09/18/2007 11:20

Helrunar

Helrunar: 'Baldr ok Íss'

Nordic pagan metallers Helrunar have completed the work on their sophomore album, titled 'Baldr Ok Íss'.

The tracklist:
01. Dickichtgott
02. Loka Lögsaga
03. Schwarzer Frost
04. Baldr
05. Íss
06. Winter
07. Glámr [listen here]
08. Hunta and Boga
09. Til Jarðar
10. Baldrs drauma

will be released on 29 October 2007 via Lupus Lounge and will be available as normal CD and luxury edition with a bonus DVD. Besides live recordings from last year's Party.San open air the DVD contains an approx. 30 minutes documentary about the evolution of 'Baldr Ok Íss' (watch trailer here).

(source: Lupus Lounge)

Older news about the topic:

German band Helrunar have entered Klangschmiede Studio E to record the follow-up to their debut album 'Frostnacht' (2005). Their new work, to be entitled 'Baldr ok Íss', is bound to surpass its predecessor in terms of variability and sheer force.
"The new records contains everything from dark, brutal black metal in the early Norwegian tradition to epic songs in the vein of Bathory, from rocking mid-tempo to delicate, fragile acoustic pieces and influences from archaic Norse folklore," vocalist and lyricist Skald Draugir proudly puts on record.
One of the new tracks already has gained a special importance for Helrunar: 'Schwarzer Frost'. "This song, sound and lyrics and all, is nothing less than a hymn to the original Norwegian black metal," Draugir enthuses. "In an abstract way, the lyrics describe the emotions and experiences that, to us, were connected to the "discovery" of this kind of music back then."
'Baldr ok Íss' is scheduled for release via Lupus Lounge in autumn 2007.

(source: Lupus Lounge)