Arstidir Lifsins Releases "Aldafoðr Ok Munka Dróttinn" Album

Since 2008, the art Icelandic/German pagan metal outfit Arstidir Lifsins - Icelandic for "the seasons of life" - has always radiated the spirit of Old Norse history.

Boasting members of Helrunar, Kerbenok, and Carpe Noctem, the curious collective's latest long player "Aldafoðr Ok Munka Dróttinn" ("Óðinn and the God of the Monks") - takes an in-depth look at Scandinavian history and myth over its dramatic eighty-one-minute run time.

Composed and recorded in Germany and Iceland between May and November of 2013 and then mixed and mastered in December 2013 by the experienced hands of Markus Stock at Klangsmiede Studio E (Empyrium, Helrunar, Secrets Of The Moon etc), "Aldafoðr Ok Munka Dróttinn" is sung entirely in Old Norse-Icelandic, with added Skaldic stanzas from the Icelandic sagas. The album's track listing is:

I:
1. Kastar Heljar Brenna Fjarri Ofan Onundarfirðinum
2. Knorr Siglandi Birtisk Á Löngu Bláu Yfirborði
3. Þeir Heilags Dóms Hirðar
4. Úlfs Veðrit Er Ið CMXCIX
5. Máni, Bróðir Sólar Ok Mundilfara
II:
1. Tími Er Kominn At Kveða Fyrir Þér
2. Norðsæta Gætis, Herforingja Ormsins Langa
3. Bituls Skokra Benvargs Hreggjar Á Sér Stað
4. Sem Lengsk Vánar Lopts Ljósgimu Hvarfs Dregr Nærri