahlskagg's debut album, ''Erotic Funeral'', was released in 2000. For the recording of their sophomore album, ''Av Norrønt Blod'', the band recruited Skagg's brother Thurzur as a session drummer. However, the recorded material was destroyed in 2001 and due to Gaahl's activities with Gorgoroth, the band did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faun (band)
Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays Modern pagan music, pagan folk, Dark wave, darkwave, and medieval music. The originality of their music style is that it falls back to "old" instruments, and the singing is always the center of attention. The vocals are performed in a variety of languages, including German, English, Latin, Greek, Scandinavian and Hungarian (e.g. "Ne Aludj El") languages. Their instruments include Celtic harp, Swedish nyckelharpa, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, cittern, flutes, and many others. History The band was founded in 1998 by Oliver s. Tyr, Elisabeth Pawelke, Fiona Rüggeberg, and Birgit Muggenthaler. Two years later, Rüdiger Maul joined the band as a percussionist. At the same time, Birgit left the band to continue her musical life with the folk-rock band Schandmaul. In 2002, they released their first album ''Zaubersprüche''. Niel Mitra was a guest musician on this album, and he later became a full-time member of the band, the only one p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jouhikko
The ''jouhikko'' (Finnish: �jou̯hikːo is a traditional, two- or three-stringed bowed lyre, from Finland and Karelia. Its strings are traditionally of horsehair. The playing of this instrument died out in the early 20th century but has been revived and there are now a number of musicians playing it. Name The Jouhikko is also called ''jouhikannel'' (Finnish: �jou̯hiˈkɑnːe̞l or ''jouhikantele'' (Finnish: �jou̯hiˈkɑnt̪e̞le̞ʔ, meaning a bowed kantele.Nieminen 2007 , p. 19 In English, the usual modern designation is ''bowed lyre'', although the earlier preferred term ''bowed harp'' is also used. There are different names for the instrument in different languages. Jouhikko.jpg, Three-string jouhikko made by Rauno Nieminen Chadwickjouhikko.jpg, A Chadwick jouhikko History Perhaps the earliest definite depiction of this kind of instrument is the stone carving from Trondheim Cathedral, Norway, dating from the second quarter of the 14th century. 18th-century wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trelldom
Trelldom is a Norwegian black metal band, formed in 1992. Line-up *Gaahl - Vocals (also in Wardruna, Gaahlskagg, Sigfader, God Seed) *Sir - Bass (also in God Seed) *Valgard -Guitar Discography *1995 ''Til Evighet…'', Head Not Found *1998 ''Til et Annet…'', Hammerheart Records Hammerheart Records (known as Karmageddon Media between 2004 and 2010) is a Dutch independent record label specializing in death metal, black metal, doom metal and folk metal bands from around the world. The label was founded in 1995 and is current ... *2007 ''Til Minne…'', Regain Records *2024 ''...by the Shadows...'', Prophecy Productions External linksTrelldom [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 2025 the population is 294 029 according to Statistics Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden (Hordaland), Byfjorden, 'the city fjord'. The city is surrounded by mountains, causing Bergen to be called the "city of Seven Mountains, Bergen, seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergen, Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Bergen, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, Bergen, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
