WARDRUNA release new single & video for 'Himinndotter' off new studio album 'Birna'
'Birna' out on Friday January 24, 2025 via Columbia Records
23-09-2024
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 digital via Columbia Records (/Sony Music). In his tireless dialogue with nature, frontman-composer Einar Selvik has been searching for the voice of the bear, for this king of the forest. The new single video ‘Himindotter’ (translated: “daughters of heaven”) is now online.
Watch ‘Himindotter’ below.
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.
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: 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:
- Kvitravn
- Skugge
- Solringen
- Heimta Thurs
- Kvit Hjort
- Raido
- Lyfjaberg
- Voluspá
- Tyr
- Isa
- Grá
- Runaljod
- Rotlaust Tre Fell
- Fehu
- Helvegen
- Snake Pit Poetry
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.
The new album ‘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:
- Hertan
- Birna
- Ljos til Jord
- Dvaledraumar
- Jord til Ljos
- Himinndotter
- Hibjørnen
- Skuggehesten
- Tretale
- Lyfjaberg (released July 8th 2020)
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