Old Norse chanting over cold, droning strings. The Frostrune is a Viking-age point-and-click adventure, and this vocal album Hjarahljóð treats its mythology like sacred text. "Rísinn, Dísin, Óðinn, Ísinn" opens with layered voices that feel like standing in a stave church at midnight.
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"Dyrð" strips things down to a single haunting melody that just hangs in the air. "Vǫlva stígi" closes it out with this ritual energy that makes your skin prickle. Four tracks. That's it. Every one of them lands. The whole thing sounds like it was recorded in a fjord.
If you ever wanted to feel like a völva summoning spirits on a frozen shore, press play.