Hjelvik
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Norway
Last Known Status: Active
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Hjelvik Premiere New Song & Animated Music Video
Norwegian blackened viking metal unit Hjelvik premiere a new song and music video for their third single from the upcoming album "Welcome to Hel", which will be out November 20th 2020 via Nuclear Blast. Watch the animated video for the track 'Glory of Hel' from it via YouTube below. The song also includes a guest performance by Matt Pike (High on Fire, Sleep).
Comments mainman Erlend Hjelvik: More...
Hjelvik Shares New Lyric Video
The Norwegian blackened Viking heavy metal band Hjelvik has today released a lyric video for their new single "Helgrinda" from the upcoming album Welcome to Hel, which will be released on November 20th 2020 via Nuclear Blast.
The video was created by the multi-talented artist Costin Chioreanu (At the Gates, Sigh, Napalm Death) and features Norwegian lyrics.
Frontman and songwriter Erlend Hjelvik comments: "Helgrinda is one of my personal favorites on the album and is sung entirely in Norwegian. It's one of the more black metal leaning songs on the album and so it felt appropriate to write the lyrics in my native tongue. The lyrics revolve around ancient Scandinavian burial rites and chronicles a fateful journey to the Norse underworld Hel." More...
Hjelvik Unleashes "North Tsar" Music Video
Today, new Norwegian blackened Viking heavy metal band Hjelvik have released their first ever single "North Tsar," accompanied by a video. The track is taken from their debut studio album "Welcome To Hel" that will be released on November 20th 2020 via Nuclear Blast.
Hjelvik is the new solo band of ex-Kvelertak frontman, lyricist and co-founder Erlend Hjelvik. After touring worldwide with some of the world's greatest bands such as Metallica, Slayer and Ghost, earning four Norwegian Spelleman awards along the way, Erlend parted ways with his band mates in 2018 and has spent the last two years songwriting and creating Hjelvik's first album.
Front-man Erlend Hjelvik comments: "It feels great to finally give people the first taste of what's to come with this awesome video for 'North Tsar' that the talented guys at Grupa13 created for me!"
Erlend adds: "It was a cool experience, the day corona-restrictions lifted, I took the first flight from Norway to Poland and we shot the whole video in one day in a Viking village called Jomsborg. Grupa13 did an excellent job with their team including well-trained Viking re-enactors, an amazing SFX crew and even brought in wolves and a huge raven. It was an intense and efficient shoot. It felt crazy to be standing in the middle of a Viking battle while performing my song, especially since the village was open to tourists who appeared midway through to stand there, gawk and take selfies… making the experience slightly more bizarre! Nonetheless, I had a great time and I’m extremely pleased with the result!" More...
Ex-Kvelertak Singer Launches New Band Hjelvik
Ex-Kvelertak frontman, Erlend Hjelvik, has started a solo metal band Hjelvik and has signed with Nuclear Blast Records!
Jens Prueter, Head of A&R at Nuclear Blast Europe commented:
"It’s been 10 years since I first saw Erlend with Kvelertak in my hometown Dortmund in Germany. Their debut album had only been out for a couple of months and was on heavy rotation on my turntable. I was blown away by the raw energy of his stage performance, and ten years later it is an honour to start working with him on HJELVIK. He has not lost his high energy and brings his unique mix of black metal, hard rock and punk to a new level. Welcome to Nuclear Blast and onward to Hel!"
Hjelvik also reveals that he will release his debut album "Welcome to Hel" later this year. More...