||  Artist......: Vafurlogi                                          ||
||  Album.......: Í vökulli áþján                                    ||
||  Year........: 2024                                               ||

||  Genre.......: Black Metal                                        ||
||  Label.......: Independent                                        ||

||  Source......: WEB (16bit)                                        ||
||  Encoder.....: libFLAC                                            ||
||  Bitrate.....: 1064kbps avg.                                      ||
||  F.Rate......: 44.1kHz                                            ||

||  Playtime....: 00:43:22 / 345.98MB                                ||
||  R.Date......: 2024-09-12                                         ||
||  S.Date......: 2024-09-13                                         ||
||  Website.....: https://open.qobuz.com/album/e64g9h35g9nea         ||

||  01. Reikul vofa                                         8:13     ||
||  02. Viðjar holdsins                                     4:43     ||
||  03. Helgrindur                                          4:53     ||
||  04. Dreyrrauði                                          4:45     ||
||  05. Hvíldarsálmur                                       6:14     ||
||  06. Iðrun og ótti                                       4:28     ||
||  07. Úr iðramyrkri                                       4:06     ||
||  08. Duftið eitt                                         6:00     ||

||  Vafurlogi is rooted both spiritually and literally in the early  ||
||  2000s black metal movement, as the earliest songs were written   ||
||  nearly twenty years ago. Like the stalwarts of that era,         ||
||  Vafurlogi draws inspiration not only from the staunch            ||
||  traditionalism of the '90s but also from its rebellious spirit   ||
||  of discovery and creation.                                       ||

||  Fronted by guitarist Þórir Garðarsson of Sinmara and             ||
||  Svartidauði, who now also takes on vocal and bass duties,        ||
||  Vafurlogi presents a new chapter for him as a songwriter.        ||
||  Throughout years of activity with his other bands, the essence   ||
||  of Vafurlogi slowly cultivated in parallel below the surface.    ||
||  Initially a vessel for accumulated works not suitable for        ||
||  Svartidauði or Sinmara, Vafurlogi developed into an avenue for   ||
||  him to freely explore different creative ideas and moods. While  ||
||  touching on the apocalyptic, nightmarish realms of Svartidauði   ||
||  and the haunting atmospherics of Sinmara, Vafurlogi places       ||
||  greater emphasis on triumphant and unabashedly melodic           ||
||  flourishes through a comparatively stripped-down compositional   ||
||  approach.                                                        ||

||  In Vafurlogi, Þórir has joined forces with drummer Ragnar        ||
||  Sverrisson, a seasoned veteran of the underground metal scene,   ||
||  having played in various bands both in Iceland and abroad, such  ||
||  as Helfró, Ophidian I, Abyssal, and Valkyrja. After the album    ||
||  recordings, the lineup was reinforced with Eysteinn Orri         ||
||  Sigurðsson of Nyrst and Úlfúð on guitars and Samúel Ásgeirsson   ||
||  of Volcanova on bass. "Í vökulli áþján" was produced at the      ||
||  esteemed Studio Emissary by Stephen Lockhart of Rebirth of       ||
||  Nefast between 2020 and 2024, presenting songs written mostly    ||
||  between 2018 and 2020.                                           ||

||  Vafurlogi is Icelandic for 'flickering flame', but the name can  ||
||  also be literally translated as 'wandering light' - and therein  ||
||  lies the key to the project's thematic essence. Vafurlogi        ||
||  explores man's incessant and despairing search for meaning and   ||
||  the ever-elusive sacred light while condemned to roam spiritual  ||
||  wastelands.                                                      ||