This song is about your inner King and Queen. You don't need a throne or kingdom , you are a ruler in thy chest! Wherever you are, you rule over you inner kingdom. Rule responsibly and with honor.
This song is about your inner King and Queen. You don't need a throne or kingdom , you are a ruler in thy chest! Wherever you are, you rule over you inner kingdom. Rule responsibly and with honor.
For us, it’s been a summer full of incredible live shows at festivals like Hellfest, Castlefest, and Midgardsblot, and last but not least, the release of our new album, 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧. ⊕
Song: Sōl ond Māni Video by: Light My FerryThe new album NIHT is a sonic journey..Sowulo Official2025-09-10 | The new album 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 explores the night, the moon, and the cycle of life and death.
In this clip Faber shares more about what influenced the writing process.
𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 is now available on all platforms: orcd.co/sowulonihtSowulo LIVE at Castlefest #darkfolk #vikings #nordicmusic #paganSowulo Official2025-09-08 | We're celebrating the release of 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 on the 22nd of november in Patronaat - Haarlem, NL. Tickets & info: https://patronaat.nl/event/sowulo-22-11-25/
This video was taken Castlefest Thank you for having us again. It was a pleasure! ⊕
Song: Sōl ond Māni Video by: @lightmyferryHow I used a broken instrument in a new Sowulo song #newalbum #sowulo #darkfolk #seasonofmistSowulo Official2025-09-08 | ...We’re proud to announce the release show for our new album ‘𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧’Sowulo Official2025-09-01 | On 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱 we will gather in Haarlem (NL) at Patronaat to celebrate this new musical chapter.
This will be our only remaining club show of the year, a rare chance to experience new tracks from the 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 album in its full depth and intensity.
Tickets are available now: https://patronaat.nl/event/sowulo-22-11-25/A circle has been completed #newalbum #niht #seasonofmist #darkfolk #sowuloSowulo Official2025-09-01 | ...Our new album NIHT is OUT NOW! #nordic #darkfolk #seasonofmistSowulo Official2025-08-29 | ...Sowulo - On the road & New album | Short DocumentarySowulo Official2025-08-25 | 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 | out now Order | Stream: orcd.co/sowuloniht Shop 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 merch: sowulo.travelling-merchant.com/home
“It’s a really beautiful thing to let your music resonate in the landscape.”
This small documentary captures Sowulo on tour and awaiting the release of the Niht album. Faber spends time reflecting on the live show, what the touring future might bring, and what the new album will mean in the grand scheme of Sowulo’s discography.
“It feels like a circle has been completed.”
Sowulo has performed all over Europe over the last years and with a new album now on the horizon, there is this sense that a chapter has been closed and a new one will open soon. The arrival of this new Niht album magically seems to correlate with the symbolic seasons that each Sowulo album has carried so far.
This short documentary was recorded, filmed and edtied by Jean from Chuhastia Films. youtube.com/@chstfilms
Sōl ond Māni is inspired by Scandinavian mythology and explores the relationship between the loss of light and the loss of life.
It tells the story of the Sun and the Moon being chased by two mythological wolves until the time of Ragnarök. The wolves will catch them when that fated time comes, and their light will spill like blood until there will be no light left. This will leave the world in fimbulwinter: only darkness and conflict remains.
