Øya Festival • 17 Jun. 2010

Wardruna will be performing at the Øya Festival in Oslo, Norway, on Thursday 12th August. Visit www.oyafestivalen.com for more details and to get tickets.

Summer Festivals • 19 Apr. 2010

It has now been confirmed that Wardruna will be performing at the Slottsfjell festival in Tønsberg, Norway, on July 17. More info about the festival and tickets can be found at www.slottsfjellfestival.no

Wardruna will also be performing at a Norwegian open-air festival called Vikingrock on July 10. The festival takes place in Gudvangen, located in the inner part of the Nærøyfjord, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. More info about the festival and tickets can be found at www.vikingrock.no

Concert Photos • 4 Apr. 2010

A collection of photos from Wardruna's concert at the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway on March 30th 2010.

Flickr link

Wardruna Live at the Viking Ship Museum – At Night • 26 Feb. 2010

On April 9th, 2009 Wardruna was the first band to ever play a concert in front of the majestic Viking ships at the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. About a year later, on March 30th, 2010, they will return to do the same again, but this time the concert will take place in the evening. This will surely make it an even more atmospheric concert than the previous one which was held during the regular daytime opening hours of the museum.

Like last year, this special concert is a part of the Inferno Music Conference. Tickets are available at Billettservice.no.

Photo by Kai Holmen.

Shop Update • 8 Dec. 2009

All our T-shirts are back in stock. The Wardruna album is also available as digital download (MP3 or FLAC). Several new pendants as well as brand new rune sets are now for sale. We have also made the linen tunic available in children's sizes.

Go to the shop »

‘Kauna’ Live Video • 16 Nov. 2009

Video of Wardruna performing "Kauna" live at the Incubate Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands on September 19th 2009.

YouTube link

Video Interview With Wardruna • 4 Nov. 2009

Recent video interviews with Kvitrafn and Gaahl by FaceCulture:

http://www.faceculture.com/artist.php?id=665

‘Hagal’ Live Video • 1 Nov. 2009

Video of Wardruna performing "Hagal" live at the Incubate Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands on September 19th 2009.

YouTube link

Eurosonic 2010 and by:Larm 2010 • 29 Oct. 2009

Wardruna have been picked out to play at the by:Larm festival in Oslo, February 18-20, 2010. Visit www.bylarm.no for more information.

Wardruna will also perform at the EuroSonic festival which is taking place from January 14-16 in Groningen, Netherlands. Visit www.noorderslag.nl for more information.

Videos from Incubate 2009 • 26 Sept. 2009

The concert at the Incubate Festival was filmed with several cameras and the sound was recorded as well. As soon as we have received and processed all audio and footage, we will upload a proper high quality video to YouTube. In the meantime you can check out these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeA_KAz9S0A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxupVgj5sKA

Update • 23 Sept. 2009

The recent Wardruna concerts in Nauen (Germany) and Tilburg (Netherlands) went very well. Big thanks to everyone involved in the planning and execution of these shows, especially the people at Incubate for all their work on the venue, which was great. If you have any live photos or videos, we would appreciate if you share them with us online or send them directly to kvitrafn-at-wardruna.com. Thanks.

In other news, we now have a few Odin T-shirts available in the Fimbulljóð shop. Not very many though, just leftovers from the aforementioned concerts. We're planning to restock all our T-shirts during the autumn/winter, so all sizes will then become available again.

We have also created a Wardruna Twitter page. For now it will primarily be used as an additional way of delivering Wardruna updates.

Photo by Helen Boast.

Wardruna Song Featured in ‘Halloween 2’ Trailer • 1 Sept. 2009

A short excerpt of Wardruna's "Algir - Tognatale" is featured in the TV trailer for Rob Zombie's new movie "Halloween 2".

Rehearsing • 24 Aug. 2009

As you can see below, Wardruna is currently preparing for the forthcoming live shows in Nauen (Germany) and Tilburg (Netherlands).

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.

