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With the new album Ritual being unveiled to the world this Friday, 6 August via Napalm Records, Nytt Land offers another glimpse into its haunting and unique world of shamanic dark folk. Today, its "Svartravn" official video was released, available in the player below.
Just as Nytt Land begins "Svartravn" with mysterious whispers, the listener is pulled into the melancholic atmosphere of the song – a true display of Nytt Land's shamanic dark folk. Experimental vocal technique meets deep, stomping percussive instrumentation inspired by ancient Siberian and Northern European culture. Nytt Land is a truly unique duo and has rightfully earned millions of cross-platform streams with their authentic, traditional take on folk music.
Nytt Land about the video for "Svartravn": "'Svartravn' for us is one of the most melodic and most dramatic songs in the new album. A lot of emotions are associated with it in the process of composing and recording. And undoubtedly, this energy is very accurately visualized in the video created for this song. In Russia, there is a very famous 19th-century Kozak's ballad, called 'Black Raven'. And when we found the text that formed the basis of the song 'Svartravn', we were simply amazed that it says the same thing as in this Russian ballad. Therefore, this song got its name exactly 'Svartravn' - from the Icelandic language it is precisely 'Black Raven' that is translated".
The Ritual album is a previously uncharted display of intense, dark folk music inspired by Nytt Land's unique, authentic and ancient Siberian culture. If bands like Wardruna, Heilung or Runahild ensnare your senses, then you must prepare for this Ritual!
Nytt Land on the record: "Our new album is a big story, a long way - from the harsh, snowy fjords of ancient Scandinavia - to the endless expanses of the great Siberian taiga. Having chosen life in a small Siberian village, we are inspired by nature, its eternal, primordial life force. And this inspiration finds expression in our music".
In celebration of the release of Ritual, Nytt Land will perform their new album live on 13 August at 20:00 [CEST] via the Napalm Records YouTube channel – make sure to join the Ritual and experience this one of kind musical performance! Link
Ritual tracklist:
1. Ritual
2. The Fires Of Ragnarok
3. The Birth Of A Shaman
4. Dead Man's Dance
5. U-Gra
6. Gróttasöngr
7. Svartravn
8. Blood Of The North
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