Eihwar – Hugrheim (album stream)
Eihwar’s new album, Hugrheim (Season of Mist), is advance streaming in full!!!
Sometimes, our metal souls need a little soothing, with a bit of folk music. Naturally, we still tend to keep it to the darker side. Bands such as Wardruna, Heilung, and Nytt Land have held mass appeal amongst our ranks. Now welcome the next gen, Eihwar, inviting listeners into the hidden tenth world of Yggdrasil, with album 2, Hugrheim.
Blending Nordic folk instrumentation with electro-industrial pulse and thunderous ritual percussion, Hugrheim captures the chaotic energy that has already rattled festival grounds from Wacken Open Air to Midgardsblot. Eihwar treat Norse mythology less like a museum piece and more like a very loud celebration. Ancient symbolism collides with trance languages, pounding rhythms, and the kind of ritual enthusiasm that tends to make crowds forget they are supposed to stand still.
Across ten tracks, the album unfolds like a guided tour through the stranger corners of this unseen world.
From the rune-bound trial of lead single “Nauðiz” and the invocation of “Freyja’s Calling” to the victorious chant of “Heill Óðinn,” each composition opens a new gateway into Hugrheim’s shifting landscapes, including the album’s eponymous track “Hugrheim”. There are battle rites, shadow realms, and luminous gardens. There are also quite a lot of drums.
At the center of the story stand Mark and Asrunn, wandering spirits whose memories of Hugrheim slowly return while inhabiting human bodies on Midgard.
Through chants, war drums and trance-driven rhythms, the duo translate that mythology into sound. The result is a concept album that moves easily between ritual atmosphere and outright pagan dancefloor energy.
There is something truly unique about Eihwar. In a way, the band relates to Vikings much like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles relate to turtles: wild, over-the-top superheroes who don’t take themselves too seriously. And yet, from their mischievous spirit and contagious joy emerges a deep and moving poetry. A kind of childlike wisdom.
Hugrheim is out Friday, March 13th, via Season of Mist.
Pre-order & pre-save: https://orcd.co/
Eihwar – Hugrheim (album stream)
Tracklist:
1. Nauðiz (04:28)
2. Freyja’s Calling (03:41)
3. Ein (03:42)
4. Skuggaríki (04:01)
5. Hugrheim (03:19)
6. Ljósgarðr (03:27)
7. Heill Óðinn (03:36)
8. The Lake of the Dead (03:39)
9. Omenotharena (Warrior’s Training) (05:41)
10. Berserkr (Tim’s Memorial Version) (04:26)
Full runtime: 40:03
Available Formats:
CD Digipak
12″ Vinyl Gatefold — Black
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold — Blue, Black & White Marbled
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold — Magenta, Crystal Clear, Pink & Blue Marbled
12″ Coloured Vinyl Gatefold — Clear, Blue & Black Marbled
12″ Feather Filled Vinyl Gatefold
Country: France (FR)
Genre: Viking War Trance
Eihwar – Hugrheim (album stream)
Following the release of Hugrheim, Eihwar will carry the Tenth World across Europe on a headline run presented under the banner Pagan Folk Nights, joined by special guest Mira Ceti. After commanding major festival stages and igniting packed club shows, the duo now bring their ritual drums, trance chants and industrial folk pulse into an extended continental campaign.
MARCH 26, 2026 — FR — Paris | La Machine du Moulin Rouge
MARCH 27, 2026 — UK — London | The Dome ➔ Venue Upgrade
MARCH 28, 2026 — LU — Esch-sur-Alzette | Kulturfabrik
MARCH 29, 2026 — NL — Eindhoven | Effenaar
MARCH 31, 2026 — DE — Hamburg | Betty ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 1, 2026 — DK — Copenhagen | Stengade ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 2, 2026 — SE — Stockholm | Kollektivet Livet
APRIL 4, 2026 — FI — Helsinki | On The Rock ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 5, 2026 — LV — Riga | Vagonu Hall
APRIL 7, 2026 — PL — Warsaw | Proxima
APRIL 8, 2026 — DE — Berlin | Privatclub ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 9, 2026 — CZ — Tabor | Blavicon
APRIL 11, 2026 — DE — Lichtenfels | Ragnarök Festival
APRIL 12, 2026 — HU — Budapest | Dürer Kert ➔ Venue Upgrade
APRIL 14, 2026 — AT — Vienna | Szene
APRIL 15, 2026 — SI — Ljubljana | Kavarna Cukrarna ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 16, 2026 — IT — Milan | Legend Club
APRIL 17, 2026 — FR — Mulhouse | Le Noumatrouff ➔ Sold Out
APRIL 18, 2026 — BE — Brussels | La Source ➔ Sold Out
Tickets available at:
https://www.eihwar.com/
Get ready for the wild electro Nordic folk of EIHWAR! These “Enfants Terribles” aren’t here for solemn atmospheres—their fierce and festive fantasy is made for raging Viking dancefloors. Backed by Season of Mist (home to Heilung and Danheim), Eihwar burst onto YouTube in 2023 and hasn’t slowed down since.
With millions of views and festival appearances at Hellfest, Wacken Open Air, and Midgardsblot at the Midgard Viking Center in Norway, they bring a new wave of pagan power shaking across Europe.
This second album from Eihwar describes the world from which these two pagan superheroes originate. It is “Hugrheim,” the 10th hidden world of Yggdrasil in Eihwar’s fantasy mythology. The two musicians explain:
“Over the past few years, our souls have gradually taken over the bodies of two human musicians. Through incarnation, we lost much of our memories. All that remains are images, emotions, and fragments from our previous existence, mixed in with the thoughts and memories of our human hosts.
In this new song, we evoke the memories that gradually come back to us: memories of Hugrheim, the tenth world of Yggdrasil, hidden and unknown to men.
This world is shaped by the Hugr, the spirit. In this realm dwell the invisible forces of the soul and consciousness. When our vessels perish here and our incarnation ends, we will return to Hugrheim. Still, we hope to remain here as long as possible this time, because nowadays the beer is fucking good, the rockstar life is pretty damn cool, and dental anesthesia actually exists.”
— Mark & Asrunn
Line-up:
Asrunn — Vocals, Shamanic Drums
Mark — Vocals, War Drums, Lute, Folk Guitar, Tagelharpa, Percussion & Programming
Production Credits:
Mark & Asrunn of Eihwar — All Production, Mixing & Mastering at Eihwar Studio.
Artwork & Photography:
© Eihwar
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