Directed and Camera by Vincent de Fallois Edited and Colorgrading by Micky Huijsmans Composed and produced by Faber Horbach
Music performed by: Faber Horbach | Vocals, Nyckelharpa, Carnyx, Percussion, Synths & VST Micky Huijsmans | Vocals Chloe Bakker | Celtic harp Tim Elfring | Small percussion Maria Angeles Chaparro Fuentes | Viola
Sōl ond Māni was recorded by Faber Horbach at lil’Heaven Studios Mixed by Marie de Koning at Studio MDK Mastered by Erwin Maas at eMastering
Lyrics and translations by Faber Horbach English consultant: Tim Elfring Old English consultants: Thijs Porck, Rachel A. Fletcher, Lucas Gahrmann and Suzanne Klare (Leiden University)
Lyrics:
I know who hunts I know what Sōl is fleeing for
He smells her He sees her He follows her
The Sun, she flees The shadow-wolf, he growls The shadow-wolf howls
Sköll approaches Sōl biting Her light spills like blood
I know who hunts I know what Māni is fleeing for
He smells him He sees him He follows him
The Moon, he flees The hate-wolf, he growls The hate-wolf howls
Hati approaches Māni biting His light spills like blood
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Ic wāt hwā huntað Ic wāt hwām Sōl fliēhð
Hē ġestincþ hīe Hē siehð hīe Hē fylġeþ hīe
Sēo Sunne, hēo fliehð Se sceaduwulf, hē grimmeþ Se sceaduwulf þiet
Sköll sēċeþ Sōl bītende Hire lēoht gegoten swā blōd
Ic wāt hwā huntað Ic wāt hwām Mani fliēhð
Hē ġestincþ hine Hē siehð hine Hē fylġeþ hine
Sē Mōna, hē fliehð Se hetewulf, hē grimmeþ Se hetewulf þiet
Hati sēċeþ Māni bītende His lēoht gegoten swā blōdSowulo LIVE at Hellfest 🔥 #hellfest #darkfolk #vikings #nordicSowulo Official2025-07-07 | Hellfest you were amazing.🔥 To everyone who we shared the experience with; thank you!
And to Hellfest: thank you for creating space for music like ours. It was an honour to be part of it.· 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 · #darkfolk #vikings #nordic #nyckelharpaSowulo Official2025-06-30 | The nyckelharpa plays a central role in our new single Āsteorfan. Not just sonically, but conceptually as well.
“Die before you die, and know death is not the end.''
Āsteorfan ('To die' in Anglo Saxon) is a song about overcoming the dark periods in life, and empowering you to face your fear of death, or the death of your ego.
This song offers strength during challenging times and is a reminder that life is not meant to be constantly full of merely light. The darkness is not your enemy; it helps you gain insight into what truly matters.
The Āsteorfan music video is made with the support of Poppunt Gelderland & Cultuurfonds Directed and Camera by Jasper van Gheluwe Colorgrading by Micky Huijsmans Composed and produced by Faber Horbach
Music performed by: Faber Horbach | Vocals, Nyckelharpa, Carnyx, Percussion, Synths & VST Micky Huijsmans | Vocals Chloe Bakker | Celtic harp Tim Elfring | Small percussion Maria Angeles Chaparro Fuentes | Viola
Āsteorfan was recorded by Faber Horbach at lil’Heaven Studios Mixed by Marie de Koning at Studio MDK Mastered by Erwin Maas at eMastering
Lyrics and translations by Faber Horbach English consultant: Tim Elfring Old English consultants: Thijs Porck, Rachel A. Fletcher, Lucas Gahrmann and Suzanne Klare (Leiden University)
Lyrics:
Let go of the light Step into the darkness
The night is not your enemy The night is your ally
Die before you die and know death is not the end
Let go of the thinking mind Reveal inner wisdom
Overcome your fear of the darkness Of the silence
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Ālǣt þæt leoht Stæpe intō þære þīestre
Seo niht nis þīn fēond Seo niht is þīn neah freond
Āsteorf ǣr þū āswilst ond wite þæt dēaþ nis se ende
Filmed at the first show of our Faraþ into Francrice 2025, at Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL, by Ferry Alblas.
We're currently gearing up for our next batch of shows.
𝟲-𝟲 𝗠𝗮𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁 - 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗱𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗱𝗲 (𝗡𝗟) With Heilung, The Hu, Alcest and more 𝟮𝟬-𝟲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 - 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝗙𝗥) 𝟭-𝟴 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲 - 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁 (𝗡𝗟) 𝟭𝟲-𝟴 𝗢𝘀𝗹𝗼 - 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗯𝗹𝗼𝘁 (𝗡𝗢) More to be announced!
Song: Sowulo - Æt wega ġelætan
‘’Standing at the crossroads, wanting to go in one direction but being pulled in another direction.
Whenever fate is pulling you into an unexpected direction, a path that you didn’t plan to take, it can be quite a shock. Feelings of resistance, doubt and fear can surface, but there is only one way to deal with this and that is to be courageous and wander forward into the unknown.’’Sowulo - Yule (Revisited)Sowulo Official2025-03-26 | 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 | out now Order | Stream: orcd.co/sowuloniht Shop 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 merch: sowulo.travelling-merchant.com/home
"Immerse yourself in this rendition of the song that marks the beginning of Sowulo."
