GALAR: New Song Available For Streaming
January 27, 2010Norwegian black-folk metallers GALAR are streaming the track "Ván" on their MySpace page. The song is a foretaste of the band's forthcoming album, "Til Alle Heimsens Endar", which is scheduled for release on March 1 via Dark Essence Records. GALAR's sophomore album features eight tracks which delve into ancient history of the band's homeland. The title of the album itself means "until the ends of all worlds" and is taken from Snorri Sturluson's "Heimskringla", which was originally written around 1230 in Old Norse and is the best known of all the sagas that recount the history of the Norwegian Kings of old. Written by Jorge "Blutaar" Scholz, the lyrics to "Til Alle Heimsens Endar" are all in Norwegian, and the band has provided introductory notes in English, together with an explanation of each track.
Another member of the thriving Bergen music scene, and with a permanent two-man lineup of M. Kristiansen on screams, guitars and bass and A. B. Lauritzen on clean vocals, bassoon and grand piano, GALAR has drafted in a set of contributors to the album that draws on notable artists from a variety of musical disciplines, including Phobos (GRAVDAL, AETERNUS, MALSAIN) on drums, Ricardo Odriozola on first and second violins, Hans Gunnar Hagen on viola, Siri Hilmen on cello, Morten Nome on double bass, and Cecile Langlie on female vox. It is GALAR's ability to mix blast beats and grim vocals with haunting melodies played on atypical instruments which enables the band to create an atmosphere with their music that is redolent of both traditional folk and the extremes of black metal.
"Til Alle Heimsens Endar" track listing:
01. Forspill
02. Ván
03. Paa frossen mark
04. Grámr
05. Det graa riket
06. Ingen siger vart vunnin
07. Til alle heimsens endar
08. Etterspill
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