WARDRUNA
JO QUAIL ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON
Norway’s pagan folk seers return from the wilderness
Wardruna whip up the crowd’s inner lupines
JAKE OWENS
“OWOOOOO!” THE SEATED audience at London’s Royal Festival Hall, a rarefied cultural institution, howl like wolves as Wardruna launch into Grá. When the Norwegian spiritual metallers released fifth album Kvitravn in January 2021, they organised a livestreamed launch show, but this the first time they’ve played since – and people are hungry for animalistic connection.