This was the very first song I ever wrote for Sowulo, composed sometime in 2012 on the piano for the ‘Alvenrad’ album. It embodies Midwinter, the darkest days of the year, symbolizing "nothingness" and "death," yet also the moment from which all things emerge into existence.
The song was born from my own yearning to create music for celebrating the turning of the seasons, to accompany the pagan feasts that honor the eternal cycle of nature. From this, the concept of expressing the four seasons and the eight pagan Sabbats was born, and with it, the name Sowulo, derived from Proto-Germanic, meaning ‘the Sun.’ Thus, the journey of Sowulo began.
I revisited these tracks to honour the emergence of Sowulo, and to celebrate how far Sowulo has come. These songs are a symbol of Sowulo's conception to me, with the track Yule even being the first song I ever wrote for the project in 2012.
Sowulo's sound has also changed quite a lot over the years, so it felt very logical to remake these originally acoustic and intimate tracks into our current big and cinematic sound with the addition of our viking-orchetsra.
Thank you for being on this journey with me for over 10 years now. I hope you will enjoy the revisited versions of Yule and Ginnungagap!
Yule (Revisited) & Ginnungagap (Revisited) are composed and produced by Faber Horbach
Faber Horbach | Vocals, Throat singing, Nyckelharpa, Irish bouzouki, Percussion, Synths & VST Micky Huijsmans | Vocals Chloe Bakker | Celtic triplett harp Maria Angeles Chaparro Fuentes | Viola Rikke Linssen | Violin Heleen de Jonge | Cello Tessa van Genderen | Carnyx, Blowhorns
Recorded by Faber Horbach & Alain Kalender at Lil' Heaven Studio Mixed by Faber Horbach at Auroch Audio Studio Mastered by Nico van Montfort at XPZ Sound Studio
With such incredible energy of the crowd, this has been one of the highlights of the summer. Up next is our headline show in The Netherlands: 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟔 - 𝐏𝟔𝟎, 𝐀𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐞𝐧 (𝐍𝐋)
Song: Seolfren Sicol ''Look at the silver sickle. Behold the beauty of the waxing moon.''
This song is about invoking the power of resurrecting moonlight, so that it may be a guide to find the awakening light that expels the darkness within.
Video by Jean Aizpurua / Chuhastia films: chuhastia-films.comCarnyx in a church sounds beautiful #carnyx #church #reverb #shortsSowulo Official2024-06-17 | ...Sowulo LIVE at Wave Gothik Treffen #carnyx #viking #orchestra #shortsSowulo Official2024-05-25 | ...Sowulo at Echos et Merveilles #live #orchestra #france #shortsSowulo Official2024-05-13 | Video by Chuhastia Films!Sowulo - Eaxlgestealla - Trolls et Legendes AftermovieSowulo Official2024-04-27 | 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 | out now Order | Stream: orcd.co/sowuloniht Shop 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 merch: sowulo.travelling-merchant.com/home
'I stand strong, with my fate, and I withstand whatever comes onto my path.''
The song 'Eaxlgestealla' is about seeing your destiny as a companion or helper. If you have the courage of a true hero, fate will help you, and not hinder you, as long as you act honourably and are true to your own path.
SOWULO EUROPE 2024 MARCH 30 - Trolls&legendes, Mons (BE) MAY 8 - Echos & Merveilles, Bruguières (FR) MAY 18 - Eallum, Dordrecht (NL) MAY 19 - Wave Gothic Treffen, Leipzig (DE) JULY 10 - Opera Leśna, Sopot (PL) AUGUST 16 - Motocultor (FR) OCTOBER 26 - P60, Amstelveen (NL)
AND MORE SHOW TO BE ANNOUNCED
Video by: Ferry Alblas Song: EaxlgesteallaSowulo LIVE at Trolls et Legendes #live #concert #viking #orchestra #shortsSowulo Official2024-04-15 | ...Carnyx, ancient war horn #carnyx #darkfolkmusic #sowulo #shortsSowulo Official2024-02-05 | The Carnyx is a historical ritualistic instrument that plays a very important role in our music and live shows. It's not only played within songs like 'Full Mōna' and 'Stearcost Ealra', but we also highlight its magical sound by using it as a solo instrument.