See more rehearsal photos at our Flickr page

New Merchandise and Website Updates • 23 Jun. 2009

A brand new Wardruna T-shirt is now available in the shop. We have also added 17 new rune pendants.

As you may have noticed, we are currently in the process of reorganizing and redesigning wardruna.com. Some of the new pages - like the ‘gap var Ginnunga’ page with lyrics (including english translations), cover art and liner notes - are already online while others are still in progress.

Rock for Roots Festival • 18 Jun. 2009

Wardruna will headline this year's Rock for Roots festival, set to take place September 4-5 in Nauen (near Berlin), Germany. Visit rock-for-roots.com for more information.

Incubate Festival Confirmed • 11 Jun. 2009

I'm happy to announce that Wardruna is confirmed to perform at the Incubate festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. The concert will take place on September 19 near a rural inn called ‘In den Bockenreyder’.

Check out incubate.org for more info on the venue and its surroundings, tickets etc.

– Kvitrafn

Concert • 11 Apr. 2009

The first ever Wardruna concert took place two days ago and judging by all the positive feedback we have received, I'd say it was successful. It was with a great deal of reverence and pride that we, amongst the ancient longships and relics in The Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy, performed our songs in front of an audience of two hundred persons. It was a wonderful experience and great thanks goes out to everyone who made it happen. This will definitely not be the last time Wardruna perform live!

- Einar Kvitrafn -

Photo by Alexander Langsholt

Wardruna Live In Front Of The Oseberg Ship • 17 Mar. 2009

During this years edition of the Inferno Music Conference Wardruna will perform live in front of the Oseberg ship in the Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. The concert will take place on Thursday April 9 at 13:45. There will be a limited number of tickets available for those who are not attending the Inferno Music Conference. More info on this will follow shortly.

Update: For those of you who wish to see the concert, but do not plan to take part in the Inferno Music Conference (IMC), it will be possible to just show up at the Viking Ship Museum and buy a ticket directly there.

Flickr Update • 25 Jan. 2009

A new photo set called ‘Creating gap var Ginnunga’ has been added to Wardruna's Flickr page. The pictures documents some aspects of the creation process of ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’.

‘Dagr’ Live Video • 21 Jan. 2009

Video of Wardruna performing ‘Dagr’ on Store Studio (Norwegian talkshow).

YouTube link

Streaming of New Album • 20 Jan. 2009

‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’, which was released yesterday, can be heard in its entirety through our MySpace page for the rest of the week.

Wardruna to Perform Live on Norwegian Television • 15 Jan. 2009

Tune in to NRK1 this coming Monday (19 Jan.) at 22.25 PM and see Wardruna perform live on the Norwegian talkshow Store Studio hosted by Anne Lindmo. If you want to be in the audience, you can book tickets via publikum@nrk.no or call 23 04 21 66. We will post a link to the video of the show as soon as NRK makes it available online.

Shop Update • 9 Jan. 2009

Five new rune pendants have been added in the shop. The Odin T-shirt is also available again.

Video Interview With Gaahl About Wardruna • 7 Jan. 2009

The Dutch online magazine FaceCulture have posted footage from a recent interview with Gaahl where he talks about Wardruna.

Visit the following page to see the interview:
http://www.faceculture.tv/index.php?cnti_key=11757960

Winter Solstice Giveaway • 21 Dec. 2008

Subscribe for the Wardruna newsletter and get a free high quality MP3 (256 kbps) of ‘Algir – Tognatale’ from Wardruna's debut album ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’. Use the subscription form in the sidebar to sign up. Existing subscribers should already have received an e-mail with a link to the MP3.

New Song and Cover Artwork Available • 8 Dec. 2008

The release date of ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’ is approaching (January 19), so we have decided to add ‘Hagal’ to the music player both here and on MySpace. You can also check out the cover artwork and complete track listing below. Some of the other songs from the album has already been played on various radio shows around in Europe and so far the feedback has been great! We'll try to keep you posted about future radio broadcasts.

