The Lore
The real history and myth behind the music — raiders who became kings, hammers forged by dwarves, wolf-coated warriors, and the long twilight of the old gods.
How raiders became kings — and one of them named your phone
From the album · Legends of the NorseThree myths forged in iron, blood, and tide
From the album · Blood, Iron, and TideThe warriors who bit their shields
From the album · Wolf's BloodWhen the North changed its gods — slowly, and not always by choice
From the album · The Northern CrossA mantra of compassion and a deity of true abundance
From the album · The Golden PathWhat the runes really were — and the god who hanged for them
From the album · Runes of the Long NightThe jealous gods, the wheel of samsara, and the syllable that frees them
From the album · Om Mani Padme HumA shaman's word turned scattered tribes into an empire — and a buried thread finally ties their story to the North
From the album · Tengri's AwakeningHow a nation of horsemen conquered more land in 25 years than Rome did in four centuries
From the album · The Iron Hooves HymnalWhile the Khans rode to war, their mothers, wives, and daughters ruled — and one of them out-wrestled every man who challenged her
From the album · Valkyries on the SteppeOne woman who really did read the future — and one legendary punishment that probably never happened
From the album · Saga of the Winter SeasNorthern Tides is an open homage to Pirates of the Caribbean — here's the genuine Norse mythology hiding inside the joke
From the album · Northern Tides: The Jarl of Tortuga