Debut Album "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga" From Wardruna Reissued In North America

Norway's Wardruna, featuring ex-Gorgoroth vocalist Kristian Eivind Espedal (a/k/a Gaahl), had it's mesmerizing debut full-length, "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga," reissued in North America, and is available now via Indie Recordings. Originally released in 2009, the album is the first in the band's stunning "Runaljod trilogy," a musical rendition of the twenty-four runes in what is often referred to as the "elder futhark."

"Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga" incorporates some of the oldest of Nordic instruments such as primitive deer hide frame drums, kraviklyra, tagelharpe, mouth harp, goat horn and lur, poetic metres and lyrics written in Norwegian, Old Norse and Proto-Norse tongue. Some of the recordings are captured outdoors or under circumstances of significance to each rune while other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water and torches are used. All of these elements are carefully woven into a rich musical landscape and complemented with whispering voices, melodic song and mighty choirs. Although Wardruna's sound shares characteristics with music typically labeled as folk, world and/or ambient, none of these genres can accurately describe their unique style. It truly must be experienced. Music from "Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga" is featured in the soundtrack to both seasons of The History Channel's "Vikings" series.

The track listing for the release is:

1. Ar var alda
2. Hagal
3. Bjarkan
4. Løyndomsriss
5. Heimta Thurs
6. Thurs
7. Jara
8. Laukr
9. Kauna
10. Algir - Stien klarnar
11. Algir - Tognatale
12. Dagr