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Algir - Tognatale

 Under the pallid glow of a forsaken moon, I wander dim streets where lost memories bloom; In the quiet decay of a midnight commune, Your branches rise, dispelling the gloom. A silent hymn of fruit and whispered lore, Where sorrow meets solace in each scarred root— I trace the ghosts that haunt forevermore, In the sacred shadow where hope takes fruit.

Tree of Plenty

Futha

Norupo

Ofnir

Alfadhirhaiti

Voluspá

Voluspá (Skaldic Version)

Fehu (Skaldic Version)

Vardlokk

Runaljod - Ragnarok

Ein sat hon uti

Danheim & Gealdýr - Ymir

The Hringrás album stands for "cycle" - and portrays the differences between life and death in the Viking age, but also the continuing loop(cycle) of life, death, and rebirth.

"Lifa & Dauðr" - a song on the album is literally portraying this through recorded sounds of living and dead things.

“All sounds and instruments (except a tagelharpa), in the death part of the song, were recorded and made from dead or decayed objects and materials, even real human bones were recorded and used in the recordings. The song is six minutes long and starts with Lifa (life), then slowly moves into the Dauðr (death) part in the middle of the song around the three-minute mark. At that point, all living things are removed and replaced with recordings or sounds of dead objects.”

The song was created in a similar theme and musical notes all the way through, so as not to portray life as ‘happier’ than death, and not to portray death as more ‘unhappy’ than life.

Ragnarök

Before there was soil, sky or any green thing,
there was only the gaping abyss of Ginnungagap.

Frost from Niflheim and billowing flames from Muspelheim crept toward each other until they met in Ginnungagap.

Amid the hissing and sputtering, the fire melted the ice, and the drops formed themselves into Ymir
The Creator of Worlds

Ymir

Wardruna's Solringen, I LOVE THIS SONG! I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT! 
I vocalized only the first part a while ago.. but I was inspired. All rights ofcourse go to Wardruna, if you like them buy everything they have! :D

Parts of the song are mixed with the original song because I'm simply horrible with percussion and I think it sounds pretty cool. :3

I played the drones and the dreamy spacey sounds are also done by me working happily and crazy on the Tyros 4 (on which I play rarely), all the vocals are done by me and all in all this was just an amazing piece to work on..

I will probably try to make it even more awesome because there's still a lot I want to work on but so far I'm fucking happy okay.

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende
Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga

Avl i bringa - Avl i jordi

Hanar galande, galdrar groande
Nornar spinnande, lagnadar bindande
Gudar gråtande, ulvar ulande
ravnar ropande, risar sovande
Skuggar truande, aksen duvande
åkre veksande, soli skinande
ulvar jagande soli flykande

Solringen

Wardruna is a Norwegian music group founded by Kvitrafn in 2003. Their debut album ‘Runaljod – gap var Ginnunga' was released in 2009 and is the first part of a planned trilogy which will musically interpret the runes of the elder futhark.

Voluspá (Skaldic Version)

Wardruna

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