Arts & Culture
Bounded by Blood: Midgardsblot 2026
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Lyonel Perabo recounts his visit to the 2026 Midgardsblot festival in Borre, Norway, featuring bands like Venom, Wolves in the Throne Room, Taake, and the Heilung spin-off Songleikr.
Arts & Culture
Midgardsblot 2025: Return to the Blot-Mounds
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Lyonel Perabo makes his pilgrimage to the 2025 Midgardsblot festival, partaking in a sweeping day filled with ritual, scholarship, and the heaviest metal to be found anywhere in Scandinavia.
Culture
Archaeologists: Mysterious Hill in Western Norway is Region’s Largest Burial Mound
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A mysterious hill overlooking a fjord in Western Norway has been confirmed as one of the largest burial mounds in the region. Archaeologists also note that the site is deliberately aligned with the solstices, adding a fascinating astronomical dimension to its historical significance.
Europe
Putting Down Roots, Digging a Grave, Saying Goodbye
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One day this August I picked up my phone and called Jens-Roger. “You know I told you the other week that I and my family were moving out?” “Yes, I remember.” “Well, I was thinking that before we leave for good, we should bury our daughter’s placenta. And we all really enjoy your place. Could we find a spot somewhere there?”
Arts & Culture
Of Sacred Hymns and Profane Revelry: Midgardsblot 2024
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The Midgardsblot festival, taking place each August in Borre, just south of Oslo, Norway, has slowly but surely become ubiquitous among Viking nerds, Norse Pagans, and metalheads alike. With its unique blend of extreme Metal and nordic folk acts (among others), alongside numerous artistic and academic entertainment acts, it was only a matter of time that I checked it out for myself.