Arstíðir lífsins is again with their six document Aldrlok due out Might 31, and a brand new single “Nauð greyprs élreka” streaming proper now. Should you’ve ever checked out Arstíðir lífsins, then you already know what to anticipate – a gorgeous mixture of black metallic and atmospheric people. Pre-orders are available here.
In response to the band: “Aldrlok is sung solely in Outdated Norse-Icelandic and incorporates lyrics with heavy use of Skaldic and Eddic poetry. The story is predicated on each societal and mythological matters, and performs out in a number of the most turbulent instances of change in Iceland: within the first half of the eleventh century, some forty years after the Christianisation in 999/1000.
“The album depicts a fictional story set in a interval of Icelandic historical past of which typically little is understood. However, it was a turbulent time the place older customs grew to become out of date and gave option to new traditions and, not least, new types of perception. It’s these explicit circumstances which the title of the album alludes to, since ‘Aldrlok’ will be translated to ‘Finish of an Age’, or just ‘Loss of life’.”
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