Heilung announce new album ‘Drif’

June 1, 2022 James Weaver

HEILUNG have announced a new album!

Titled Drif, the upcoming album from the folk ensemble is the follow-up to 2019’s Futha and is scheduled to be released in August this year, via Season Of Mist.

While the world came to a stop during the pandemic, the three-piece retreated into the studio to write and record the forthcoming album Drif. In classic fashion, all sounds are hand-crafted organically by the group. To create Drif, the band sought for forgotten songs, hand-crafted ancient instruments, and transcribed dead languages to spread messages of love and nature-respect.

Speaking about the upcoming album, the band says, “Drif means ‘gathering’. A throng of people, a horde, a crowd, a pack. In symbiosis with the album title, Drif consists of a flock, a collection, a gathering, a collage of songs, that much like little flames were seeking towards each other, to join, to bond, to create, and be greater together. This album has very clearly dictated its own path. Our attempts to tame it was repeatedly fruitless and once we came to this realisation, the creative flow surged forward with immense force. So much so that sometimes it felt like the songs wrote themselves. All the songs on Drif have their own stories. They have each their place and sense of belonging, with inspiration not only from Northern Europe, but from the ancient great civilisations.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List:

1. Asja
2. Anoana
3. Tenet
4. Urbani
5. Keltentrauer
6. Nesso
7. Buslas Bann
8. Nikkal
9. Marduk

Alongside the reveal of the new album, HEILUNG have confirmed the rescheduled dates of their UK tour, which will now take place in January next year.

Tour dates are as follows:

14 Jan 23 London (UK) O2 Academy Brixton
17 Jan 23 Manchester (UK) Bridgewater Hall
19 Jan 23 Dublin (IE) National Stadium
22 Jan 23 Glasgow (UK) Barrowland