Wardruna: guarda il lyric video del nuovo singolo ‘Skugge’

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“Wardruna perform with such conviction the effect is undeniably compelling.”  **** SONGLINES “Immersive fifth LP take Norse history and old folk instruments (goat-horn, Kravik lyre) into new spheres across raw, deeply resonant songs. Packs a surprising emotional punch.” – *** MOJO “Wardruna are something else…closer to the musicians across the globe who return to past traditions to bring new meaning to the contemporary.” – **** NEW INTERNATIONALIST “Haunting, powerful and deeply immersive, it is an unmitigated triumph and a career high for Wardruna.” – 9/10 METAL HAMMER I WARDRUNA pubblicheranno il nuovo album “Kvitravn” (corvo bianco) la prossima settimana, venerdì 22 gennaio, su Sony Music. La folk band norvegese condivide coi propri fan un nuovo singolo, “Skugge” (ombra), accompagnato da un lyric video prodotto da Ragnarok Film: https://youtu.be/CDMIbVFCz7A L’introduzione di “Skugge” ricorda la sottile maestosità di “Helvegen”, uno dei brani preferiti dai fan. Ogni traccia su Kvitravn trae ispirazione dalla filosofia, l’esoterismo, i miti nordici e da come antiche tradizioni definiscono la natura umana e la natura stessa. “Kvitravn” può essere preordinato nei vai formati e bundle su www.wardruna.com o a questo link: https://wardruna.lnk.to/Kvitravn_Album Di seguito artwork e tracklist di “Kvitravn”:

1. Synkverv (Turn-sight) 2. Kvitravn (White Raven) 3. Skugge (Shadow) 4. Grá (Grey) 5. Fylgjutal (Speech of the Fetch) 6. Munin (Memory) 7. Kvit hjort (White Stag) 8. Viseveiding (Song-hunting) 9. Ni (Nine) 10. Vindavlarljod (Song of the wind-bred) 11. Andvevarljod (Song of the Spirit-weavers) Lo JORVIK Viking Festival, il più grande festival vichingo europeo, ha recentemente annunciato la partecipazione dei Wardruna e di Einar Selvik come headliner dello speciale evento in streaming That JORVIK Viking Thing, ospitato dal 15 al 20 febbraio 2021 dal JORVIK Viking Centre di York. Einar parlerà della sua musica accompagnata da dimostrazioni dei suoi strumenti tipici ed eseguirà alcuni brani dal vivo. I biglietti dell’evento sono disponibili a questi link: jorvikthing.com jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk I Wardruna saranno in Italia questo autunno per un’unica ed esclusiva data domenica 14 novembre 2021 presso il Teatro Dal Verme di Milano. Biglietti disponibili a questo link: https://bit.ly/3nJvcT5 About WARDRUNA: The Norwegian music constellation Wardruna are renowned for their innovative and genre-creating renditions of older Nordic traditions. Composer Einar Selvik initiated the group in the early 2000s. Since the debut album in 2009, Wardruna have had vast worldwide success, transcending music genres, cultures and languages. The group has previously charted in both Germany and the UK and topped the North American Billboard World-music chart for several consecutive weeks. The group’s massive musical contributions to History Channel ́s TV series VIKINGS has exposed their music to a broad audience worldwide. Wardruna merge the academic with the pop cultural and their thorough and serious approach has made them one of today’s foremost communicators of Norse culture. • Top international scholars on Old Norse studies today use Einar’s work to exemplify how music might have been executed in earlier times in Scandinavia. • Einar Selvik has lectured about his work with historical music in Universities such as Oxford, Denver, Reykjavik, and Bergen. • Wardruna have over 60 placements of music in the History Channel`s hit TV series VIKINGS, in addition to substantial work on the actual music score of the show. Einar Selvik have starred and performed on the show on two occasions (in season 3 & 4). • Together with Enslaved, Wardruna was in 2014 commissioned by the Norwegian government to write and perform a music-piece for the 200-year anniversary of the Norwegian constitution. • First concert was held in front of the near 1500 year old «Gokstad» Viking ship in Oslo and Wardruna is the only band ever to be allowed to hold an amplified concert at the Viking ship museum. • Performed sold out shows worldwide, including major festival headline appearances (Red Rock Amphitheatre, Castle Fest, Hellfest, Summer Breeze, Roadburn, Echoes & Merveilles, Rock oz Arenes, Rock the Coast and many more) • Independently self-released 3 albums • Billboard World Music No 1. in the US and Canada