When Einar Selvik founded Wardruna in 2003, they effectively existed in a scene of one. While by no means the first band to explore Scandinavian tradition, they helped popularise it to such an extent ...

When not leading Norwegian dark folk group Wardruna, Einar Selvik does music for film, TV and video games. Einar was among those who composed music for game Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and he’s ...

Wardruna mainman Einar Selvik has named what he believes to be a benefit from the infamous black metal church burnings. During the early 90s, members of the Norwegian black metal scene, including Varg ...

With the recent announcement that a new installment in the "Assassin's Creed" video game franchise was coming this fall also comes news of a pretty impressive soundtrack. The Assassin's Creed Valhalla ...

For Norwegian songwriter and performer, Einar Selvik, making music is as much about excavation, construction and refinement as it as about melody and rhythm. A composer of epic, culturally rooted ...

Einar Selvik stands on a jetty in the Norwegian village of Kattegat and begins to sing in his native tongue, slowly beating a deerskin drum. On the cliffs, women and children gather solemnly as ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. As part of the Ubisoft Forward event, the publisher confirmed more details about Assassin's Creed Valhalla, including its music. There will be a seven ...

Einar Selvik, the musician behind the tunes on the hit show Vikings, talks about the series and his project Warduna. The popular historical drama series, Vikings, is currently airing Part B of their ...

From the deep woods now emerges Birna, WARDRUNA’s sixth studio album. Through his never resting dialogue with nature, main composer Einar Selvik has been searching for the voice of the bear, our lost ...

It would be easy to mock Norway’s Wardruna. Their name translates as “guardian of the runes” – they make music from goat horns, bone flutes and a replica of a German lyre from 500 AD. Frontman Einar ...

News that Assassin's Creed Valhalla's soundtrack will feature a song from Einar Selvik is another indicator of how Norse mythology can influence pop culture. Selvik used to be the drummer for ...