 | Volven by Hagalaz Runedance
Great lyrics, great drumming and strong feminine vocals.
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 | Frigga's Web by Hagalaz Runedance
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £6.19 As above. Andrea Haugen also advised and worked with Cradle of Filth, very briefly!
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 | The Winds That Sang Midgard's Fate by Hagalaz Runedance
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £9.89 Haugen also wrote a book called 'The Fires of Midgard', about Norse and Germanic mythology and paganism.
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 | Laguz - Within the Lake by Nebelhexe
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.23 Haugen once again, but darker and less drumming. Still fantastic stuff. Nebelhexe means 'Fog Witch'
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 | Present Sveinbjorn Beinteinsson 'Edda' by Current 93
Buy used from: £32.50 If you can get your hands on it, it's worth it. Beinteinsson was largely responsible for reviving Asatru in Iceland. Current 93 (David Tibet) provides dark folk accompaniment.
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 | Edda: Myths from Medieval Iceland
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £7.73 Excellent collection of authentic-sounding medieval Icelandic music.
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 | Ragnarok by Burzum
Buy used from: £38.03 The last track, Halvamal, includes Beinteinsson again, singing stirring Icelandic poetry. The rest is black metal and bits. Track also available on Burzum's 'Anthology' (2002).
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 | The Wizard Women of the North by Various Artists
Uneven but still wonderful collection of folky Northern music with a great witchy feel.
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 | The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 by Nico
Buy new: £9.38 / Used from: £13.94 Two amazing, dark, haunting, beautiful albums evoking a Germanic coldness with understated passion.
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 | The End by Nico
Buy new: £2.98 / Used from: £2.31 Another incredible Nico album filled with dark poetic beauty, with her amazing verisons of 'Deutschland Uber Alles' and The Doors' 'The End'
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 | Looking for Europe: the Neofolk Compendium by Various Artists
Buy used from: £27.17 Neofolk compilation with strong Germanic flavour, providing a great overview of the Neofolk scene.
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 | Sigur Ros - Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.33 Classic album of happy/sad beautiful Icelandic rock music.
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| Remeindre by Ginnungagap
Buy used from: £35.00 Amazing album of slow, droney acoustic folk. Band named after the Norse creation myth. Main contributor is Stephen O'Malley of Sunn O)))
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| Cor by Ginnungagap
Another album that is well worth getting hold of.
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 | White1 by Sunn0)))
Buy used from: £10.28 Heavy, challenging doom rock/metal, with Julian Cope providing Odinist lyrics for 'My Wall'.
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 | Ranarop by Gjallarhorn
Awesome album of quite poppy, almost dancey folk music from Finland/Sweden. Album is subtitled 'Call of the Sea Witch'.
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 | Rimfaxe by Gjallarhorn
Buy new: £6.98 More poppy, pagany folk from the Scandinavian band named after the horn with which Heimdallr, the gatekeeper, announces Ragnarok.
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 | Room of Worship by Mari Boine
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.78 Amazing vocals and thoroughly engaging world music from this Finnish musician.
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 | In The Hand Of The Night by Mari Boine
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.25 More fantastic, spiritual songs originating from the Finnish Sami people.
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 | Vespertine by Bjork
Buy new: £6.68 / Used from: £4.00 Famous Icelandic warrior woman creating her own form of magic.
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 | Foer Vaerlden Aelskar Vad by Ranarim
Buy new: £15.19 / Used from: £24.84 Wonderful pop-folk from Sweden.
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 | Morning Star by Ranarim
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £9.35 And more, even better than the previous album.
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 | Ragnarok by Týr
Buy new: £11.69 / Used from: £10.92 Great, powerful Viking Metal from a band, from the Faroe Islands, named after a Norse legend, and an album named after the end of the world (more or less).
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 | Urminnes Havd: the Forest Sessions by Manegarm
Buy new: £7.98 Swedish metal band doing great, tough, inspiring acoustic sessions in a forest. Invigorating.
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 | Dommedagsnatt by Thorr's Hammer
Buy used from: £9.95 Dark and heavy doom metal, with another Stephen O'Malley/Sunn O))) connection and an obvious Norse inspiration.
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