“The Carnyx was played by our ancestors long ago, and whenever I play this instrument, I can feel resonances of the past flowing through me and the instrument. The same resonance is held by trees, stone, and bone. I feel like I’m blowing these ancient echoes into the world through the carnyx.”Kulning in the rain - Sowulo Nihtēagan #kulning #sowulo #shortsSowulo Official2023-12-18 | A magical moment from when we were filming the video for Nihtēagan. Dark rainclouds suddenly appeared to keep us company while Micky was singing into nature.
See the nightfall within yourself See the returning darkness within
#sowulo #anglosaxon #nihteagan #kulningen #vikingorchestra #mooncycle #darkfolk #darkfolkmusic #vikingfolk #carnyx #nordicmusic #yule #pagan #paganfolkNihtēagan · See in the dark #sowulo #night #eyes #shortsSowulo Official2023-12-11 | · Nihtēagan · is all about being able to see in the dark. To be able to look inside yourself.
Seoh ðā niht wiðinnan þē sylfum Seoh ðā edwendendan þeostre wiðinnan . See the nightfall within yourself See the returning darkness within
It is our 4th single about the mooncycle and it's out now on all platforms🌘
#sowulo #nihteagan #mooncycle #darkfolk #darkfolkmusic #vikingfolk #carnyx #nordicmusic #yule #pagan #paganfolk #vikingorchestraCarnyx played in nature #shorts #history #historical #instrumentSowulo Official2023-10-23 | Come see this instrument live on stage with us on the 18th of November in Tivoli Vredenburg, NL.Sowulo - Begalan [Official Music Video]Sowulo Official2022-09-08 | 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 | out now Order | Stream: orcd.co/sowuloniht Shop 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 merch: sowulo.travelling-merchant.com/home
Sowulo | Begalan
This song expresses that ‘the mind’ sometimes thinks it can resist or oppose fate, but instead it has to yield and stand strong together with her.
To recognize your own fate is the first step in consciously embracing your destiny, and so you will become who you truly are.
Begalan is featured on the 'Wurdiz' abum, released on 09·09·2022. This album is created to explore and engage the relationship with fate. The compositions express the pulling powers of fate against the human psyche’s nature to resist the flow of life.
Whenever fate is pulling you into an unexpected direction, a path that you didn’t plan to take, it can be quite a shock. Feelings of resistance, doubt and fear can surface, but there is only one way to deal with this and that is to be courageous and wander forward into the unknown.
Do you dare to step into the unknown? Do you dare to fall into the emptyness?
You could not resist to oppose You know you are no match for Fate
Do you feel me enchanting you?
Do you dare to step into the unknown? Do you dare to fall into the emptyness?
You could not resist to oppose You know you are no match for Fate
Sowulo | Begalan Released on September 9th, 2022
Directed and Camera by Jasper van Gheluwe Composed and produced by Faber Horbach
Music performed by: Faber Horbach | Vocals, Carnyx, Nyckelharpa, Percussions, Synths & VST Micky Huijsmans | Vocals Chloe Bakker | Celtic triplett harp Rikke Linssen | Violin Angeles Chaparro | Viola Heleen de Jonge | Cello Small percussions | Tim Elfring & Fieke van den Hurk
Recorded by Faber Horbach & Alain Kalender at Lil' Heaven Studio Mixed by Fieke van den Hurk at DearWorld Studio Mastered by Erwin Maas at eMasteringSowulo - Ginnungagap [Official Music Video]Sowulo Official2017-01-03 | 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 | out now Order | Stream: orcd.co/sowuloniht Shop 𝗡𝗜𝗛𝗧 merch: sowulo.travelling-merchant.com/home
Ginnungagap is from our NEW ACOUSTIC ALBUM entitled SOL. Watch the video, enjoy the music and SHARE IT with the world!
Ginnungagap is about the origin of the universe as is described in the Nordic Mythology.
Dageraad or Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. The mystic presence of weak sunlight, while the Sun itself is still below the horizon.