Latest about Wardruna
The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them
Metal Hammer's albums of the year: 2025
From chart-toppers Ghost and Sleep Token to rising stars Lorna Shore and Spiritbox, 2025 has been a massive year for metal
Einar Selvik on black metal, nature and the importance of having a message
"I said yes, but only if I could criticise the Constitution."
If other Nordic folk bands overtake Wardruna, Einar Selvik doesn’t mind
Inspired by a bear, a moose and a wolf, new album Birna is extending the band’s “beautiful broken family” as they tell modern tales through ancient instruments
Amon Amarth, Wardruna and others explain why metal loves Vikings so much
We got bands and academics to tell us why heavy music can’t get enough of big, burly berserkers
Wardruna’s Einar Selvik names one “ beneficial” thing from black metal church burnings
“It’s hard to defend a lot of the stuff that happened in that period but, in retrospect, it moved some boundaries that needed to be moved”
Wardruna just led a Nordic ritual in London’s most beautiful venue, and I’ve never seen anything like it before
Supported by cellist extraordinaire Jo Quail, the shaman dazzle with their powerful voices and mystical production
"A lot of people think it’s about Vikings, but it never was"
We took Wardruna's Einar Selvik foraging in one of London's oldest graveyards
