Wardruna is a musical project based on Nordic spiritualism and the runes of the Elder Futhark

Elder Futhark

The Elder Futhark is the oldest form of the runic alphabet, used by Germanic tribes for Northwest Germanic and Migration period Germanic dialects of the 2nd to 8th centuries for inscriptions on artifacts such as jewellery, amulets, tools, weapons and runestones...

 (according to Warduna's website). It was started by Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik in 2003, along with Gaahl

Gaahl

Kristian Eivind Espedal , better known by his stage name Gaahl, is a Norwegian vocalist, best known as the former frontman of Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth. He is also the founder and frontman of Trelldom and Gaahlskagg...

 (Gorgoroth

Gorgoroth

Gorgoroth is a Norwegian black metal band based in Bergen. Formed in 1992 by Infernus , the band is named after the dead plateau of evil and darkness in the land of Mordor from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. The group is currently signed to Regain Records and have released...

 vocalist

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

) and Lindy Fay Hella.

The project began in 2003 and has since released one album based on 8 of the runes. There are plans to release at least two more discs, each based on eight more of the runes.

Personnel

• Kvitrafn: Vocals, All Instruments (except fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  )
• Lindy Fay Hella: Vocals
• Gaahl: Vocals
• Hallvard Kleiveland: Norwegian Fiddle

Releases

• "Runaljod-gap var Ginnunga" (2009, Indie
  Indie Recordings
  Indie Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label specialising in heavy metal. The label was founded in 2006 by brothers Espen and Erik Solheim Røhne, who previously founded Tabu Recordings. Indie Recordings has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway...
  
  )
• "Runaljod-Yggdrasil
  Yggdrasil
  In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology. It was said to be the world tree around which the nine worlds existed...
  
  " (TBA)
• "Runaljod-Ragnarok
  Ragnarök
  In Norse mythology, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle foretold to ultimately result in the death of a number of major figures , the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water...
  
  ) (TBA)