There is no safe way to stand still during “Freya’s Calling”. That much is immediately clear. With this new single and video, the French Eihwar kick the gates of Nordic mythology in, drums first, shoes abandoned somewhere in the moss.
Built on shamanic percussion that feels designed to rattle teeth loose, “Freya’s Calling” is a collective spell. The rhythm circles, tightens, accelerates. Asrunn dances with the runes, trance replacing restraint, and Freyja is invoked as a force of sweat, motion, and ecstatic release. Love, battle, fate, magic, all folded into one pagan pulse.
Eihwar operate somewhere between ritual and riot. Think massive forest rave energy filtered through Nordic symbols, then amplified until the ground itself starts negotiating terms. Pagan folk here is a celebration, loud, physical, and defiantly alive. Not ancestral memory as nostalgia, but tradition as something you jump into until dawn breaks or the speakers give up.
The track is the second single from their upcoming album “Hugrheim”, a record that expands the duo’s own mythology. In Eihwar’s universe, Hugrheim is the tenth hidden world of Yggdrasil, a realm shaped by Hugr, the spirit, where consciousness, soul, and invisible forces collide. It’s cosmic lore delivered with a grin and a raised beer.
Their own explanation leans fully into the madness. Two pagan entities incarnated into human bodies, memories scrambled, fragments returning through rhythm and noise. When these vessels expire, they’ll go back to Hugrheim. Until then, they plan to enjoy modern life, loud shows, strong drinks, and the small miracle of dental anaesthesia. It’s mythology with a hangover, and it works.
If this sounds unhinged, it’s meant to be. Backed by Season of Mist, home to Heilung and Danheim, Eihwar have carved their own lane since exploding online in 2023. Millions of views followed, then serious festival validation at Hellfest, Wacken Open Air, and Midgardsblot. Viking dancefloors across Europe have already learned the hard way.
“Freya’s Calling” confirms it. This is pagan folk stripped of solemnity and injected with raw joy. Fierce, festive, slightly unhinged, and proudly excessive. Eihwar aren’t here to teach you history. They’re here to make you move, sweat, and remember that rituals were never meant to be quiet.
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