NIRU

News log

May 11, 2025

Much has happened within the creative collaboration NIRU & LUSSIDOTTER since the last update. We are carried by strong currents in the flow of Urd’s weave, and I am truly grateful for that.

We have released another track, "Bergets Mun" (The Mountain's Mouth), from our upcoming album, which has been completed for some time now. On May 3, we made our live debut at Dödsmässa in Uddevalla, Sweden. We’ve also been working on video material that will be released in due time.

Our second performance is set for Saturday, May 31, at Bohusläns Museum in Uddevalla, where we will interpret the mystic world of Tyra Kleen through music and performance art.

This project has truly grown into a powerful and rewarding journey...

January 27, 2025

The first steps of my collaboration with LUSSIDOTTER - NIRU & LUSSIDOTTER have taken form. Together, we are shaping an expansive, restless world — a full-length album of over 10 tracks, weaving through dark ambient depths, primal rhythms, cold black metal edges, and trance-like atmospheres. Each sound, each thread, speaks its own truth, and the whole will shift like a spirit caught between realms.

Yet, amidst this creation, one song has risen early from the shadows: "Kom Hädan". A piece both commanding and pleading, it invites the listener to abandon the familiar and walk a path beyond the limits of what we know as real. The voices carry the weight of something ancient and inescapable, yet there is warmth in the call — a glimmer of something waiting to meet us in the unknown.

Let "Kom Hädan" guide you into the obscured and unspoken. Begin this journey into transformation — into what lies beyond the veil.

Stream or download now at nirulussidotter.bandcamp.com

January 26, 2025

New song "ING".

Background

It was a winter night, harsh and biting, when I found myself deep in the woods. The world was frozen, the air sharp, and yet, in the heart of that desolation, a fire burned. We sat in a circle, strangers and seekers, bound by the rhythm of ancient drums. The beats echoed through the trees, reverberating like a call from another world. The flames danced in defiance of the cold, their warmth seeping into flesh, but not far enough to thaw the chill that lingered in my soul.

Amidst the trance and shadows, she emerged - a figure of timeless presence, a keeper of forgotten knowledge. From her hand, she offered a pouch, its contents humming with unseen power. When my turn came, I reached inside and felt it: a rune, small yet heavy with meaning. Ingwaz. In that moment, the air shifted, and silence settled like a veil. The drums had quieted, leaving only the crackling of fire and the weight of the rune in my hand. A force, raw and primal, coursed through me. I saw my pain reflected in the fire’s embers, but I also saw something more - a strength I thought I had lost. The rune spoke without words, promising that within the ashes of despair, a seed of renewal awaited.

Swedish

English interpretation

The poem "ING" is a lyrical recounting of transformation through the interplay of nature, ritual, and self-discovery. It begins with the moment of initiation: the drawing of the rune. The "pouch of runes" symbolizes the unseen forces that guide us, while the act of choosing represents the reclamation of agency in a time of vulnerability.

The second stanza delves into the essence of Ingwaz, the rune of potential and quiet strength. It becomes a beacon in the storm, a reminder that within destruction lies the seed of creation. The drumbeat, the fire, and the frost serve as metaphors for the balance of chaos and order, pushing the narrator to embrace the duality of struggle and growth.

In the final stanza, the imagery of the burning wood and lingering ash portrays the inevitability of endings. Yet the glowing coals hold a promise - the transformation is not without purpose. The narrator’s "silent inheritance" is the strength forged in hardship, now ready to guide them into the uncertain expanse of the future. The poem’s tone is dark and somber, yet deeply affirming, reflecting the narrator’s journey from brokenness to renewal under the shadow of the winter woods.