People would be surprised if they knew how shitty my recording situation has been over the years. It took a lot of work to make the music sound ok. H…

- Einar Selvik

Wardruna is a combination of old and new. I use historical instruments and new and electronic instruments and tools. I use drones and samples to buil…

- Einar Selvik

In the long run, you have to have patience and integrity and a plan. You can't compromise your vision. I'm a bit of a control freak, brutal when it c…

- Einar Selvik

My approach is a bit unconventional because it kind of turns things around. I made a promise to myself at a very early stage that I wasn't going to t…

- Einar Selvik

In my culture we had songs for everything, and that's lost now. There were songs for when people were born, when they died, when they sowed the field…

- Einar Selvik

In regards to live shows, space is very important to me. Space and context should complement the music in some way; you gain so much from it. It enha…

- Einar Selvik

My music demands something of the listener, it is demanding music. I think that's a good thing. I'm not chiselling anything in stone or serving you a…

- Einar Selvik

Music should be demanding for the listener. You can gain more out of it that way. I always try to leave space in the music for the listener to have t…

- Einar Selvik

Learning to play old instruments was a challenge. How do you learn an instrument no one has played in hundreds of years? The ones that are used today…

- Einar Selvik