Finnish-Polish epic Slavic folk project Runecraft released both a regular and an instrumental version of its debut album, Alatyr.
Runecraft is a project started by producer and composer Antti Martikainen and the duo STFUR, comprised of Bolesław Rygiel and Karolina Baworowska, and which recently joined Heilung in Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga game soundtrack.
The regular version of the album features 20 tracks, divided between ten original tracks and their acoustic versions, and 90 minutes of music, while the instrumental version features instrumental versions for all ten songs, a bonus track, Samodiva, and another ten ambient compositions crafted from the recordings of the original album.
Containing lyrics written in a fictional Slavic language, Alatyr mixes influences that shall appeal to fans of Wardruna, Percival, Omnia, epic music, as well as the soundtracks for The Witcher 3 and Vikings.
The project also released a music video for one of the album’s songs, Maypole.
