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RUNAHILD shared a new song "Stjernefrø" taken from the second album to be released later this autumn.

01. Hi, Runlahild! Or welcome back! He he. How things evolved for you since the last time we met on this webspace ? This is interesting to read again an interview given 2 years ago and notice indeed all the changes in life since then. Eliwagar has now turned 10 years in December 2016. I had a few ideas about doing something special to celebrate it, but I didn’t follow any of these threads and instead decided to start my side project as Runahild. Most of my life, I have been on my own to live my passions and followed a quite solitary road. While I do truly enjoy being alone, I have also always been longing to meet more people from my spiritual family (those who I instantly feel home with). Those feelings have been very much reflected into Eliwagar, a need to escape this reality because I have been struggling so much with feeling home here. I have been very gifted to meet Bjørn in 2010, and slowly my path is being woven to more people whose souls harmonize with mine. Also, I have...

Founder of  ELIWAGAR  band now released her debut album titled " Seidgaldr ". You can get the record passing by her website  and bandcamp : Seidgaldr by Runahild TRACKLIST : 01. Død og Liv eidgaldr 02. Når Ravnen Flyr i Stormen 03. Høstmånen 04. Njardarblót 05. Skuggedraum 06. Ravnesjel 07. Wyrd 08. Nornir 09. Tåkedis 10. Urd

March 7th will be released the first Runahild,( ELIWAGAR ) album entitles " Seidgaldr ". The record is already avaialble for pre-order . Heres a teaser and the tracklist :

Runahild, founder of the band  ELIWAGAR , will release one first album under her artist name due to new path with her life. The full length is entitled "Seidgaldr". She said : The title translates to "seid" which is an ancient form of sorcery in the Norse society and "galdr" which can translate to the word incantation/spell.  One of my inspiration for creating this album was to try to recreate the kind of atmosphere and sounds that I sometimes experience when sitting in a circle among people, drumming and singing together. It always amazes me how we can harmonize to each other naturally, even though not everyone has experience with singing, drumming or music and not everyone necessarily know each other... but yet magic is here in those moments when all connect to one an other and let the energies flow freely. Some of the songs are actually based on improvisation, for instance recording different vocals without hearing the previous lines already reco...

" I Vølven's Vev " album by  ELIWAGAR  is now released. You can get it vinyl passing by Bandcamp, and digital at Cdbaby .

The new  ELIWAGAR  album "I Vølven's Vev" will be released in vinyl under Merlin Nose Records on July 25th, 2016 and the digipack version will follow (under Nordafolk Records). Runahild shared some words about this record :

ELIWAGAR  unleashed a new video for " I Vølven's Vev" song taken from her album coming out in august 2016.

Njardar's Vogn is a new song signed ELIWAGAR . She said : Fully experiencing the storms this autumn and feeling the beautiful dark energies of the rain and the leaves falling down, life returning back to the roots, to Mother Earth, inspired me this song. So I put up together some autumn movies I made to accompagny it. This is the song :

ELIWAGAR  shared one new track entitled "I Vølven's Vev" but the song is not mixed.

ELIWAGAR  will release her new album entitled "Heidr" on May 22nd. From now can be pre-ordered the record at Itunes . Early 2015, I interviewed the founder of the band regarding this album. You can read here if you didn't already. TRACKLIST: 01. Heimkomst 02. Vanafolk 03. I Villmarka 04. Ingwaz 05. Urd - Naturens Erindring 06. Vølvedans 07. I Gløden Av Ei Vintersol 08. Othala 09. Seidr 10. Voluspá 11. Elivágar 12. Heidr's Drøm

I interviewed Runahild, the  ELIWAGAR  founder. The interview is about her new album and project. 01. Hi Runahild! You founded ELIWAGAR project on December 28th of 2006 which means the 10 years anniversary will be in two years!! How do you feel ?  That's true, time goes fast. Eliwagar is what I have most precious in life. Music is what saved me from this world I feel I really don't belong to. It's always been a fight to survive amongst others who I share very little with, seeing that nature is just being destroyed and that most people care more for the most meaningless things while what really matters in life is being completely ignored... Music is my way to speak for nature and to represent our roots, it's through music I try to show a way back to a life in harmony with nature, to the inner peace with oneself and with our environment. It's been 8 very creative years so far and I am deeply thankful for everyone who have been supporting through the years and...

