Tag Archives: Wardruna

Metal By Numbers 3/3: Whitesnake blue up the charts

Posted by on March 3, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I can’t pretend that I care much about Whitesnake, but I gotta say they’ve found an impressive excuse to release three consecutive compilations. Last year saw the release of The Rock Album and Love Songs. […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/25: Rock and roll all over the charts

Posted by on February 25, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I spent the first five minute writing this week’s edition of MBN thinking “I should listen to that Pretty Reckless song that was big on the radio a few years ago, it was […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/18: The charts get Foo’d again

Posted by on February 18, 2021

    Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Foo Fighter’s last album came out September 2017, so about three and a half years ago. That’s not a super long gap between albums; two to three is usually the sweet […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/10: Steven Wilson takes a bite out of the charts

Posted by on February 10, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Steven Wilson’s new album was supposed to come out last June, but the pandemic messed that plan up, and I was left with a gaping hole where a new album from Mr. Wilson […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/3: As the white raven flies

Posted by on February 3, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Okay, okay, I’m up, I’m up. Gimmie a minute, it’s been a few weeks.   Yes, MBN is back after a brief absence. Let’s be honest, nothing big really happens in January anyway, […]

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New & Noteworthy: January 22nd, 2021 – New Year, Same Perpetual Chaos

Posted by on January 22, 2021

    New & Noteworthy is a weekly column in which we highlight some of the newest rock and metal releases coming out each week. This week we’re tackling the first N&N of the year, with releases from Wardruna, Nervosa, and more. For the last of last year’s New & Noteworthies you can go here, and […]

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Wardruna share “Skugge (Shadow)” lyric video

Posted by on January 15, 2021

  Wardruna have unveileld a lyric video for their latest single “Skugge,” which is translate to “Shadow” in English. The track is taken from the Nordic folk outfit’s upcoming album Kvitravn, out January 22nd via By Norse Music/ Sony Music/ Columbia Records.    The group’s mastermind Einar Selvik comments: “‘Skugge’ feels particularly personal for it […]

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Wardruna share new song “Andvervarljod” (Song Of The Spirit-Weavers)

Posted by on December 22, 2020

    Wardruna have unveiled the new song “Andvervarljod” (Song Of The Spirit-Weavers). The track is the third single from the traditional Nordic folk outfit’s upcoming album, Kvitravn, scheduled to arrive on January 22nd via Norse Music.   Founder/composer Einar Sellvik comments: “On a personal level, ‘Andvevarljod’ is a song I hold very dear and […]

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Wardruna to release new album, announce tour

Posted by on February 12, 2020

Norwegian folk outfit Wardruna has announced that they will be releasing a new album this year. Titled Kvitravn (which translates to White Raven), the album is set to hit shelves on June 5 By Norse Music (USA) and Sony/Columbia (worldwide).  Kvitravin picks up where the band’s Runaljod trilogy left off musically, while also showcasing an […]

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Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik’s Skuggsjá stream debut album in its entirety

Posted by on March 2, 2016

If you like progressive black metal or know your Norwegian black metal history, you’re familiar with Enslaved, and if you like ambient folk of the highest quality, you have heard of Wardruna. We reported about the collaboration band the mastermind of both bands Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik were working on called Skuggsjá and gave […]

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