Wardruna - A conversation with Einar Selvik on history, secularism and white ravens
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
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We met with Einar Selvik, founder and singer of @wardruna (and formerly of Gorgoroth!) to discuss The First Flight of the White Raven, his collaboration with Ivar Bjornson in Skuggsja, and the need for a strong secularism in Norway.
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INDEX:
00:00 Cold Open
01:16 Life under COVID
02:00 Kvitravn in hindsight
03:19 First Flight of the White Raven livestream / release
10:20 Skuggsja and collaboration with Ivar Bjornson
16:30 (Black) Metal as part of Norwegian history
19:20 Secularism (or lack thereof) in the Norwegian Constitution
21:45 Being back on stage.
If you haven't seen Wardruna live I URGE you to DO IT! .. I had the pleasure to see them live a few months ago and let me tell you .. my heart was on an emotional roller coaster 🤍 it truly is an indescribable experience .. EINAR SELVIK thankyou 🙏🏻 for taking the time out to talk with me .. you are loved in 🇬🇧 please come back soon .
Hell yes. Seeing them for the 5th time at the end of the year. It's magic.
Congratulations with the interview!! You get the best answers from Einar about all the questions!! Always with good vibe and good manners!! Norway and most countries need religious freedom!! Best wishes from Spain!! Thank you for the final video !!👍😉
Thanks David! Muchas gracias!
thank you for the great interview, just love Wardruna and we are so lucky to have Einar making music!
I really love wardruna , einar selvik's music has helped me thru some very tough times this year mentally and emotionally, he has inspired me to learn to play the tagelharpa n play along with his songs !
Saw Wardruna live just this past Saturday the 22nd Oct and it was an amazing thing to see. Absolute joy seeing my favorite band perform my favorite songs. I envy you getting to speak to Einar.
I was at that show! It was one of the most intense situations I've ever been in. I had to remind myself to breathe because I was so entranced.
The state theatre was the PERFECT setting to get the full experience of their magical artistry! I saw them again in a ruined castle in Sweden last summer and while it was another incredible experience, it lacked the intimacy and structure of the Minneapolis show. I've wondered if maybe our MN nice was the factor that brought the reverence to that show 😂 Cheers 🤘
So grateful that wandura popped up on my feed ...u guys also got me through dark times . It gives me a spiritual feeling and my love for ravens 💙 I'm.not so weird. X and come to Australia 🇦🇺 😁
Some interesting points about Norway's political and religious history, which I didn't know about. As a Christian, I totally agree with Einar's criticism of the church and state not being separated. Christianity, when done properly, is about inviting everyone to learn about Jesus and live as he did without forcing its doctrines down their throats or destroying their heritage. If you choose to reject that invitation, I'll be sad but it's your choice and it should be respected.
Additionally, history has shown that combining religion too much with politics is a bad idea.
What if the thus invited non-Christians genuinely care so deeply about you and your feelings that they would be willing to go so far as to completely and irreversibly sacrifice their normal way of life, heritage, identity, fundamental freedom(s), personal relationships, peace of mind, health, sanity, wellbeing, and inconceivably many more critically important stuff just so they could force themselves to accept this "invitation" aka indoctrination to join Christianity (or any other Abrahamic cult for that matter) since they wouldn't - under any circumstances - wish you to be sad due to their perfectly understandable, natural, and otherwise reasonable rejection of your Christian proposal (or whatever other similar religion, ideology, theocracy, society, civilization, etc. you may happen to proselytize)?
@@MagnusNordsgood point!
@@MagnusNords wow!
We are humans, we are not worthy of religion of any kind, whether it's christianity or panagism or whatever else you can conjure up, NO ONE lives up to the requirements the way they should.
Much respect for this man, his music, his passion for his heritage and his humble manner. I saw them live at the Rock Werchter festival last year. It was an amazing otherworldly experience. Highly recommend them to anyone.
Always such an eloquent man, fascinating to listen to and such a genuine person. I have only recently discovered Wardruna and can’t stop listening to it. It certainly does resonate. Love to play it on my beach walks. Can only dream of seeing them live some day.
Fantastic interview. The music of this band connects me to my ancestors. The music is very powerful and I appreciate the band.
Wardruna was my daughter’s first concert/show. She will always have that to remember. And it’s a very high bar to hit next time she sees a live show
At 68 years of age, I never thought I'd be engaging with a "Metal" UA-cam channel! But...thank you for this awesome interview with an awesome cultural and philosophical being. 🙏👍😎🇨🇦💙
I'm so happy to hear that you liked it Marian! Thank you for watching!
Great interview!
Recién estoy conociendo a Wardruna y ha sido una experiencia deslumbrante. Aproveché mis tres semanas de vacaciones para empaparme de la maravillosa música de Einar y sus colaboradores.
I hope some day I can experience them live.
Thank you very much for doing this interview.
Cheers from Chile!
Me alegro que te gustara. Ojalá te subscribas! :)
Thanks for watching!
@@MetalBlast ya me suscribí 🤘
Only been blessed enough to see you live once, OBE absolutely one of a kind 💖🖤🖤💖
Thank YOU for BEING present, Einer...WARDRUNAS beautiful ancestoral music helped My Sol to Remember ITS BEINGNESS. Thank You for helping Me to Remember "I AM TREE.👑✨️💗🌎💗
Einar's point about constitution is true
Einar's work not only helped me get through the pandemic helping to see the thurst of knowledge, i felt the spirit of the music, and even his points making about fundamentaly against the church, thankyou, much worthy of a song about your own
Great interview
Thanks!
Einar ❤
Anyone knows if they got a new album/project coming out soon?
a rly good thing, because in this period of epidemic and pandemic views, we need our lovely bands to calm down to face our problems, wardruna is for me a band like libra and help me a lot to focus the real problems in this time. And yes its right if he says, to do something for people isnt the same as to compensate for the people. To try to compensating for the people do open another problems that need to be compensating and thats is a fcking circle that has to be compensite xD
I keep listening and re-listening to Kvitravn for that reason. It's such a powerful and yet calming album. it's sad Wardruna will never have a MASS appeal, because they definitely deserve it. They are amazing.
@@MetalBlast in this point about the mass, it was my wish if the society notice a bit more rly important things.. but yea the society have to change and we know the end of the street... sad but true but its a rly powerful album and a nice continue from the other album
"if it resonates with you then it's a positive thing, it's a healthy thing... If it resonates with you it's medicine" is a profound statement!
Not really that profound.
@@PohjanKarhu yes, it is.
Anybody know what t-shirt he is wearing
It is Wardruna merchandise, available on their webshop
Nice how Einar indirectly is talking about the manipulation of truth by governments and media. Especially in these times (interview was done during covid). I totally agree. It is still going on right now.
They are not Nordic Folk. That implies historical accuracy, this music surely has a historic theme but is not representative of the genuine folk music of the Viking Era.
Einar's point about constitution is true