---
title: "Wardruna"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/wardruna"
genre: "Folk Metal"
country: "Norway"
formed: 2003
---

# Wardruna

**Wardruna** is a folk metal band, from Norway, active 2003 to present.

Wardruna is a Norwegian music group formed in 2003 by Einar Selvik along with Gaahl and Lindy-Fay Hella. They create musical renditions of Norse cultural and esoteric traditions and make significant use of Nordic historical and traditional instruments, including deer-hide frame drums, flutes, kraviklyra, mouth harp, goat horn, and lur. Non-traditional instruments, like the Finnish jouhikko, and other sources of sound like trees, rocks, water, and torches are also used.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardruna

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Wardruna |
| Genre | Folk Metal |
| Parent genre | Folk Metal |
| Origin | Bergen, Norway |
| Formed | 2003 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Folk Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/folk-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kvitrafn](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kvitrafn) | Lead vocals | 2003 to present | Current |
| [Lindy‐Fay Hella](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lindy-fay-hella) | Lead vocals, Background vocals | 2003 to present | Current |
| [Hallvard Kleiveland](https://themetalnet.com/musician/hallvard-kleiveland) | Hardingfele |  | Current |
| [John Stenersen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/john-stenersen) |  |  | Current |
| [Gaahl](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gaahl) | Lead vocals | 2003 to 2015 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | [Runaljod – Gap var ginnunga](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e9bea7e-d2e9-387f-89a3-a7f29d7651fd) | Album |
| 2013 | [Runaljod – Yggdrasil](https://themetalnet.com/album/c3009a4b-d532-4bff-8510-01eb2cee8c3b) | Album |
| 2016 | [Runaljod – Ragnarok](https://themetalnet.com/album/15f665b4-0098-4620-87cd-b3c05d582297) | Album |
| 2018 | [Skald](https://themetalnet.com/album/b167bc1b-ce9d-4be0-8b28-dcb32d57b6f8) | Album |
| 2021 | [Kvitravn](https://themetalnet.com/album/6c8a9952-1579-403d-9b11-a07d358d9666) | Album |
| 2025 | [Birna](https://themetalnet.com/album/8d8a3b5b-2630-4995-bab1-3198a22da9a7) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Myrkur](https://themetalnet.com/band/myrkur) (listened together)
- [Eluveitie](https://themetalnet.com/band/eluveitie) (listened together)
- [Corvus Corax](https://themetalnet.com/band/corvus-corax) (listened together)
- [Ulver](https://themetalnet.com/band/ulver) (listened together)
- [Sólstafir](https://themetalnet.com/band/solstafir) (listened together)
- [Alcest](https://themetalnet.com/band/alcest) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [The HU](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-hu) (listened together)
- [Osi and the Jupiter](https://themetalnet.com/band/osi-and-the-jupiter) (listened together)
- [Falkenbach](https://themetalnet.com/band/falkenbach) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)
- [Opeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/opeth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- website: https://www.wardruna.com/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wardruna/3540272417
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wardruna
- x: https://twitter.com/wardruna
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoK2X3nnuG7ug-Kk75r5rJQ
- bandcamp: https://wardruna.bandcamp.com/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/1690105
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NJ6wlOAsAJ1PN4VRdTPKA
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wardruna/
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/no/artist/299406921

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/wardruna](https://themetalnet.com/band/wardruna). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt