Format Details: Gatefold Gold Vinyl
Release Date: 01 May 2026
Label: The Circle Music
Packaging Type: Gate Fold
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 0617669421451
Genres: Folk Folk Metal
Description
The long-awaited arrival of NYTT LAND's Havamal on vinyl feels nothing short of a sacred event. For the first time, this landmark album of ritualistic dark folk and shamanic soundscapes is pressed into Double LP, and the result is a breathtaking artifact that transcends the boundary between music and mysticism.
Presented in a deluxe edition LP with a lavish 30x30 insert, brought to life by Rune Serpent Europa, this release is a kind of talisman. The packaging itself feels like a gateway: ornate, otherworldly, and perfectly attuned to the spirit of Havamal, where Nordic tradition, animistic ritual, and primal sound converge in a timeless invocation.
Spinning Havamal on vinyl unleashes the full incantatory power of NYTT LAND's music. The analog warmth deepens the resonance of the throat-sung mantras and the droning instrumentation, pulling the listener into a world that is equal parts ancient ritual, frozen landscape, and whispered prophecy. Every track becomes a rune carved in sound, vibrating with hidden meaning, echoing the eternal cycles of life, death, and rebirth. There is a romance in this edition that goes beyond mere presentation.
The act of lowering the needle becomes an invocation, a summoning of ancestral voices and forgotten gods. The record itself feels alive, as though the spirits of the sagas reside within its grooves. Each listen is a ritual, each flip of the vinyl a turning of the cosmic wheel. With Havamal now available on LP, collectors and devotees of dark folk finally hold in their hands a relic worthy of the album's mythic aura. This is music to be inhabited, to be carried into dreams and into shadows, to be used as a key that unlocks the hidden chambers of the soul. A triumph of art, craft, and spirit, this vinyl edition is destined to become a coveted treasure.
NYTT LAND have gifted their followers not only an album, but a ritual object -- a sonic grimoire, a testament to the enduring power of myth and music intertwined.
Tracklisting
Scheitan
Orphaned Land
Schatten Muse
Lake of Tears
ATARAXIA
PARADISE LOST
Nurse With Wound
James Labrie
Nytt Land
Orphaned Land
Agalloch
Agalloch
Agalloch
