Wardruna at Grieghallen, Griegsalen

WARDRUNA have announced plans for a solo North American tour with a stop at DPAC on October 12, 2022. Wardruna is a Norwegian music constellation dedicated to creating musical renditions of ancient Norse and Nordic traditions. They use a broad selection of both traditional and historical Nordic instruments. Non-traditional instruments and other sources of sound such as trees, stones, bones, water and fire are used to enhance the nature of the theme being portrayed in each case. Thorough research and serious study form an important foundation for their music, but the ultimate intention is not to copy or recreate music from any specific time period. They take thoughts, tools and methods from the past and use them to create new music which builds on the contemporary as well as the ancient. WARDRUNA have carved a rich, polyphonic and dramatic musical landscape that honors the ancient past without gimmick, while simultaneously illuminating meaningful expressions of Norse tradition through intrinsically detailed contemporary composition. Beyond genre, theirs is a sound that must be truly experienced. Their first-ever concert was held in front of the 1,500-year-old Gokstad Viking ship in Oslo, NO and theyre the only band to have ever been allowed to hold an amplified concert at the Viking ship museum. Since then theyve performed sold-out shows worldwide, including major festival headlining appearances (Hellfest, Roadburn, Summer Breez, Castle Fest, Echoes & Merveilles, Rock oz Arenes, Rock The Coast, etc.). Since their formation in the early 2000s initiated by composer Einar Selvik, WARDRUNA have had vast worldwide success, transcending music genres, cultures and languages while being renowned for their innovative and genre-creating renditions of ancient Nordic traditions.The group's massive musical contributions to History Channel s TV series VIKINGSwhich consists of over 60 placements and substantial work on the shows musical score in addition to appearances by EINAR, who starred and performed on two occasions in Season 3 and 4-- has exposed their music to a broad audience worldwide. WARDRUNA merge academics with pop culture, and their thorough and serious approach has made them one of todays foremost communicators of Norse culture. Todays top international scholars on Old Norse studies use EINAR's work to exemplify how music might have been executed in earlier times in Scandinavia and he has lectured about his work with historical music in prestigious universities such as Oxford, University of Denver, Reykjavik University and University of Bergen. Alongside fellow Norwegian metal band Enslaved, WARDRUNA was commissioned by the Norwegian government to write and perform a music-piece for the 200-year anniversary of the Norwegian constitution in 2014. Experience WARDRUNA live at DPAC.