North Star

With North Star, Viking Metal pioneers EINHERJER release their eighth studio album on February 26, 2021, proving their status as the pioneers of blending Nordic Black Metal and Folk Metal genres once again. The album marks the band’s return to Napalm Records after 25 years, and their release of the legendary Dragons Of The North album (1996). The Norwegian metal outfit remains musically true to themselves and reinforces their exceptional position. North Star was recorded in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic at the in-house Studio Borealis, owned by founding member and mastermind Frode Glesnes. The raw production ties in seamlessly with its predecessor Norrøne Spor and makes North Star probably the most powerful EINHERJER album to date! North Star is EINHERJER's musical mission towards something bigger - the search for guidance by the North Star in a constantly changing world that is searching for stability. Founded in Norway in 1993, the band has significantly influenced the way of Viking Metal in the following years with Dragons Of The North - 25 years later, EINHERJER are stronger than ever and are bursting with energy on North Star!

Renowned Norwegian ambient / electronic artist Erik Wøllo's «NORTH STAR» evolved from layers of sustained guitars inspiring infinite space and a minimal essence, creating a spell of slow, melodic soundscapes.

Sandy Denny - The North Star Grassman And The Ravens
FLAC | Artwork | 24Bit 96kHz: 783 MB | 16Bit 44.1kHz: 227 MB
Cat#: Island ILPS 9165 (original pink rim Island) | Country/Year: UK 1971
Genre: Folk, Folk Rock | Hoster: FS + HF/FF

The North Star Grassman and the Ravens is a 1971 album by English folk rock singer-songwriter Sandy Denny. Preview included.

North Star has strong influences from the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis. Highly colorful melodies, full of power and beauty meet with Joe Newman's superb voice and Kevin Leonard's keyboards. The North Star material has all the trappings of great progressive rock: snapping Rickenbacker bass, fast changes and odd time signatures, grand anthemic keyboards.

Yet again this big band shows its capabilities to surprise with something new every time. It is immediately recognisable through its unconventional, absorbing yet unambiguous approach. Their leader is absolutely uncompromising. Norwegian Geir Lysne, born in 1965, manages to create a uniquely radical sound and yet with his pieces still remains very accessible. It’s like a solved paradox. On his new CD "Boahjenásti – The North Star" you can hear a continuously unexpected but satisfying mix comprising everything from various electronic elements through jew’s harp to traditional Norwegian singing. Lysne raises the intensity one level further than in his previously praised ACT CDs "Aurora Borealis" and "Korall" (ACT 9406-2 und ACT 9236-2). ~ ACT Music