Wardruna releases "Himinndotter"
On Friday January 24th 2025 Nordic/dark folk/ambient band Wardruna (NO) will release their new (sixth) studio album titled 'Birna' (Old Norse for "she-bear") on CD, vinyl and digitally via Columbia Records (/Sony Music).
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The new single video 'Himindotter' (translated: "daughters of heaven") is now online. This album track is part of a six-track exploration of the bear. The title plays with the globally accepted idea of the mythical origins of the bear as a heavenly being. 'Himinndotter' features a guest appearance by the Norwegian choir Koret Artemis. The video was filmed in Rondane National Park in Norway; once again is directed by Wardruna’s long-time collaborator Tuukka Koski; and was produced by Breakfast Helsinki and Ragnarok Film.
WARDRUNA LIVE BENELUX 2024/2025
Tuesday 19 November: Cirque Royal, Brussels (BE) - SOLD OUT!
Saturday 23 November: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL) - almost sold out
Sunday 24 November: TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (NL) – SOLD OUT!
More Benelux shows for 2025 will be announced soon.
DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASE 'LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS' ALSO ON FRIDAY 24 JANUARY 2025
Wardruna also announces today that on Friday 24 January 2025 the DVD/Blu-ray 'Live at the Acropolis' will be released too: a stunning audiovisual recording of Wardruna's unique equinox performance on 21 September 2023 at the world heritage site Odeon of Herodes Atticus - with the iconic Acropolis in Athens as a backdrop.
The concert is the culmination of an intense period of a worldwide tour that concluded the 'Kvitravn' cycle in a remarkable way. The show lasts over two hours and features excellent live performances of songs from Wardruna's entire oeuvre; with the full show, additional interviews, and the meet and greet at the Underflow Record Store in Athens, where hundreds of fans showed up the day after the show.
Tracklist:
1. Kvitravn
2. Skugge
3. Solringen
4. Heimta Thurs
5. Kvit Hjort
6. Raido
7. Lyfjaberg
8. Voluspá
9. Tyr
10. Isa
11. Grá
12. Runaljod
13. Rotlaust Tre Fell
14. Fehu
15. Helvegen
16. Snake Pit Poetry
NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘BIRNA’ OUT FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY 2025 VIA COLUMBIA RECORDS (/SONY MUSIC)
‘Birna’ was written and recorded between 2021 and 2024, and is the follow-up to the band’s previous studio album ‘Kvitravn’ released in January 2021.
Selvik: "'Birna' functions as a quest and a calling for our lost sister of the forest. It is an ode to - and a hymn of praise for - the she-bear. A musical artwork dedicated to this guardian of the forest, the caretaker of nature and her battles here on earth. Driven out of her habitat by modern societies, she has entered a stage of permanent hibernation. As a result, the forest is gradually dying, longing for its pulse and heart – for its shepherd. 'Birna' calls for her return."
Tracklist:
1. Hertan
2. Birna
3. Ljos til Jord
4. Dvaledraumar
5. Jord til Ljos
6. Himinndotter
7. Hibjørnen
8. Skuggehesten
9. Tretale
10. Lyfjaberg (released July 8th 2020)
Discografie
Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga (2009)
Runaljod – Yggdrasil (2013)
Runaljod – Ragnarok (2016)
Skald (2018)
Kvitravn (2021)
Kvitravn – First Flight of the White Raven (live album) (2022)
Birna (2025)
