It would be easy to mock Norway’s Wardruna. Their name translates as “guardian of the runes” – they make music from goat horns, bone flutes and a replica of a German lyre from 500 AD. Frontman Einar ...

Nordic folk music with roots in black metal might sound ridiculously niche, but Wardruna are more than the sum of their parts—and to prove it, here they are at the Auditorium Theatre. Einar Selvik ...

Wardruna are a Norwegian music group founded in 2002 by ex-Gorgoroth members drummer Einar Selvik (Kvitrafn) and vocalist Kristian Espedal (Gaahl), as well as Lindy Fay Hella. Dedicated to creating ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Norwegian folklore has an image problem. The reason why was on display during the sacking of the US Capitol, in ...

Their audience is usually a suitably diverse crew of metalheads, silver-haired goths, fishermen’s friends folkies and more than the odd cosplaying Viking, as it was at the magnificent Symphony Hall.