¡More Music for The Folk by The Folk!

1 – Welcome back, warrior.

Thank you for having me again.

2 – Okay, let's catch up on your projects. Tell me a little about each one. What are you working on?

My active projects at the moment are:

Blodethos - Personal solo project of Folk/Ambient. I just made a new track entitled Aepandi Nam that was recently released on a sampler. I wanted it to sound Nordic Ambient by using a Tagelharpa. I’m currently working on Blodethos’ 2nd tape entitled ᚺᛟᚢᚨᛉ. It will comprise all material I’ve recorded from 2023-2025. This tape will be released on Wotanic Pride hopefully sometime this year.

Coldrune - A Völkisch Heathen Synth (as I like to call it) project. Heathen Dark Ambient or Dungeon Synth could describe it as well. Coldrune is my main project and I’m currently working on a new demo for 2025 that will have at least 4 new tracks + complementary writings. It’s entitled Unser Leben Geht Dahin Wie Ein Geschwätz.

Volksseele - A Dark Ambient side-project of Coldrune. It’s a vehicle for expressing sounds that wouldn’t normally fit under Coldrune. I utilize different recording techniques and equipment/intruments when creating material for Volksseele. Slowly working on the next album entitled Runes Under the Fourth Reich.

Varuna Skovgaard - Initially a secret but I am behind this project. These tracks are created when I record Volksseele sessions but the songs end up coming out differently with a different feel to them. It’s sometimes ethereal, solitary and Jungian in an individuated sense. A self-titled full length was recently released via Venereal Veneration.

These are my 4 main projects but there are a couple more I should include:

Nórr Celtefog - Ambient side-project. A vessel to invoke, capture, transmit and attain supraconsciousness. There are loose plans for more Nórr Celtefog emanations.

Ancient Autopsy - My outlet for sonic weaponry, Death Industrial, Death Ambient, and plain old Noise. A healthy way for me to explore the cold, sterile and detached realities of pathological death. Science and contemporary society atomizes and pathologizes death which shapes how we concieve and handle our dead post-mortem. I seek further exploration on these themes, in light of a more holistic and natural view of death, with more future output. Death Relics is a new album soon to be released on Wiligut Prophecy.

3 – Tell me about Coldrune's recent release: "Greeting The Solar Disc" on the "Solstice Celebration" label.

Greeting The Solar Disc is a compilation EP featuring all previously released Compilation tracks and Single B-sides since the beginning of Coldrune’s creation. The J-card is a poster foldout with one side being a collage of artist photos and related art from the first few years.

Solstice Celebration is a brand new Vinlandic label created by those behind Sonnenwendfeier. I have had the honor to produce their first debut release which is the aforementioned SC 000: Coldrune - Greeting The Solar Disc.

4 – With Wotanic Pride, your label, you're already on your 28th release. Congratulations! Tell me about this release.

Thank you. Wotanic Pride is a sacred ground for Wotan/Odin. The 28th release is WP28: Vinlandic Assault (Compilation). It’s a project that took 2 years to finally finish. It showcases the newest blood of Vinlandic Black Metal/RAC. It should exemplify the fury of the Wildes Heer of the states. I believe it to be a testament and I hope it proves that the states have a rightful place in keeping the tradition and quality of Black Metal alive. I cannot speak on USBM in general but I know this new Vinlandic Black Metal Horde is true and serious.

5 – Let's talk a little about the second installment of "WOTANIC PRIDE: More Music For The Folk (Sampler 2025)".

The second sampler is a Heathen offering to Odin and to the folk. It is magic, trance, poetry and self-sacrifice. It is exactly what it is supposed to be. All artists should be filled with “Wotanic Pride” for being a part of it.

6 – How's your reading going? What was the last thing you read?

This year has been a busy year of reading. I’ve been binging on horror novels by Edward Lee, Richard Laymon and Shaun Hutson. This is for my love of the horror genre and personal entertainment. But my spiritual needs are met by reading The 55 Club edition of Adolf Hitler: The Last Avatar by Miguel Serrano. I just finished Book 1 of 2.

I’d like to thank you again for supporting and being a part of Coldrune’s world since the first demo release. My motto has always been More music for the folk by the folk!