Folklore… Interview with Einar Selvik from Wardruna 16 Aug 2019 In this interview I am talking with Einar Selvik from Wardruna about how the Nordic past, the Viking Age and Iron Age, and Nordic mythology has inspired his music. We…
Germanic mythology… Heavy metal and Viking myths 26 Jul 201926 Jul 2019 This interview with Dr. Benjamin Teitelbaum, assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, is about the use of Vikings, the Viking Age, and Nordic mythology in…
Germanic mythology… Interview with The Ruins of Beverast 23 Jul 2019 At Fire in the Mountains, I got the exclusive chance to sit down with Alex, the frontman of the German Black Metal and Doom outfit The Ruins of Beverast. We…
Nordic mythology… Sacred landscapes in Scandinavia and Mauna Kea 22 Jul 201922 Jul 2019 Have you ever driven through your neighborhood and discovered that vandals had painted grafitti on your local church? Have you ever begrudged when they tore down your favorite teenage hangout…