For more than 20 years, Nytt Land have followed their living, breathing connection with ancient traditions and beliefs. Earlier this year, on March 22nd, the dark folk family duo of Natalia and Anatoly Pakhalenko welcomed the spring equinox with a career-spanning live performance in Moscow. Now, fans around the world can partake in this shamanic ritual with their new live album Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026).
“Ritual of Stone Sun is dedicated to the spring transition and the awakening of nature”, Nytt Land vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Anatoly Pakhalenko says. “Many of the songs from the album are performed today by the nomadic people of Siberia during ceremonies, shamanic rituals and folk festivals”.
Today, Nytt Land are announcing Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026) with a video for its lead single “Ragnarök”. Like the sun itself, the song is both a fixture in the duo’s setlist and a sign of their trajectory from Norse mythologists to Siberian shamans.
The live video of “Ragnarök” was filmed by Sergei Kaputanuk.
Additional video credits
Sound Engineer – Sergei “Lazar”
Video Editor – Natalia Pakhalenko
Video Color Grading and Post-Production – Anatoly Pakhalenko
Sound Edition and Post-Production – Anatoly Pakhalenko, Natalia Pakhalenko
Ritual of Stone Sun comes out September 18 on all digital platforms. Pre-save Ritual of Stone Sun: https://orcd.co/nyttlandlive
Catch Nytt Land this November on their first Australian tour with co-headliners Mortiis and special guest TiR.
Nytt Land Southern Ritual Australian Tour 2026
with co-headliner Mortiis and special guest TiR
November 19 – Sydney @ Factory Floor [TICKETS]
November 20 – Brisbane @ Crowbar [TICKETS]
November 21 – Melbourne @ Croxton [TICKETS]
November 22 – Adelaide @ Ed Castle [TICKETS]
In honor of the traditions held sacred amongst Siberia’s indigenous tribes, Nytt Land named their new live album after one of the region’s oldest symbols. The stone sun can be traced all the way back to ancient rock art but remains central to the rituals that are performed across the region to this day. Its enduring presence is clearly reflected by Ritual of Stone Sun. The tracklist spans the duo’s horizons by highlighting songs from their most recent studio recordings and early Nordic cycle.
Since appearing on their 2018 album Oðal, “Ragnarök” has held its place as a signature moment during Nytt Land’s live performances. Anatolly’s throat singing and mystical talharpa recall scenes from a Viking epic, while the drum beats and hypnotic chanting of Natalia embrace the shift the duo made toward exploring their Siberian heritage. Live on stage, these two paths meet, bringing the audience into a sacred space where ancient memory, nature and spirits all meet as one.
Tracklist
- Rise of Midgard (5:34)
- Ritual (5:37)
- The Fires of Ragnarok (5:22)
- U-Gra (6:02)
- Sotvorenie (3:19)
- Risu Raknar (4:39)
- Ragnarök (6:02)
- Equinox (4:04)
- Nord (6:15)
Total runtime: 46:52
Nytt Land is a Siberian ritual / dark folk family duo founded in August 2013 by Natalia and Anatoly Pakhlaenko in the town of Kalachinsk, Western Siberia, on the banks of the Om River. Natalia and Anatoly author its music, visual language, philosophy and spiritual direction. Their art was born from life in Siberia and speaks in the voice of this ancient land: harsh, mystical, living and infinitely deep.
From the very beginning, Nytt Land developed as a family creative union in which music was perceived not simply as concert or studio art, but as a ritual path expressed through voice, breath, rhythm, silence and a living connection with the ancient traditions and beliefs of Siberia. The official description of the project defines Nytt Land as a “ritual path expressed through sound,” inspired by the traditional spiritual practices of the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
The early period of Nytt Land was closely connected with northern mythology, ancient texts, archaic folk and world music aesthetics. During its first years, the band independently released the albums Nytt Land (2013), Hávamál (2015), and Sköpun: Songs from the Elder Edda (2016), followed by Fimbulvinter (2017) and Oðal (2018). These releases established the duo’s recognizable sound: deep vocal techniques, throat singing, shamanic drums, tagelharpa, jaw harp, flutes, natural field recordings and hypnotic rhythms.
Over time, Nytt Land gradually shifted the center of its creativity away from purely Northern European sources toward the band’s own Siberian homeland, languages and indigenous spiritual traditions. An important milestone became the album Ritual (2021) through Napalm Records. The album was presented as a deep immersion into ancient percussion and vocal traditions, while the band itself described its music as Shamanic Dark Folk.
In 2023, Nytt Land released Torem, continuing their exploration of archaic texts, ritual atmosphere and organic soundscapes. In 2025, the band released Songs of the Shaman through Prophecy Productions — a work dedicated to traditional shamanic songs and incantations of the Manchu-Tungusic peoples of Siberia. This album became one of the band’s most significant steps toward the direct exploration and musical reinterpretation of Siberian shamanic heritage.
The culmination of this creative direction is Nytt Land’s new tenth full-length album Aba Khan, released on February 20, 2026 through Prophecy Productions. The material for the album was inspired by a year of traveling across Siberia, where they encountered new landscapes, people and the real spiritual traditions of indigenous culture of their homeland. While echoes of ancient mythological sources remain present in the music, the focus increasingly shifts toward the languages, imagery and ritual worldview of Siberia itself. The band dedicated Aba Khan to the ancient, beautiful and immense land of Siberia.
After signing with Season of Mist in May of 2026, Nytt Land announced Ritual of Stone Sun (Live 2026). Recorded and filmed in Moscow on March 22, 2026, the live album is dedicated to the beginning of spring and the awakening of nature. The tracklist spans from their 2026 single “Equinox” to “Ragnarök” and other songs from their early Nordic cycle.
Recording Lineup
Natalia “Baba Yaga” Pakhalenko – Vocals, Throat Singing, Drums, Flutes
Anatoly “Shaman” Pakhalenko – Throat Singing, Talharpa, Flutes, Percussion
Aleksandr Rosliakov – Session Drummer
Production credits
Producer & Sound Engineer – Sergei “Lazar”, Anatoly Pakhalenko
Mixing Studio – Nytt Land Studio
Mixing Engineer – Anatoly Pakhalenko, Natalia Pakhalenko
Cover art
Dimitrii Kulikov, Anatoly, Pakhalenko
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