HUGSJÁ

After the success of their previous collaboration "Skuggsjá"; Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) and Einar Selvik (Wardruna) are now following up with an imposing new piece entitled "Hugsjá". The word 'Hugsjá' means to see with, or within, the mind - and it reflects the idea that one's mind has the potential to see further than the eyes can reach. By weaving together indigenous and contemporary thoughts, sounds and instruments, they are inviting you on a vivid journey - exploring the distant history and traditions along coastal Norway.

Hugsjá was first commissioned by, and performed at, Bergen International Festival in 2017, as part a series of concerts named Nordvegen ("the northern road"); inspired by local history and traditions in each of the places visited. Ultimately the material was recorded and became this full-length album.

MEMBERS:

Einar Selvik: Lead vocals, Kravik-lyre, Taglharpa, goat-horn, Bronze-lure, flute and percussion.

Ivar Bjørnson: Guitars and electronics.

Silje Solberg: Hardanger-fiddle and backing vocals.

Iver Sandøy: Drums, percussion and backing vocals.

Håkon Vinje: Backing vocals.

HUGSJÁ

Tracklist:

Hugsjá

WulthuR

Ni Døtre av Hav

Ni Mødre av Sol

Fornjot

Nattseglar

Nytt Land

Nordvegen

Utsyn

Oska

Um Heilage Fjell

 

Hedninger

Hedninger is a project pagan metal band from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. Hedninger writes songs about Norse pagan gods and battle and is inspired by band

MEMBERS:

Cliff Beaver - Guitars, Drums, Bass, Vocals, and every other instrument that is in the music.

Hedninger - Discography

Blood, Mead, and Metal (2018)

Through the Forest Mist (2018)

Ragnarok (2018)

Horns, Mead, and Fire (2017)

Beginning (2017)

Urze de Lume

Legends and myth, rites and cries

Stories past, living new life in the hands of today. Living the present, that in future will be Past.

Awakening the old. As free as the wind blown by wood and echoed by the vibrating perring fur.

Back to the land, to grass, to heather, to honey, to being.

The wolf howls under the moon

Fear covers the snow, like expanding music.

Coarse yet finished. So claim the artisan’s hands.

Urze de Lume represent a homage to the past. Strongly inspired by the Iberian tradition, their music aims to celebrate the roots which identify a people and bind them to their land.

Their repertoire transmits the surviving soul of an era in which man and nature walked hand in hand, with respect for the land, the occult and its origins.

The main features of Urze de Lume is the use of Iberian ethnic instruments such as bagpipes, war drums, horns, ancient stringed instruments among others. This combination blossoms into a powerful and unique sound that summons the very deep Lusitanian roots.

MEMBERS:

Ricardo Brito

Tiago Matos

Hugo Araújo

Gonçalo do Carmo

Urze de Lume - Discography

As Árvores Estão Secas e Não Têm Folhas (2018)

Vozes na Neblina - Limited Special Edition (2017)

Vozes na Neblina (2017)

Geada Negra - Version 2017 (2017)

Caminhos da Urze - Limited Special Edition (2015)

Caminhos da Urze (2015)

11 (2014)

Ibéria Oculta (2012)

Raiz Ibérica (2014)

Laurelin

Laurelin is a musical project, dedicated to the natural flow of the soul’s sounds and landscapes. Some of those inner worlds might be familiar to the lover of dreams, myths and fairytales. Some might be new terretory, and worth an adventurous journey.

MEMBERS:

Anya Uth (Voc, Drums)

Ulrike Freistedt (Harp)

Ralf Freitag (Hang, Xylophone, Guitar, Flute, Keyboards)

Wegferend

Wegferend is a storyteller, of those who are listened to by the fire. Of those whose melodies evoke ancient times, dreams and legends. The Voyageur draws inspiration from several sources: folk, traditional music, song, not to mention the metal roots that hold the heart of most of its members.

Thus, the four musicians take you to their intimate world, rich and evocative where real and imaginary mingle with fantasy and simplicity.

MEMBERS:

Alexia Cazaméa (chant, flûte à bec, piano)

Manon Cazaméa (guitare, chant)

Laurine Bassé (cajon et autres percussions)

Thomas Boissier (bendir, derbouka, autres percussions, flûtes)

WEB PAGE: http://wegferend.wixsite.com/wegferendgroup

OMEworld

OME more than a duo, is a concept. It is the creative world of composers, record producers, recording artists, narrators, writers and singers/songwriters Paola Treviño Todd & Rodrigo Garcia MZ.

