Norwegian Viking metal legends Einherjer rise once more with “Dei Så Ser”, a powerful new single exploring the bond between the living and the ancestors who shaped them — a connection carried through blood, memory, and the deep currents of heritage. The track is taken from the band’s forthcoming studio album Lifeblood, set for release on 19 June via By Norse Music.
Forged in 1993 on the storm‑beaten western shores of Norway — where the North Sea meets the land and where ancient Viking kings once ruled the narrow straits — Einherjer emerged not as imitators of a movement, but as architects of their own. From this landscape, both physical and mythic, the band carved out a distinctly Norse expression within extreme metal, helping define what would later be known as Viking metal.
With Lifeblood, their tenth studio album, Einherjer turns its gaze inward. The record reflects on belonging, inheritance, and the roots that anchor both individuals and the band itself. After more than thirty years of creation, they look back toward the forces that shaped them — the instinctual, the ancestral, the elemental. The sea, the tides, and the rugged western coastline become natural symbols for these deeper currents that continue to move beneath modern life.
Founder Frode Glesnes elaborates on the album’s core theme: “For me, this album is about continuity. About how the past never truly disappears, but flows through us like a current. In many ways it feels like reconnecting with the lifeblood that has always been there — both for us as people, and for Einherjer as a band.”
In the early 1990s, during the formative years of Norwegian extreme metal, Einherjer stood among the few who gave voice to a uniquely Norse identity within the genre. Their early recordings did not follow tradition — they helped establish it. What later became known as Viking metal was never conceived as a genre label, but as a natural extension of history, place, and cultural memory. Einherjer remain one of its defining forces.
With Lifeblood, they return to those origins while pushing their craft forward, proving once again why their name continues to resonate across generations of metal fans. Link
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