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Swedish black metal trio Fornhem are now releasing the video single "Uþarba Spa". The track is taken from the trio's forthcoming album Stämman Från Berget ("The Voice from the Mountain"), which is slated for release on the 5th of November via Trollmusic. The title "Uþarba Spa" derives from a partial transcript of the inscription on the famously large runestone of Björketorp, Sweden. This stunning four-metre high stone towers over a pre-Viking age grave-field in a unique setting aligned with other stones that is thought to form a consecrated area. The debated proto-Norse inscription written in a late version of the Elder Futhark uses the Galdralag metre supposedly associated with Germanic spells. "Uþarba Spa" probably translates as "I foretell perdition".
Fornhem's drummer, vocalist, and lyricist Vafthrudner explains: "The runic inscription on the Björketorp stone constitutes a curse or a threat, which makes it quite unique among this type of monument in Sweden and elsewhere. My lyrics are written from the perspective of one of the deceased, buried close to the stone, whose spirit warns us mortals not to disturb the slumber of the dead. The title and the lyrics are also a tribute to our former project, Fördärv, which in English means something like 'ruin' or 'devastation'. The word literally appears in these lyrics: 'Jag spår fördärv', which translates as 'I predict ruin'. The past is alive!" Link
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