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Festival reports 2023 Live

Report – Wacken Open Air 2023

Antonie August 29, 2023

Getting straight into Wacken‘s motto: Rain or Shine! This year’s Wacken was surrounded by a lot of controversy. Because of severe weather and heavy rainfall loads of people were unable to join the festivities...

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CD review 2021

Editor’s pick 2021: Ingrid

Metal-Exposure December 28, 2021

I shamefully confess that I haven’t really kept track of many new releases this year. For someone running a metal website, and uploading all the reviews over here, this is extra shameful. Even though...

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CD review 2021

Wardruna – Kvitravn

Metal-Exposure January 22, 2021

Nowadays it’s hard to get around Norwegian band Wardruna. Their popularity has increased immensely the last years. Where I remember standing in in little concert hall more than a decade ago with about twenty...

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News

Hugsjá World Premiere in Bergen International Festival!

Metal-Exposure February 15, 2017

World Premiere – Bergen International Festival will feature new work by Einar Selvik (Wardruna) and Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved)! This new collaborative musical piece called Hugsjá, combines indigenous and contemporary music with Norse and Norwegian...

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Interviews

Interview with Wardruna: on new beginnings and foregone eras

Metal-Exposure December 1, 2016 0 Comment

The release of Wardruna’s “Runaljod – Ragnarok,” marks the conclusion of the Runaljod trilogy that first launched this epic Norwegian band. It does not signify the end of the band, however. Metal-Exposure had the...

Festival Reports 2016 -1 Minute

Midgardsblot 2016

Metal-Exposure September 4, 2016 0 Comment

If you’ve read the 2015 report, you’ll know what Midgardsblot is about; if you haven’t, here’s a short recap: A pagan/black/folk metal festival in Norway, located at ancient Viking (grave) mounds and partially inside...

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Interviews News

The magic of Midgardsblot: interview with organiser Runa Luna

Metal-Exposure July 7, 2016 0 Comment

As an e-zine crew we have become professional festival attendees. Everyone has their favourite: from Party San to Wacken Open Air, but what we encountered in Horten, Norway last year during the Midgardsblot festival,...

CD review 2016 -0 Minutes

Skuggsjá

Metal-Exposure February 27, 2016 0 Comment

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Skuggsjá song premiere – ‘Kvervandi’

Metal-Exposure January 28, 2016 0 Comment

A few lucky ones have been able to see Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik’s Skuggsjá live on Roadburn or perhaps in Norway. For the others, the prayers have been answered and this unique Enslaved/Wardruna...