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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wardruna’s fifth full-length was due last June, but due to the pandemic, the Norwegian neo-prog-folk band bumped the release date of Kvitravn to this January. Though Wardruna were born out of Norway’s ...

Metal Hammer has teamed with Norwegian neofolk masters Wardruna to release a 2LP version of new album Birna that comes with an art card signed by the band. The package is only available through the ...

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 ...

When not leading Norwegian dark folk group Wardruna, Einar Selvik does music for film, TV and video games. Einar was among those who composed music for game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and he’s ...

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 ...

Wardruna have donated over $14,000 to the Firekeeper Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting Indigenous communities and suicide prevention efforts in Browning, Montana. The Norwegian world ...

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 ...

Wardruna are about to turn the Royal Albert Hall from an Italianate marvel into a Nordic ritual landscape. Before that, though, JO QUAIL brings the kind of classical splendour this building was made ...

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 ...