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Gaahl may be the stage alias of Kristian Espedal: a Norwegian musician most widely known for his vocal use the controversial dark steel group Gorgoroth. Like many protagonists from the Norwegian dark metal picture, Gaahl’s story is certainly rife with as very much produced fiction as real fact, similar parts …

Norwegian musical project Wardruna was shaped in 2003 by previous Gorgoroth drummer Einar “Kvitrafn” Selvik. Motivated by his long-held desire for the Aged Norse language as well as the Elder Futhark (the Norse runic alphabet), he developed something really ancient-sounding. The task utilized mostly historic traditional instruments, a few of …