OME means ‘two’ in Nahuatl.

Their musical creations are characterized by the combination of ethereal, dark, ethnic and operatic voices, unusual vocal harmonies and powerful melodies along with electronic sounds, pre-Hispanic instruments, guitars, instruments of the world and orchestral elements more commonly associated with film music, which are usually accompanied by stories.

Paola & Rodrigo have been in the music industry for over 25 years mainly as composers and producers for other artists. Met in 2000, married in 2001 and it was not until 2007 that they gave birth to OME.

MEMBERS:

Paola

Rodrigo

OME - Discography

Melancholy - Single (2018)

Celtic Dream by OME (2017)

Aztec Myths & Legends: A Narrated Concert by OME (2016) 

Pre​-​Hispanic Collection By OME (2015)

Perdóname (2015)

I Am Alive (2014) 

Leidungr - Vetrarblot

The third album of this great band that came out in this month of April is a Nordic Ritual Folk

Ritualistic music with the atmosphere of the Old Scandinavian Gods, Norse Mythology, and the stunning Northern Nature.

2 pieces of each 30 minutes of ritualistic music with the atmosphere of the Old Scandinavian Gods, Norse Mythology, and the stunning Northern Nature.

Step into the realms of LEIDUNGR in a mindset of meditation and embrace the heritage granted to those who possess the necessary traits by ancient forces and currents, made into something sinister through the passage of time.

LEIDUNGR - Vetrarblot

Tracklist:

1. Vetrarblot

2. Vetrarblot II

Steya Dust

Music can be considered one of the strongest ways to communicate with each other on an intimate and personal level.

Music created from within can convey pure feeling and universal emotions.

Therefore, music is a reminder that we are all part of the same world; this can cause the listener to wake up and see the beauty of the dream called life.

Fascinated by these phenomena, Alexia Huau learned to create, step by step, her own music and to capture the melodies that came from deep within ourselves. The solo project of Alexia Huau was born in March 2015.

STEYA DUST plays on a variety of historical and medieval instruments and contemporary, such as Esraj, Celtic harp, hammered dulcimer, all kinds of flutes, drums, shruti-box, as well as a computer and an effects box : digital media to create electro-floral and ethnic rhythms.

The combination of Tribal melodies, darkwave, ritual and poetic texts, multi-layered songs and powerful bewitching and powerful pagan influences makes STEYA DUST a new genre for the stage.

So the first album "Between Two Worlds" was born with a whole story!

Here lies a part of his soul ... a story that is just beginning.


MEMBERS:

Alexia Huau :
vocals , harp , flute , construction , bells,kalimba,shruti
box ..
photos , visu , lights

STEYA DUST - Between Two Worlds

WEB PAGE: http://spellbox.wixsite.com/steyadust23

SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/stella-dust

ULVESANG - The Hunt

The air hangs heavy in the air, exhaled by a huddle of men – alert and eager to set off. The long grass is stiff with frost and a murder of crows wait in a nearby tree. They understand. They too are ready for the hunt. The anticipation is unbearable as the invocation begins. Reverence and ceremony are key. There is no cutting corners and the rite only serves to heighten the senses and sharpen the mind. There is an ancient awe in the air and a feeling of connection to the past; to those who walked this same crisp ground before. Alex Boyd & Ana Dujakovic reflect on the poignancy of such a connection. The melancholy that sits in between the moments of excitement. The tinge of sorrow that follows a successful hunt. The sense of purpose has been and gone. The afterglow has given way to regret and unease. A beautiful creature has died that we may persevere. Is that the chants of our ancestors carried on the wind? Are they proud? Perhaps that is enough. Perhaps that is everything. To use the term neofolk here would be ironic as Ulvesang have reached back beyond the past and found not only a connection to those who came before, but also an unearthly primordial magic. Surely that is the very definition of true folk music.

ULVESANG - The Hunt 

Tracklist:

1. Invocation

2. The Trial 

3. The Dance 

4. The End 

5. The Hunt 

6. The Break 

7. The Run 

8. The Gloom 

9. The Truth 

10. мочвара/Močvara 

Here I leave the links where you can buy the disk in physical and digital format:

https://www.nordvis.com/en/

BANDCAMP: https://ulvesang.bandcamp.com/