Helrunar is a German
pagan metal
Pagan metal is a genre of heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with " the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages, Wiederhorn 2009, p. 6 ...
band from
Münster
Münster (; ) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a ...
, founded in 2001. They played at the
Summer Breeze Open Air
Summer Breeze Open Air is an annual German heavy metal music festival. It was first held in 1997. The festival had been held in Abtsgmünd until 2006 when it was moved to its new location of Dinkelsbühl, Bavaria. The festival draws around 40,00 ...
in August 2007, and at the pagan metal
Ragnarök Festival
Ragnarök Festival is a pagan metal music festival, festival held annually in Germany since 2004 founded by Ivo Raab. It started out as a small, one-night festival with only regional bands in the town hall of Hollfeld. In 2005 it was decided to g ...
in 2008.
Line-up
Current members
* Skald Draugir – vocals (2001–present)
* Alsvartr – drums, guitar, bass (2001–present)
Former members
* Dionysos – guitar (2001–2008)
Discography
* ''Grátr'' (demo, 2003)
* ''Helrunar/Nachtmahr'' (split with the German band Nachtmahr, 2005)
* ''Frostnacht'' (2005)
* ''Baldr ok íss'' (2007)
* ''Sól'' (2011)
* ''Fragments – A Mythological Excavation'' (split with Árstíðir Lífsins, 2012)
* ''Wein für Polyphem'' (2013)
* ''Niederkunfft'' (2015)
* ''Vanitas vanitatvm'' (2018)
References
External links
*
Helrunar at Prophecy Productions
German black metal musical groups
German Viking metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 2001
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