Paganism in heavy music may be having a moment, but few do it with as much authority as Wardruna. Helmed by founder and frontman Einar Selvik, the Norwegians’ darkly expansive folk brings the natural ...

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 ...

Get the inside track from Roisin O'Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Norway’s Wardruna are leading the charge. Myth and legend is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Norwegian folklore has an image problem. The reason why was on display during the sacking of the US Capitol, in ...

For Norwegian songwriter and performer, Einar Selvik, making music is as much about excavation, construction and refinement as it as about melody and rhythm. A composer of epic, culturally rooted ...

Arctangent Festival has revealed a new set of headliners and have added over 50 bands to the 2025 bill. Norwegian metal legends Wardruna are set to headline the Wednesday night and prog metal ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Following the release of their critically acclaimed album, Birna, Wardruna have ...