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Bergen, Norway (2003 – present)

Wardruna is a Norwegian musical constellation set out to explore and evoke the depths of heathen Germanic wisdom and spirituality. Musically Wardruna has its main focus on the cultic musical language found in the near-forgotten arts of galdr, seidr and the daily acts of the cultic life, mixed with impulses from Scandinavian and Nordic folk music. They formed in 2003 in Bergen, Norway.

The album entitled ‘Gap var Ginnunga’ is the first in a planned trilogy that will interpret the runes of the Elder Futhark. Each album will feature eight runes, but not in accordance with the order of the three aettirs (families), which is most commonly used. Recordings partly take place outdoors at locations relevant to the different runes. The utilized instruments are mainly old and historical instruments such as deer-hide frame drums and ceremonial drums, mouth harp (Jew’s harp), clove/hoof rattles from deer and goat, bone flute, goat and cow horns, Hardanger fiddle and bowed lyre, also more unconventional inputs like trees, stones, water, fire etc. are employed to enhance the nature of the rune being ‘portrayed’.

More information can be found on the official website, www.wardruna.com.
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  • ForestSidhe

    I love Wardruna!

    21 May 5:39am Reply

  • alvaricoca_arch

    @forfrosne - there are none [2]

    20 May 2:20pm Reply

  • Jeannyd

    Discovering this band is one of the best things that ever happened in my life.

    19 May 10:53am Reply

  • snuff_kin

    @forfrosne - there are none.

    19 May 9:54am Reply

  • forfrosne

    Does anyone know any good similar artists?

    15 May 5:02pm Reply

  • qpskeifjtygh

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuWPsx6U8rU Amazing performance.

    9 May 6:24pm Reply

  • nagibatrvasilii

    Belarusians forward. For Batka. Everyone who is distant from Lukashenko more than 500km suck my dick with the smell of Slavic Bulba./белорусы, вперед. За батьку. Все, кто отдален от Лукашенко более чем на 500км сосет мой славянский хуй с запахом бульбы.

    27 Apr 1:26pm Reply

  • SteeleDream

    I could have never imagined how they evolved their style. I always thought three albums would be too much for this somehow limited way of making music, despite of how much I like it. But Yggdrasil really proved me wrong since there are so many new elements to it. What an absolutely awesome album of a great dense atmosphere fitting perfectly to reading some Edda stuff.

    27 Apr 1:33am Reply

  • xVTSWx

    LUV the Yggdrasil! :3

    26 Apr 5:43pm Reply

  • karlitis90

    Nordic Power!!!

    26 Apr 12:09am Reply

  • Sieda666

    Absolutely fantastic band. I'm taking a seminar on the Viking Age this term and 'Yggdrasil' is the perfect soundtrack for pouring over the old sagas and Christian/Muslim accounts of the 9th and 10th centuries.

    24 Apr 1:43am Reply

  • tstampedspear

    Wardruna are truly a special project. They have helped me gain a better understanding of the runes.

    23 Apr 5:34am Reply

  • heathen_girl

    Review of Yggdrasil - http://northwind-promotion.org/wardruna-yggdrasil/

    22 Apr 8:10pm Reply

  • FappyFap

    Amazing music ^__^

    22 Apr 6:38pm Reply

  • BrideOfTheSun

    Nice to hear Wardruna's music in the new, 8th episode of Vikings ;)

    22 Apr 8:20am Reply

  • meld0n

    don't forget Ulf's other project, Sephiroth. There is some underground American stuff that can be quite close to Wardruna such a Ruhr Hunter and other stuff on Glass Throat Recordings.

    21 Apr 10:56am Reply

  • STX_666

    New album is amazing.

    20 Apr 11:49am Reply

  • TrueFenriz666

    New album is so awesome

    16 Apr 9:35pm Reply

  • Lord_DeviL_

    .•*¨*•♫♪•<❤>_♪♫ॐ•_•ॐ♫♪+<❤>•♪♫•*¨*•.¸ ништяк

    16 Apr 12:17pm Reply

  • Melaidh

    Also a bit similar is Sowulo (http://www.last.fm/music/Sowulo). They don't have a lot of music on lastfm yet, but you can find them on youtube.

    15 Apr 3:50pm Reply
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