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Einherjer release the second single “Dei Så Ser” from their upcoming 10th studio album Lifeblood that is out the 19th of June. The song is a powerful ballad in Norwegian that reflects a Norse way of thinking, where life and death are part of the same cycle. Nothing truly disappears – it continues in the land, in the sea, and in us.

At its core, the song is about inheritance and connection. We are not separate from those who came before us – we are extensions of them. What we are today grows directly from what lies beneath us. There is also a sense that the past is not silent. It burns beneath the surface, alive in memory, instinct, and place. The dead are not gone – they remain present, aware, and even joyful. Founder Frode Glesnes says:  

– The song is about the connection between the living and those who came before us, and how that connection is carried by the land itself. The burial mounds are not just remnants of the past – they are watchful presences. Standing on the mound, facing the strait, the narrator feels that boundary between worlds. The water becomes more than a landscape – it is a passage between past and present, life and death. The voices of those who once lived and sailed these shores are still there, not as echoes, but as something alive.

LISTEN TO THE SINGLE HERE

The album Lifeblood will be the 10th studio album and it represents a reflection around belonging, heritage and roots – both as individuals and as a band. After over thirty years of making music, the four-piece look back toward what shaped them and the forces that have followed through all these years.

PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE

LIVE DATES

19.06.2026 – Hellfest, Clisson, FR
29.07 – 01.08.2026 – Wacken Open Air, Wacken, DE
15.08.2026 – Midgardsblot, Borre, NO
20 – 22.08.2026 . Kaltenbach Open Air, AT
29.08.2026 – Månegarm Open Air, Norrtälje, SE
18 – 20.09.2026 – Cosmic Void Festival, London, UK

More dates TBA

Einherjer was forged in 1993, on the western shores of Norway – where the North Sea meets the land, and where the Viking kings once ruled the passage that gave Norway its name. From this inheritance, Einherjer rose. Not as followers of a movement, but as part of its own creation.

In the early years of Norwegian extreme metal in the 90s, Einherjer stood among those who gave voice to a distinctly Norse expression within metal. Their early recordings did not imitate tradition – they helped establish it. What later became known as Viking Metal was not conceived as a genre, but as a natural extension of identity, history, and place and Einherjer became one of its defining forces.

Through classic albums such as Dragons of the North, Odin Owns Ye All and Blot, and later works including Av Oss, For Oss and North Star, both nominated for a Norwegian Grammy, the band has continually evolved without losing its core. Their sound remains unmistakable – resolute, atmospheric, and grounded in the weight of heritage, yet never bound by the past. Their music does not seek to recreate a lost age. It stands as proof that its spirit endures. The same horizon that called the seafarers westward still lies open. The same impulse to create, to endure, and to leave a mark remains unchanged.

For more than three decades, Einherjer has stood as one of the defining voices of Norse heavy metal, and with their 10th album Lifeblood the band prooves why they still are distinct and defining in the genre – not as an echo, but as a presence.

Time has not diminished Einherjer. It has refined them. Hammers raised. Fire alive. Lifeblood unbroken.