• Ár var alda
• Hagal
• Bjarkan
• Løyndomsriss
• Heimta Thurs
• Thurs
• Jara
• Laukr
• Kauna
• Algir - Stien klarnar
• Algir - Tognatale
• Dagr

Rune Jewelry Update • 5 Dec. 2008

Four new rune pendants have been added in the shop section. It seems these are sought after items so I will try to make new ones more regularly in the future.

Wardruna Signs With Indie Recordings • 27 Oct. 2008

I'm delighted to announce that Wardruna's debut album ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’ will be released on January 19, 2009 by Indie Recordings, under exclusive license from my own Fimbuljóð Productions. This is an ideal partnership for Wardruna; not only will the music be distributed and promoted in the manner it deserves, we also get to work with the fine people at Indie Recordings here in Norway. They have proven themselves to be very professional and dedicated to their work and I am very pleased to be able to work with them and totally confident that this is the right label for Wardruna.

– Kvitrafn

Click here to read the full press release from Indie Recordings »

Music Player • 17 Oct. 2008

We have updated all the songs in the music player. You can now listen to the final and mastered versions of the songs.

Interview Online • 19 Sept. 2008

We apologize for the lack of update activity here lately. We promise more frequent updates from now on and will soon announce the details for the release of the first Wardruna album ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga’. In the meanwhile you can check out this interview with Kvitrafn which was done in March 2008. It was originally published in Dark City Magazine #44.

We would also like to use this opportunity to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly positive response to the songs that was published in March. Since then we have received lots of e-mails and messages via MySpace etc., all of which are read and much appreciated. Unfortunately we can't respond to all of you, but you should know it is appreciated. Thanks.

New Website and New Songs Online • 17 Mar. 2008

Welcome to the new Wardruna website. We have put a lot of work into this site and hope you will like it. Please feel free to post your comments in the guestbook.

The upcoming full-lenght album ‘gap var Ginnunga’ is still in the works and has been somewhat delayed in the absence of proper studio facilities during the last year. This is now in order and the pace has picked up, so we hope to complete the album within this following summer.

In the meanwhile you can listen to these songs in the music player:

• Ár var alda
• Bjarkan
• Thurs I - Løyndomsriss
• Thurs II

Please keep in mind that these are still raw mixes and not finished songs. They are also likely to make more sense conceptually when the album can be heard in its entirety. (For those eager to know, ‘gap var Ginnunga’ will feature the following runes: Hagall, Bjarkan, Thurs, Jara, Laukr, Kauna, Algir, Dagr.)

Merchandise • 20 Nov. 2007

The first ever Wardruna T-shirt is now available in the shop. Artwork by Hans G. Sørsensen. Sizes available: small, medium, large and extra large.

(Note: Very limited supply. Order soon to make sure you get your size.)

Wardruna Songs in Documentaries • 23 Apr. 2007

Music by Wardruna has now been featured in two documentary films. One of them, ‘Heksene’ (translated: ‘The Witches’) – a Norwegian film on modern Wicca witches by Piotr Kuzinski, was broadcasted by TV2, the biggest commercial TV channel in Norway.

The more recent Vice films documentary on Gaahl (known from bands like Trelldom, Gorgoroth etc.) called ‘True Norwegian Black Metal’ also made extensive use of Wardruna songs. This documentary will be released on a Vice DVD with several other related segments. The first pressing of this DVD is 100,000 units, and will be distributed in all major music retailers in the US, and most in Europe. Meanwhile VBS.tv has posted a five-part series of the documentary at their website and their YouTube Channel. Direct links below:

VBS.tv: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5
YouTube: Part 1 • Part 2 • Part 3 • Part 4 • Part 5

New Song Online! • 22 Apr. 2007

You can now listen to ‘Løyndomsriss’ at the official Wardruna MySpace profile. More songs will be posted online when Wardruna.com is launched sometime this spring/summer.