With no way of knowing what music those ancients actually created, Wardruna’s contemporary vision marries subtlety and ...

Norwegian dark folk band Wardruna released a new single, “Hertan,” last week, and now they’ve announced what they say will be their only US performance this year. It happens at Morrison, CO’s iconic ...

When Einar Selvik founded Wardruna in 2003, they effectively existed in a scene of one. While by no means the first band to explore Scandinavian tradition, they helped popularise it to such an extent ...

Nordic folk music with roots in black metal might sound ridiculously niche, but Wardruna are more than the sum of their parts—and to prove it, here they are at the Auditorium Theatre. Einar Selvik ...

It would be easy to mock Norway’s Wardruna. Their name translates as “guardian of the runes” – they make music from goat horns, bone flutes and a replica of a German lyre from 500 AD. Frontman Einar ...

Wardruna have donated over $14,000 to the Firekeeper Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting Indigenous communities and suicide prevention efforts in Browning, Montana. The Norwegian world ...

One of the more exciting festivals popping up next year is the annual Fire in the Mountains out in Montana. Now, I know what you’re thinking — who wants to go to the middle of nowhere Montana — but ...

When not leading Norwegian dark folk group Wardruna, Einar Selvik does music for film, TV and video games. Einar was among those who composed music for game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and he’s ...

Wardruna’s fifth full-length was due last June, but due to the pandemic, the Norwegian neo-prog-folk band bumped the release date of Kvitravn to this January. Though Wardruna were born out of Norway’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Music For Nations/Sony Can a project as rooted in the past as Wardruna truly be ...