ELIWAGAR  revealed one second track which will feat. on the upcoming full length. The tracktitle is "Vanafolk".

Four months ago, SUN AND MOON DANCE has seen the daylight in the mountains of North Carolina, USA. You can hear in this Folk band, sounds of Appalachian dulcimer but also Talharpa (Jouhikko), Frame drums, Flutes, and more... The founder of the band told me: " I have a strong connection to my Northern European heritage but also wanted to blend a bit of my heritage from the mountains of Appalachia. I am currently working on 4 other songs" ...And the first track revealed is entitled "Hymne til Freyja". Runahild from  ELIWAGAR  feat. in this track and plays Hardanger fiddle on this tune available for free download on Bandcamp. Updated the broken link to the track.

Today, the  ELIWAGAR  founder,  Runahild, is 28 years old! She shared one new song entitled "I Villmarka" (In the Wilderness)  for the event. This song  represents a feeling I have carried all my life (28 years now), ever since I can remember, this call to the wild nature, this need to escape this society I never understood, always seeking solitude for that's when I usually feel the strongest energy in nature... and also because it happens just too seldom to meet those people who can feel this with the same intensity , she said.

Runahild announced today on the official facebook page, this is the end of her Pagan Folk band project  ELIWAGAR ... Her official statement is the following : ELIWAGAR has come to an end for now, it might re-awaken in the future for a new beginning but that remains very uncertain. This isn't an easy decision for me to take, but life has drastically changed and although the darkness we are going through will lead to lighter days my inspiration isn't the same and the music I write now doesn't belong to ELIWAGAR anymore.  ELIWAGAR is a project I started more than 7 years ago on my own in my lonely times. Today I have my husband even though this system that goes against those who fight for freedom and a better world has taken him away from me for an uncertain amount of time. Now I started a new project called Huldresagn which is not exactly "my" project, it is actually our project! Because although I am the only playing for it at the moment, my husba...

Yesterday, the Pagan band  ELIWAGAR  released their self-titled album "Eliwagar". The following tracks complete the new record :

Words : Unofficial French translations Song : Schildmaidentanz Release : Fjellfolk Saga Fra Forntiden Thanks to the band for the permission

Words : Unofficial English translations Song : Schildmaidentanz (Dance Of The Shield Maidens) Release : Fjellfolk Saga Fra Forntiden Thanks to the band for the permission

LOCATION :  Norway Status :  Active Music :  Pagan Folk MEMBERS : Runahild : vocals, hardanger fiddle, flute, cello, bowed lyre, langeleik, mouth harp... Session musicians : Bjørn : guitar Roar Ruus Finsås : bass Wargnar : drums HISTORY : Eliwagar is a one woman band from France created by Runahild during winter 2006-2007. The beginnings appeared like ambient/epic music (the 3 first demos 2007) and some folk (from the 4th demo) but then Eliwagar involved more in the folk side and has found its place into the Pagan Folk. Nowadays located in Norway, Runahild composes Traditional Pagan Folk Music which is her true dedication, honouring the ancient nordic and germanic traditions, the pagan beliefs of northern lands. Runahild goes solo in 2017, keeping her project ELIWAGAR, alive. RECORDINGS : As ELIWAGAR : Heimarsmall, demo 2007 Les Mystères De l'Eternel, demo 2007 Wandering In The Storm Of Wisdom, demo 2007 Crépuscule D'Une Ame Païenne, demo ...