Few artists move between worlds quite like Eivør.
Across folk, jazz, rock, electronica, cinematic scoring and the gaming universe of God of War, the Faroese artist has built a musical language that feels ancient and deeply human, yet constantly reaching forward. With her new album Tungl arriving on October 16 through Nuclear Blast Records, Jai That Aussie Metal Guy caught up with Eivør for Crannk to talk about the album’s emotional core, her connection to the Faroe Islands, her soundtrack work and the creative journey that keeps pulling her into new territory.
A World For People To Dream In
When asked about her earliest musical memory, Eivør traced it back to her mother singing to her as a child. It was not one particular song or one grand defining moment, but something much deeper.
“I remember when I was very young, like two, three, it’s like a blurry memory, but I just remember these beautiful memories of my mom singing,” Eivør said.
That encouragement became something she could carry through childhood and her teenage years. Music became a place she could go, a way of stepping into another world when she needed it.
Growing up in Gøta in the Faroe Islands, Eivør said the dream of becoming a touring musician once felt distant. The village was small, the wider world felt far away, but the pull toward music never left her.
That sense of place still lives inside her music, even when she is not deliberately trying to write something that sounds like the Faroe Islands. The darkness of the winters, the brightness of the summers, the storms, the softness and the contrast all make their way into the songs naturally.
“I need the darkness in there, but I need also the light,” she said. “I just want to create a world with my music for people to dream in.”
From Enn To Tungl
Eivør described Tungl as an album born from the process of creating Enn. Where Enn felt like travelling outward, almost moving through space and searching for light and hope in a chaotic world, Tungl pulled her inward.
“This album is a bit more personal and goes more into the heart and the emotions,” she explained.
That is where the moon became central. Tungl, meaning “moon” in Faroese, is not a word she hears used every day. It belongs more to old sagas, and it had stayed with her for a long time before finally becoming the title of this record.
For Eivør, the moon became “our beacon in the night,” a guiding presence through the emotional terrain of the album.
When Jai spoke about the album’s sequence feeling like a passage through darkness before healing begins, Eivør said she always tries to create some kind of journey with her albums and live shows. It may be emotional, or it may move through sounds and colours, but the aim is to take the listener somewhere.
Never Fully Arriving
“Healer” became one of the interview’s most personal points. The song has been described as a conversation with a younger self, and Eivør spoke openly about beginning her artistic path so young, then having to grow through the many changes that life and creativity demand.
“I feel I’ve been born again so many times,” she said. “So many times that I’ve gone up a hill, and then I had to dive back into the valleys.”
For Eivør, that process never really ends. The more you create, the more you come closer to yourself, learning your strengths, your limits and the shape of your own inner world. But she does not believe an artist ever truly arrives.
“Nobody ever does, I think,” she said. “It’s always a journey.”
That idea sits at the heart of Tungl. It is not an album pretending that darkness disappears. It is more about learning how to move through it, guided by something internal, instinctive and resilient.
Music Beyond Genre
Eivør’s connection with metal audiences has grown naturally over the years, through labels like Season of Mist and now Nuclear Blast, and through the sheer emotional force of her voice and songs. Her music does not need to become metal for metal listeners to recognise something powerful within it.
She said she has always loved music across genres, and never wants to feel locked into one space.
“I think music is way too precious,” she said. “It can be metal, it can be folk, it can be anything, as long as it’s honest and passionate.”
That openness has also led her into major soundtrack work, including God of War, God of War Ragnarök and The Last Kingdom. Eivør said stepping into the world of video games opened something entirely new for her.
“I didn’t really know about this world,” she said of gaming. “When I walked into it, I was like, oh my god, what is this?”
She spoke with gratitude about discovering how deeply players connect with those worlds, and called both God of War and The Last Kingdom among the great experiences of her life.
“I got to explore a side of myself that I really felt got a home to live in,” she said.
Old School In The Studio
For Tungl, Eivør worked closely with Tróndur Bogason, writing and producing much of the album together. He also contributed arrangements, including strings, while Eivør brought her touring band further into the recording process than on her previous album.
After spending so much time on the road together, she wanted the album to capture that lived in band energy.
“It made perfect sense that we should just do it the old school way,” she said. “Let’s record this.”
One of the album’s most special moments is “Fangað / Trapped,” featuring her sister Elinborg. The song came from a beautifully ordinary family moment. Elinborg had come over for dinner, started playing something at the piano, and Eivør immediately heard something in it.
“I let go of everything I had in my hand, and we went into the studio and wrote this track called ‘Trapped,’” she said, laughing. “Dinner was very late that night.”
It is a perfect example of the way Tungl moves between the personal and the mythic, between home and the wider world, between instinct and craft.
Tungl arrives on October 16 through Nuclear Blast Records.
Tungl Track List
- “Og mánin græt / And The Moon Cried”
- “Drekafljóð / Dragon Maiden”
- “Verjugarðar / Walls”
- “Spøkilsir / Revenants”
- “Hinumegin / The Other Side”
- “Healer”
- “Eon”
- “Tann tú saknar / The One You Long For”
- “Fangað” feat. Elinborg / “Trapped”
- “Everyone But Me”
Preorder Tungl: https://eivor.bfan.link/tungl
