EIHWAR publishes Nauðiz, a first single from the album Hugrheim that comes in March

French EIHWAR was not really taking themselves too seriously initially. Looks like that as their career progresses, they (while remaining true to their chosen approach) try to “blend” more with the Neofolk crowd, by sounding more like a “Viking” band and getting close with the scene.

The band just dropped the first single from the upcoming album Hugrheim:

The press release says: Both a ritual incantation and a narrative trial, the track stands as a central pillar of the album’s mythological arc.

Rooted in the ancient rune meaning “need” and “distress,” “Nauðiz” embodies constraint, inner pressure, and the inevitability of confrontation. In the fictional cosmology of Hugrheim, the rune takes form as Veiðhimadhr, the Hunter: an adversary not born of the outside world, but of the self. Fear becomes the opponent, and survival demands total surrender to transformation.

“Nauðiz” channels Eihwar’s explosive blend of Nordic folk, ritual percussion, and raw vocal invocation. War drums and horns surge beneath trance-like chants, blurring the line between ceremony and combat. The track’s intensity mirrors its narrative core: collapse as a necessary passage toward renewal.

The accompanying official music video expands this vision through a cinematic, live-action aesthetic inspired by bold, graphic storytelling. Struck down by her most intimate fear, Asrunn confronts annihilation before rising again through the protective magic of Mark. Fire becomes both destroyer and catalyst, sealing “Nauðiz” as a story of sacred trial and rebirth.

Hurgheim is out on March 13, 2026. The band plays across Europe in spring (see eihwar.com for details) and plays Helsinki on April 4.

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