Varg Release "Blutaar" Plus Live Video

Press release –

With the third single from their upcoming live album, Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024, pagan metallers VARG lead the way into darker times. “Blutaar,” the menacing title track of the studio album the band released in 2010, delves into a medieval torture method. Following a thematic classification, frontman Freki screams his lungs out in familiarly brutal form. Fueled by drums and cheering from the audience, he spreads his wings in a similarly intimidating manner as in the Viking custom he sings about—albeit the blood is swapped for deep red stage lighting. With “Blutaar,” the Coburg-based band grants an impressive look into the show recorded at their very own festival that will be released as their first live album via Napalm Records on May 22.

VARG about “Blutaar”:
“‘Blutaar’ is one of the darkest and most intense songs we ever wrote. It’s about a brutal but simultaneously captivating execution ritual. Played live, it unfolds with its very own force—more raw, more direct, and emotionally even more gripping.”

VARG gather their followers around them and call for a joint ritual: On May 22, the pagan metal band will share the recording of a special evening with their first live album, Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024. Recorded at the group’s very own festival, it contains thrilling live versions of 16 tracks. Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024 invites you to be part of the home match both as an audio and a video recording in Blu-ray format — filmed with 13 cameras, which makes for a particularly well-rounded live experience.

Supported by their home environment, VARG keep the flame alive and cement their leading position in the German pagan scene with Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024. A unique demonstration of power by a band at the peak of their creative powers — at least until VARG call for the next Wolfszeit coming in August…

VARG on Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024:
“With Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024, we are immortalizing one of the most intense moments in our band’s history. Fire, thunderous choirs, and pure emotions merge into an atmosphere that sweeps everything away. This album is the gateway to the innermost circle of the wolf pack—and the answer to a question we always ask together: Are you with us? We are with you!”

On their new album, VARG conduct a campaign through their discography. It begins with “Aufzug der Heere” and “Schildfront,” which were first released in 2008 on the split EP Schildfront with Minas Morgul, and leads to “Ewige Wacht,” the title track of their latest album which was released in 2023 and is their biggest chart success to date. The visually stunning atmosphere of the evening flares up in a fiery production, impressively directed by frontman Freki. Light installations pierce the darkness and amplify the ritualistic power of the show. VARG remain “Immer Treu” (engl: Always Faithful; Ewige Wacht, 2023) to their fans, who respond with enthusiastic cheers—the band’s energetic songs and devoted performance make this particularly rousing.

The crystal-clear production of the live spectacle is also reflected in “Morgenrot” on which Freki’s growls and singer Fylgja harmonize particularly beautifully—the latter is also honored with the rare live gem “Fylgja” (both also Ewige Wacht, 2023). “Blutaar”, the title track of the German band’s second album released in 2010, on the other hand, strikes a harder tone, bathed in deep red light. After the ominous thematic classification, the frontman screams his head off in his usual brutal manner, fueled by drums and cheers, and spreads his wings in a similarly intimidating manner as in the Viking custom he sings about—albeit less bloody. Furthermore, the fans join VARG for “Schwertzeit” (engl. Sword Time) and “Jagd” (engl. Hunt), and declare: “Wir sind die Wölfe” (engl. We Are The Wolves) (all Wolfskult, 2011).

LIVE AT WOLFSZEIT FESTIVAL 2024 TRACK LISTING:

“Aufzug der Heere”
“Schildfront”
“Immer Treu”
“Schildmaid”
“Schwertzeit”
“Morgenrot”
“Zeichen”
“Blutaar”
“Eisenseite”
“Viel Feind, viel Ehr”
“Fylgja”
“Jagd”
“Wir sind die Wölfe”
“Rán”
“Fara til Ranár”
“Ewige Wacht”

https://label.napalmrecords.com/varg