I had a request from a reader the other week. They asked if I could make a Spotify playlist...and they asked so kindly that I really couldn't refuse. This will be a weekly thing now. You can find it here. You will probably recognise several of the artists on there, i.e. Buzum, Wardruna and Agalloch,… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Spotify Playlist I
The third Wardruna album Runaljod (Ragnarok) has come ashore, and is available for your listening pleasure now, both digitally and in physical format! I streamed the whole album on Spotify yesterday, and found myself on the verge of tears multiple times. Wardruna have played an incomparably valuable role in my musical evolution, and I've been… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Wardruna
Spellbound by Raido, the latest unveiling from Wardruna ahead of the release of their highly anticipated third album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fnPwj1AMpo
Today's sound of the day is a no brainer. Enslaved‘s Ivar Bjørnson and Wardruna‘s Einar Selvik's collaborative project Skuggsjá. The song you're about to hear is from their upcoming album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGk0NWxfcko
I've needed to gather strength from every source today. Warrior by Anilah and featuring Wardruna has been my Sound Of The Day before, but it has a rightful place here again.
Back in 2013 I had the opportunity to see Wardruna live at the Southbank Centre in London. The entire performance left me deeply moved, but when Helvegen - one of my all time favourite Wardruna songs - was played, I teared up and started to tremble in my seat. I was in a beautifully haunted… Continue reading Helvegen
I very nearly posted this last night, I was so excited...but, like a good, patient (ha) blogger I waited. What you are about to hear is an unbelievably beautiful, incredibly powerful collaboration between two immensely talented musical projects. Multi-talented musician Dréa Drury of Anilah worked together with Einar Selvik of Wardruna to re-work Druy's intense… Continue reading Sound Of The Day : Anilah And Wardruna
Caladan Brood/Book of the Fallen Thantifaxath - Violently Expanding Nothing Filii Nigrantium Infernalium/ Rebanho De Lobos Purvaja/Dark Goddess Divine Wardruna/Helvegen Lamia Vox/Evil Comes From The North Peste Noire/Démonarque Falkenbach/Eweroun The Ruins Of Beverast/Malefica Ereb Altor/The Chosen Ones Cult of Fire/???????? Ptahil –… Continue reading 13 Tracks From 2013 That You Need To Listen To
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 