The Seawolf released its debut “lo-fi hip hop/Nordic folk” album, titled Niflheim.
After releasing the EP Ginnungagap last year, the project ran by Danish/American artist Andrew Såulf puts out a 9-track album, featuring collaborations with the renowned folk singer folk singer Rúnahild, electro-folk band Astralseid, Scandinavian religion and mythology expert Dr. Mathias Nordvig, as well as metal vocalist Lady Elisabeth.
Featuring lyrics taken from the Prose Edda, the album is the first of a series of 9, each named after the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology. Niflheim is the name of the realm of the ice and cold. Each song from the release is titled after the Élivágar frozen rivers.
Såulf composed the album at a studio in Los Angeles during the pandemic lockdown. He produced the album across 8 months, sampling Viking age instruments, as well as natural environmental sounds recorded in Norwegian ancient Viking burial sites.
Nordic musician and Astralseid member, Gustav Holberg, was charged with the mastering of the album, which he did in a solar powered studio in Norway.
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