Nordic folk band Wardruna has unveiled its new single titled “Lyfjaberg.” The Norwegian group had to postpone the release of its new album Kvitravn to January 22, 2021 due to COVID-19 complications. Despite that, Wardruna decided to head into the studio to write and record a new song, “Lyfjaberg.”
The title translates to English as a ‘healing-hill’ or ‘healing-mountain’ and is known from Norse mythology and the Eddic poem Fjölsvinnsmál as a place of well-being and cure for the sick and sore who manage to climb the mountain and bear offerings at its shrines.
Wardruna shot a music video for “Lyfjaberg” that was filmed in the mountains of the island Tustna in Norway.
“The song expresses that climbing a tough mountain, both in reality and metaphorically, is a mental as well as a physical effort,” said Wardruna founding member and composer Einar Selvik. “I have tried to write this journey up the mountain as one for the mind and spirit as much as the feet and body. Anything of true value, comes at a true cost.”
Wardruna’s discography includes Runaljod – Gap Var Ginnunga (2009), Runaljod – Yggdrasil (2013), Runaljod – Ragnarok (2016) and Skald (2018)
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