Valkyrien Allstars
Gritty, high-energy Norwegian folk that hits with the force of a rock band. Hardingfele riffs and raspy, defiant vocals for late nights and wild mountain drives.
Gritty, high-energy Norwegian folk that hits with the force of a rock band. Hardingfele riffs and raspy, defiant vocals for late nights and wild mountain drives.
Valkyrien Allstars sounds like a centuries-old tradition that just woke up in a dive bar and decided to start a riot. It is anchored by the sharp, rhythmic sawing of the hardingfele, but instead of polite ballroom dancing, these strings provide the distorted backbone for something much closer to garage rock or blues. The vocals are the real lightning rod: Tuva Syvertsen delivers lines with a raspy, lived-in authority that bridges the gap between ancient kveding techniques and modern indie-pop attitude.
What makes them truly distinctive is the way they treat their traditional instruments like electric guitars. They don't just 'incorporate' folk elements; they weaponize them. The arrangements are dense and often unpredictable, moving from skeletal, haunting ballads to wall-of-sound crescendos where the fiddles scream as loudly as any Marshall stack. It is music that feels deeply rooted in the soil of Norway but is completely uninterested in being a museum piece.
Start with their 2020 album 'Slutte og byne' to hear their most polished, pop-adjacent songwriting, or dive into their self-titled debut for the raw, unbridled energy of three fiddles taking on the world. It is the perfect entry point for anyone who thinks folk music is supposed to be quiet.
Valkyrien Allstars (established 2003 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian Hardingfele trio whose music is based on Norwegian traditional folk music. They present many different genres and styles with a distinctive sound. In 2006 Valkyrien Allstars was awarded Grappa's Debutant prize and received a recording contract under the direction of Grappa Music Publishing. Their debut album, Valkyrien Allstars, was released 1 October 2007 on the label Heilo. The band was nominated for Spellemannprisen 2007 in the open class Newcomer of the Year, and the album gained platinum album status in 2008. On 31 August 2009 they released their second album, To Måner, and the third, Ingen Hverdag, in 2011, all under the Heilo label.
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