DT: MARCH 4, 2021

FM: KELLY WALSH, SRO PR

TRADITIONAL NORDIC FOLK OUTFIT
WARDRUNA
MAKE SUBTITLES AVAILABLE FOR FIRST-TIME EVER
IN ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN AND SPANISH
FOR MUSIC & LIVE VIDEO CLIPS SURROUNDING WORLDWIDE ITUNES TOP 10-CHARTING ALBUM,
‘KVITRAVN’

VIRTUAL RECORD RELEASE CONCERT FROM OSLO, NO
MARCH 26 @ NOON (PT) / 3:00 P.M. (ET)

TICKETS ON SALE NOW VIA
http://WWW.WARDRUNASHOP.COM

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Traditional Nordic folk outfit WARDRUNA will further celebrate the worldwide success of their fifth full-length album KVITRAVN–released January 22 via BY NORSE MUSIC and SONY MUSIC/COLUMBIA RECORDS—by making video subtitles available in English, Spanish and Norwegian, for the first-time in the band’s 18-year history, for its three music video singles, one lyric video and the “Helvegen Live” video.

WARDRUNA’s official YouTube channel launched in 2008 and has since grown to nearly half a million subscribers. Fans will now be able to dive into the lyrical world of WARDRUNA further allowing them insight into the Nordic cultural and esoteric traditions and wisdom exemplified throughout their music.

“We are pleased to let you know that we have now added English and Spanish subtitles to our YouTube videos for ‘Grá,’ ‘Kvitravn,’ ‘Lyfjaberg,’ ‘Skugge’ and the ‘Helvegen Live’ performance with Aurora,” revealed WARDRUNA founder and composer EINAR SELVIK. “Even though music often moves freely across barriers of language, knowing the meaning behind our lyrics can surely add another dimension to it, so we hope you will appreciate this small bridge we provided. Special thanks to Rebeca Franco Valle for helping with the Spanish translations.”

Watch along with subtitles to the below video clips:

Wardruna – Kvitravn (White Raven) – Official music video
Wardruna – Skugge (Shadow), Official Lyric video
Wardruna – Lyfjaberg (Healing-mountain) Official music video
Wardruna – Grá (Official music video)
Wardruna and Aurora – Helvegen (Live)

WARDRUNA have arranged a special virtual record release show from Oslo, NO to take place on Friday, March 26 at 12:00 P.M. PT / 3:00 P.M. ET allowing audiences to experience the group’s one-of-a-kind and truly extraordinary performance which transcends borders, time, languages and musical genres. Tickets are on sale now along with exclusive merch add-ons at www.wardrunashop.com.

KVITRAVN—translated to “White Raven”—debuted across several worldwide Top 10 charts including landing at #1 Top New Artist Album, #3 Americana/Folk, #4 Digital Albums and #9 on Billboard’s Top Album charts in the U.S. alone. The album features a broad selection of both traditional and historical instruments and guest appearances by a small group of prominent traditional singers, spearheaded by Kirsten Bråten Berg (one of the most important custodians of Norwegian traditional song). Throughout its eleven songs, KVITRAVN illuminates Northern sorcery, spirit-animals, shadows, nature and animism, the wisdom and meanings of certain myths, various Norse spiritual concepts, and the relation between sage and songs.

KVITRAVN is available now on various formats and bundles: https://wardruna.lnk.to/Kvitravn_Album

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Check out some critical praise for KVITRAVN here:

“Haunting, powerful and deeply immersive, it is an unmitigated triumph and a career high for Wardruna.”
– Metal Hammer, 1/18/21

“The messages that transcend time through centuries of storytelling are alive in this collection of songs and will be heard and felt for centuries to come thanks to Wardruna.”
–Thank Folk For That, 1/28/21

“Selvik’s commanding vocals, accompanied by bowed instrumentation, percussion, and a deep horn, combine to create a fantastic landscape of sound…Featuring stringed and bowed instruments, the symphonic composition redefines orchestral and classically sounding music by reimagining it as a traditional Norse take on that.”
– New Noise Magazine, 1/22/21

“WARDRUNA are displaying to the best of their abilities, masters in their craft, Kvitravn being no exception to that but the strength that holds this album up is unlike anything that could have been expected. Its simplicities make for complex and beautiful soundscapes.”
– Distorted Sound, 1/20/21

“The visceral intensity to this music sports both elegant beauty and grimacing grit. Closer “Andevarljod” encapsulates this balance of scene-setting nuance and infectious spirit. The song’s 11-minute run-time brings some of the most overwhelming crescendos of the band’s career, topped by some incredible vocal performances from Selvik.”
– Riff Magazine, 1/20/21

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