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Heilung jam with Siberian shamans and play with human bones, while Wardruna record songs submerged in rivers and on burial mounds. Now this vibrant undergound music scene is finding a wider audience
‘Like a scene from Lord of the Rings’ … Heilung in full flow. Photograph: Søren Bech
‘Like a scene from Lord of the Rings’ … Heilung in full flow. Photograph: Søren Bech
Tue 16 Feb 2021 01.00 EST
Last modified on Fri 19 Feb 2021 05.07 EST
In 2002, holed up in an attic studio on the majestic Norwegian coast, Einar Selvik had a vision. He would create a trilogy of albums based on the 24 runes of the Elder Futhark, the world’s oldest runic alphabet. The multi-instrumentalist’s epiphany kicked off what is now one of the world’s most vibrant underground music scenes.