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Norse folk shamen Wardruna announce new album Birna with single Himinndotter
By Matt Mills,
6 days ago
Hypnotic Viking folk project Wardruna have announced their next album, Birna .
The news of the collective’s sixth album, which will be out in January and has a title meaning “she-bear” in Old Norse, is accompanied by the release of lead single Himinndotter (“sky-daughter”). Watch the video, directed by Tuukka Koski and filmed in Rondane National Park in Norway, below.
Himinndotter is the first taste of an LP themed around the bear, as musician and vocalist Einar Selvik explains. “ Himinndotter is part of a six-song exploration of the bear on Wardruna’s upcoming album Birna ,” he says. “The title plays on the globally common notion of the bear’s mythical origin as a celestial being. Himinndotter features a guest appearance of the Norwegian choir Koret Artemis.”
Selvik also says of Birna’s musical content: “Where the previous album Kvitravn was a step conceptually from the past to the present, Birna even more so seeks to address the here and now and the way forward.”
Selvik founded Wardruna with Gaahl (formerly of black metal band Gorgoroth) and Lindy-Fay Hella in 2003. Gaahl left the project before the making of their 2016 album Runaljod – Ragnarok .
Wardruna got a significant boost in popularity when they scored the second season of History Channel TV series Vikings in 2014. Off the back of their work on the show, Runaljod – Ragnarok debuted at number one on the Billboard World Albums chart.
Wardruna recently announced a USA and Latin America tour for October 2024, which will be followed by mainland European shows in November, Oceania shows in January, and further European shows from March to May. See the project’s upcoming dates below.
Wardruna 2024 and 2025 tour dates:
Oct 03: Morrison Red Rocks Amphitheatre, CO Oct 06: Mexico City Auditorio BB, Mexico Oct 09: Santiago Teatro Caupolican, Chile Oct 12: São Paulo Terra SP, Brazil
Nov 07: Milan Teatro Degli Arcimboldi, Italy Nov 08: Zurich The Hall, Switzerland Nov 09: Paris Salle Pleyel, France Nov 11: Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Germany Nov 12: Berlin Tempodrom, Germany Nov 14: Lyon Amphithéâtre 3000, France Nov 15: Frankfurt am Main Jahrhunderthalle, Germany Nov 16: Nürnberg, Germany Meistersingerhalle, Germany Nov 17: Vienna Konzerthaus, Austria Nov 19: Brussels Cirque Royal, Belgium Nov 20: Halle Händelhalle, Germany Nov 21: Prague Forum Karlin, Czech Republic Nov 24: Utrecht Tivoli Vredenburg, Netherlands Nov 26: Düsseldorf Tonhalle, Germany
Jan 23: Melbourne Palais Theatre, Australia Jan 25: Sydney Enmore Theatre, Australia Jan 27: Brisbane Fortitude Music Hall, Australia Jan 30: Auckland Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, New Zealand
Mar 17: Liverpool Philharmonic, UK Mar 18: Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK Mar 19: London Royal Albert Hall, UK Mar 21: Bristol Beacon, UK Mar 22: York Barbican, UK Mar 23: Dublin 3Olympia Theatre, UK Mar 25: Glasgow SEC Armadillo, UK
Apr 26: Oslo Operaen, Norway Apr 27: Oslo Operaen, Norway Apr 29: Trondheim Olavshallen, Norway May 02: Kristiansand Kilden, Norway May 03: Stavanger Konserthuset, Norway May 04: Bergen Grieghallen, Norway
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