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Hammerheart Records have signed some of the best metal bands
in the world such as Alas, Ancient Rites and Necrophobic but they have also
discovered the unique talents of Andrea 'Nebel' Haugen who is the sole woman
behind Hagalaz' Runedance. She has been working on this project since 1996
with the sole purpose to musically express her tribute to the pagan
spirituality. The music could best be described as ambient neo-folk with
ritual drums, lyres, harps, bagpipes and every other instrument you could ever
wish for. On top of this another dimension is added through the wonderful and
characteristic deep vocals from Andrea herself. She is not entirely on her own
though since Kristian Nordeide (Corona Borealis), Gøran Hallmarken,
Zilla Eidskrem (Paradigma, Ashes To Ashes) and Kristian Eidskrem (Paradigma)
have all helped to make this recording possible. The album starts out with a
soothing sample borrowed from Mother Nature herself with the waves of the
ocean contributing to the music of this album in their very own way. We are
then taken to the underworld to visit Hel in a song that I see as a build up
for the definite highlight of this album - the enchanting title track.
Altogether this is an amazing album and there is no other band in the world
who make pagan ambient music with the level of professionalism that Hagalaz'
Runedance possesses today. "Frigga's Web" is without a single trace of
doubt one of the musical highlights of 2002. Stand-out tracks: "Frigga's
Web", "Where The Lonely Souls Go".
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Crossing 2. Hel: Goddess Of The Underworld 3. Frigga's Web |
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4. Labyrinth 5. Little Light 6. Raven Night 7. Albion |
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Autumn 8. Where The Lonely Souls Go 9. The Home That I Will |
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Never See 10. The Soul Of A Hound |
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