Wardruna - Skald - VINYL LP

Stock limited to on hand inventory. 2x12Inch Transparent Red + Black Smoke, Gatefold. For years now Wardruna founder Einar Selvik has done acoustic concerts and lectures, performing Wardruna songs on his own, as well as creations made for the TV-show InchVikingsInch in an acoustic . Now parts of this material has finally been recorded Inchlive in studioInch in Solslottet Studio in Bergen (Norway), and was released through By Norse Music on November 23rd 2018.The exclusive RSD 2024 edition features a brand new bonus track and comes as 2x12Inch Transparent Red & Black Smoke vinyls; with the original Gatefold artwork masterfully revisited by Polish vinyl artisan and designer Bartek Rogalewicz (Behemoth, Mayhem, etc.); and includes two exclusive bonus tracks nevery released on vinyl before.InchSkaldInch takes the listener on a musical journey outside the massive soundscape that Wardruna is known for and into a simpler and more direct form, where voice, poetry and ancient instruments like Kravik-lyre, Taglharpa and Bukkehorn lead the way.Einar Selvik comments InchSkaldInch was recorded live in the studio with the intention of capturing the raw and uncompromising energy of a live performance rather than aiming for a flawless and polished expression. It sets out to give voice to the ancient craft that once lay at the heart of the Norse oral traditions, presented as it takes shape in the hands of a humble contemporary skald today.The album contains an extensive booklet with all lyrics translated as well as a solid introduction to the Skald and Old Norse poetry written by the acclaimed Icelandic author and Old Norse philologist Bergsveinn Birgisson.Tracklist Side 1 1. Vardlokk 2. Skald 3. Ein sat hun uti 4. Voluspá (skaldic version) 5. Fehu (skaldic version) 6. VindavlaSide 2 7. Ormagardskvedi 8. Gravbakkjen 9. Sonatorrek10. Helvegen (skaldic version)Side 3 11. Voluspá (Liv