Kvitravn | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Studio album by | ||||
Released | 22 January 2021 | |||
Genre | Nordic folk, world, ambient, dark folk | |||
Length | 65:00 | |||
Wardruna chronology | ||||
|
Kvitravn is the fifth studio album by the Norwegian Nordic folk band Wardruna, released on 22 January 2021.
Lead singer Einar Selvik stated that the album "marks a distinct evolution in our sound", "features a broad selection of both traditional and historical instruments", and "discusses Northern sorcery, spirit-animals, shadows, nature and animism, the wisdom and meanings of certain myths, various Norse spiritual concepts, and the relation between sage and songs".[1]
Robert Hoftun Gjestad of Aftenposten wrote that Kvitravn has a fascinating soundscape but the songs sometimes become too monotonous.[2] Financial Times wrote that the instruments and natural sounds "create a sense of huge elemental drama with heroic human actors" and described the songs as "stirring, solemn affairs, driven forward by hammered drums and chanted choral vocals".[3] Nöjesguiden's Christoffer Bertzell said he was fascinated by Wardruna's exploration of musical roots, writing that Kvitravn is more "driven, dynamic and ritualistic" than the band's previous Runaljod trilogy, and has a greater "vocal focus" thanks to the guest vocalist Kirsten Bråten Berg.[4]
Chart (2021) | Peak position |
---|---|
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5] | 1 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[6] | 32 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] | 61 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 26 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 19 |
French Albums (SNEP)[10] | 65 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] | 2 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[12] | 11 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 2 |
UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 50 |