WARDRUNA Taps STONEGARD Drummer For Upcoming Festival Appearances

August 25, 2009

WARDRUNA — the folk project featuring former GORGOROTH drummer Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik (who has also played with SIGFADER, JOTUNSPOR and DEAD TO THIS WORLD) and ex-GOD SEED/GORGOROTH frontman Gaahl (real name: Kristian Espedal) — has scheduled the following dates:

Sep. 05 - Rock for Roots Festival - Nauen, GER
Sep. 19 - Incubate Festival - Tilburg, NETH

Commented the band: "A new member has also been recruited for the live lineup. Erlend Gjerde, who is known for his excellent drum work in STONEGARD, will be leading WARDRUNA's main battery in the time to come. The full live lineup is thus: Kvitrafn, Gaahl, Lindy-Fay, Erlend Gjerde, Arne Sandvoll and Egil Furenes."

Check out rehearsal photos at this location.

During this year's edition of the Inferno Music Conference, WARDRUNA performed live in front of the Oseberg ship in the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. The concert took place on April 9 and Gaahl joined Kvitrafn for the performance, which can be viewed below.

"Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga", the debut album from WARDRUNA, was released on January 19 via Indie Recordings.

Nearly six years in the making, WARDRUNA's debut album is the first part of the planned "Runaljod" trilogy which will musically interpret the runes of the elder futhark. This highly visual music is hard to place into any specific genre, and there isn't really much to compare it to. The style can perhaps be described as a curious blend of folk, world and ambient music, but without being limited by the sometimes restricted scope of these genres.

"Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga" has a very profound and unique sound that consists of a wide array of instruments, some of which are rarely used. A few examples: deer hide frame drums, mouth harp, goat horns, lur, Hardanger fiddle and tagelharpe ("viking fiddle"). Sounds of more unorthodox ‘instruments’ like trees, stones and fire are also incorporated into the music, and it's all topped off with powerful vocal performances from no less than three vocalists.

The album was produced and engineered by Kvitrafn himself in his own Fimbulljóð studio. Many of the recording sessions were executed outdoors at carefully selected locations with instruments or natural sounds that are relevant to the different runes.

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