'The drum needed a blood sacrifice': the rise of dark Nordic folk
DanniiLeivers Heilung jam with Siberian shamans and play with human bones, while Wardruna record songs submerged in rivers and on burial mounds. Now this vibrant undergound music scene is finding a wider audience ‘Like a scene from Lord of the Rings’ … Heilung in full flow. Photograph: Søren Bech ‘Like a scene from Lord of the Rings’ … Heilung in full flow. Photograph: Søren Bech Tue 16 Feb 2021 01.00 EST Last modified on Fri 19 Feb 2021 05.07 EST In 2002, holed up in an attic studio on the majestic Norwegian coast, Einar Selvik had a vision. He would create a trilogy of albums ...
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