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Dark nordic folk artist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album ‘LYS’ with vinyl & CD reissue on Svart Records



In April 2025, dark nordic, pagan folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Kati Rán celebrates the ten-year anniversary of her debut album LYS (meaning “light” in Norwegian) with a brand-new physical release, available through Svart Records. The 2025 Anniversary Edition of LYS features the album’s ten original songs and the acoustic bonus track “Vinda” (ft. Helisir).

In 2015, LYS was recorded, produced, and released by Kati Rán and producer Christopher Juul (Heilung) at the renowned LAVA Studios in Denmark. Together, they shaped, recorded, and performed all the tracks, bringing Kati Rán’s inner world, voice, and historical instrumentation to life. LYS contains ten original tracks performed in Norwegian, English, German, and Old Norse, including the hit song “Suurin,” featuring Kai Uwe Faust and Maria Franz of the Danish act HEILUNG.

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Dark Folk/Blackgaze Act SULDUSK Celebrates “Anthesis” Album Release with Music Video for New Single “Mythical Creatures”


This Friday, March 1, Melbourne-based dark folk/blackgaze project SULDUSK will celebrate the release of their much-awaited, sophomore studio album, Anthesis, due out via Napalm Records!

“Magical, emotive, and utterly dreamlike in execution – be they dreams or nightmares – SULDUSKenrapture the listener to follow them down the musical well with Anthesis. It’s the type of album that you can close your eyes, turn up the volume, and completely immerse yourself in,” writes Dead RhetoricDark Art Conspiracysays “‘Anthesis’ feels like an incredible fight between light and darkness; when the hazy bleakness starts to consume, the light and beauty shine through and always prevail, making for a captivating and cathartic experience which perfectly captures the ethos of the album’s title, with Anthesis meaning to bloom.” Metal Temple rates Anthesis as a 10/10 Masterpiece, and New Noise Magazine suggests “Imagine blackgaze filtered through an eerie folk aesthetic—or Chelsea Wolfe collaborating with Deafheaven—and you’re most of the way toward the sheer beauty expressed throughout this record.”

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ALBUM REVIEW: SULDUSK – ‘’ANTHESIS”


By Carina Lawrence

Australian dark folk/blackgaze project SULDUSK, founded by the gifted Emily Highfield, released their debut album, ‘Lunar Falls’ in 2019, impressing the masses, including Napalm Records, who signed them to their roster in 2023. Now, with the sophomore release titled, ‘Anthesis’, they are continuing to enthral and expand their unique and fascinating sound, which covers dark folk, prog, doom, blackgaze and black metal elements, a wild and eclectic mix!

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Emerging Dark Folk/Blackgaze Unit SULDUSK Releases Music Video for New Single “Crystalline”


March 1, 2024 will see Australian dark folk/blackgaze project SULDUSK herald the new year with the release of their much-awaited sophomore studio offering, entitled Anthesis, via Napalm Records. Following the release of the Melbourne-based act’s first single and album title track, today, SULDUSK are premiering a music video for their gripping new single, “Crystalline”!

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Dark Folk Duo NYTT LAND Reveals Western-Inspired Version of “The Blues Of Ragnarok” + Official Music Video


With their enticing third single, Siberian dark folklore frontrunners NYTT LAND finally unveil their new EP, Ritual: Blood of the West, coming out today, November, 18 22022. “The Blues of Ragnarok”, was originally released on their latest album Ritual, and has been reworked in western-inspired ways. Releasing the new transformation of the song, the duo combines their captivating signature throat singing with rhythmic sounds, matching guitar riffs and melodic elements, immediately drawing the listener into its ethereal soundscape.
 
NYTT LAND state on “The Blues Of Ragnarok”:
“I think we made the best soundtrack for Ragnarok. Drink your moonshine and let’s go dancing with the spirits under the big silver moon.”

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Dark Folk Shamans NYTT LAND to Release New Western-Inspired EP, “Ritual: Blood of the West”


NYTT LAND embarks on a new musical journey to dark, western frontiers with their upcoming EP, Ritual: Blood of the West, to be released digitally via Napalm Records on November 18, 2022. Based on tracks from their latest album, Ritual, that have been reworked in country style, NYTT LAND return with pristine interpretations of their own songs reimagined in gothic folk and western-inspired ways

As a first taste of the EP NYTT LAND present their newest single “Dark Country. Ritual”. Enchanting time with their entrancing melodies and hair-raising throat singing, the band beckons listeners to a spirit world filled with ancient gods and heroes of the old west.

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