Eivør

Often considered to be one of the most prolific and unique Nordic artists of her generation, Eivør has released 11 studio albums to date, crossing musical genres and always pushing the bounds of the expected. Awarded with the Nordic Council Music Price in 2021, Eivør’s inspired by the climate-contrasts and traditional folk music traditions of here Nordic home Faroe Islands. The process of ENN built on Eivør’s recent immersion into production and beat-making, but began with a return to classical music. She and her partner, the classical composer Tróndur Bogason had no agenda but to “write freely” for a possible side project in a mountain village called Tjørnuvík. Here the first two tracks “Gaia” and “Ein Klóta” were written which Eivør calls “a love hymn for the Earth” that reminded her of the Renaissance music she loved in her youth and a song about “watching your world from afar” as it changes. After independently releasing her music for many years, ENN marks Eivør’s debut for the metal label Season of Mist—and though her compositions sit outside of any one genre, she is happy to be embraced by the metal community. She identified a shared pagan sensibility in her television scores like The Last Kingdom. “I never felt I really fit into any box,” said Eivør. “I just have to do it my own way.” Eivør called ENN “my most pleasurable and also most painful process. “It’s woven together all my experiences for the past 10 years, and it’s grounded me.”