Árstíðir Lífsins - Aldrlok (Full Album) (2024)

‘Aldrlok’ is sung entirely in Old Norse-Icelandic and contains lyrics with heavy use of Skaldic and Eddic poetry. The story is based on both societal and mythological topics, and plays out in some of the most turbulent times of change in Iceland: in the first half of the eleventh century, some forty years after the Christianisation in 999/1000. The album depicts a fictional story set in a period of Icelandic history of which generally little is known. Nevertheless, it was a turbulent time where older customs became obsolete and gave way to new traditions and, not least, new forms of belief. It is these particular circumstances which the title of the album alludes to, since ‘Aldrlok’ can be translated to ‘End of an Age’, or simply ‘Death’.

Buy it here:
https://www.van-records.com

http://arstidirlifsins.bandcamp.com
Tracklist:
1. Hvítir hjǫrvar Heimdalls aldraðra fjallgylða
2. Stormr, hvítundit grand grundar gjálfrs
3. Er faðir kulda ok myrkrs hopar fyrir endalausum vegi Ránar
4. Eftir bjartlogar hróts hreggs kveikja ógnarstríðan úlf storðar í grasinu
5. Nú er lengstu miskunndir dalreyðar ná hátindi
6. Nauð greyprs élreka
7. Ek sneri aftr til golfhǫlkvis fleygra sárelda heiftar
8. Fyrsta fǫnnin fellr úr hátunnu regns
9. Ofsaveðrsgnýr ber auma bústaði