Norwegian dark folk band Wardruna released a new single, “Hertan,” last week, and now they’ve announced what they say will be their only US performance this year. It happens at Morrison, CO’s iconic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Einar Selvik founded Wardruna in 2003, they effectively existed in a scene of one. While by no means the first band to ...

Nordic folk music with roots in black metal might sound ridiculously niche, but Wardruna are more than the sum of their parts—and to prove it, here they are at the Auditorium Theatre. Einar Selvik ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "It offers a glimpse into something that I've been very hesitant towards," founder and mastermind Einar Selvik says. "I didn't ...

Wardruna have established an enviable degree of dominance over the metal-inspired Norse folk-musical world during the course of the past ten years. The band’s music really taps into the Old Norse ...

Following the lofty flights of 2021 album Kvitravn (White Raven), Wardruna are returning to the heart of winter with new album, Birna (She-Bear). Central to Wardruna’s sound is Einar Selvik’s ...

Paganism in heavy music may be having a moment, but few do it with as much authority as Wardruna. Helmed by founder and frontman Einar Selvik, the Norwegians’ darkly expansive folk brings the natural ...

One of the more exciting festivals popping up next year is the annual Fire in the Mountains out in Montana. Now, I know what you’re thinking — who wants to go to the middle of nowhere Montana — but ...

It would be easy to mock Norway’s Wardruna. Their name translates as “guardian of the runes” – they make music from goat horns, bone flutes and a replica of a German lyre from 500 AD. Frontman Einar ...

Wardruna who? That's how some distractedly commented on the presence of the Norwegian band at 'Beats of Pompeii', which concludes tomorrow at 9 PM with a concert led by the voice of Einar 'Kvitrafn' ...

Traditional instruments, drones and repetitive lyrics make for some epic listening, possibly more suitable for a medieval TV romp Inspired by the heartbeat of a hibernating bear – a mere 9bpm – ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Norwegian folklore has an image problem. The reason why was on display during the sacking of the US Capitol, in ...