Nytt Land

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Nytt Land
Origin Kalachinsk, Russia
Genres Nordic folk, Neopagan music, Ambient
Instrument(s)Tagelharpa, shaman drum, kravik lyre, jew-harp, throatsinging
Years active2013 - present
Labels Cold Spring Records, Napalm Records
MembersAnatoly Pakhalenko, Natalya Pakhalenko
Website https://nyttland.bandcamp.com/

Nytt Land are a two piece Nordic folk and ambient band, from Kalachinsk in Siberia, Russia. [1] Started by husband and wife Anatoly and Natalya Pakhalenko in 2013, [2] the band released their third album Fimbulvinter on Cold Spring Records in 2017. [3]

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Style and history

Nytt Land formed in 2013, and released four albums independently [1] before joining UK-based label Cold Spring Records for their 2017 release Fimbulvinter. Their subsequent album, 2018's Oðal, was also released on the label. [4] They have supported Wardruna on their Russian concerts in 2016 and 2017, [5] and have played at Viking, folk and metal festivals across Europe – including their debut UK show at York Barbican, as part of the York Viking Centre's Jorvik Viking Festival 2018. [6] As of February 2019, Nytt Land's YouTube channel had accumulated a total 140,000 video views. [7]

In August 2021, the band released their third album - Ritual - through Napalm Records. Reviewers called the album "striking, elegant and haunting" [8] and a "transportive hallucination, wafting across the tundra". [9] The band debuted the album with a livestreamed performance on the Napalm Records YouTube channel. [10]

The band's style has been compared to that of Wardruna and Danheim [1] with added traditional throat singing [11] and handmade traditional instruments such as the Kantele and the Talharpa. [2] The band have stated they are inspired by the sounds of Siberian nature, [1] and their records have included live recordings of raven calls and other forest sounds. [2] Their music has been variously described by reviewers as 'truly authentic feeling', [12] 'dark and mystical' [13] and as 'keeping history alive'. [14] Thematically, their work echoes many stories from Norse mythology and historic texts such as the Poetic Edda. [2] In keeping with this tradition, much of Nytt Land's lyrics are composed and sung in the Old Norse language. [15]

Discography

1. Nytt Land / 2013 (selfreleased)

2. Havamal / 2015 (selfreleased)

3. Scopun: Songs from the Elder Edda / 2016 (selfreleased)

4. The Last War (EP) / 2016 (selfreleased)

5. Fimbulvinter / 2017 (Cold Spring records)

6. ODAL / 2018 (Cold Spring records)

7. CVLT / 2020 (selfreleased)

8. Ballads Of Lost Times / 2020 (selfreleased)

9. Ritual / 2021 (Napalm Records)

10. Ritual: Blood Of The West (EP) / 2022 (Napalm Records)

11. Torem / 2023

See also

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