Sounds | Afargang - Leva og Døy
- Jan Guisset
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Wie had pakweg twintig jaar geleden kunnen denken dat als je Noor(d)se folkmuziek zou injecteren met een flinke scheut black metal, je fantastisch mooie resultaten zou verkrijgen.
En vandaag mag ik u een prachtig voorbeeld van zo'n fusie voorstellen. Leva og Døy van Afargang. Dat is dan weer een nieuw project, ontsproten uit het brein van ene Olav L. Mjelva, één van Noorwegen's meest gerenomeerde hedendaagse violisten.
De song komt uit het nieuwe album Andvake dat verschijnt bij hun nieuwe thuisstal, By Norse Music, op 13 juni.
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If darkness is the canvas upon which the boldest visions are painted, then Andvake—meaning "Awakened Soul" in Old Norse—marks Afargang’s arrival with a vivid and unrelenting creation. At the heart of Afargang is Olav Luksengård Mjelva, the band’s architect and guiding force. A musician whose soul resonates with the echoes of Norway’s past, his mastery of folk music and particularly the Hardanger fiddle, injects a spectral quality into the band’s sonic framework. This is not folk metal as the world has known it, nor is it a simple modernization of ancient sounds. It is a force unto itself, reaching into the marrow of Nordic tradition and twisting it into something new, something untamed.
Olav L. Mjelva elaborates about the song: “To live and to die. This one is the only song on the album inspired by Norse mythology. The humans want the God Frøy to come to earth. Frøy was the one that judged people who lied (amongst other things. He also had a boat that could float overland; Skibladner). When Frøy sees how the earthlings behave, lie and deceive, he gets really mad, which you can hear in the last part of the song.”
