Voluspaa is a project Freddy Skogstad started in 1994. It comes from a little place called Hønefoss, in Norway. And from this little place, many good bands has seen the day of light. Bands such as:
Voluspaa plays Norwegian Nationalromantic Black Metal. It's mixed with black, viking, folk and acoustic music. Voluspaa expresses a atmospher you can feel and all most touch. The lyric's are from Freddy's view, how he look upon the world and his love for Norway, it's nature and ancient history.
As a live band Voluspaa can be more aggressive. It expresses the love for Norway and want's you to get the kick and satisfaction, the norse feeling upon you.
There is no raceisme or political agenda whitin Voluspaa! (Because of all the stupied people out there, I had to add this so that no one would get confused...)
- The question is not why God created humans, but why humans created God!
What is Voluspaa?
Völuspá (Prophecy of the Völva) is the first and best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end related by a völva addressing Odin. It is one of the most important primary sources for the study of Norse mythology.
The poem is preserved whole in the Codex Regius and Hauksbók manuscripts while parts of it are quoted in the Prose Edda. It consists of approximately 60 fornyrðislag stanzas.
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It was 1994 when Voluspaa first saw the day of light after
Freddy Skogstad decided to form a band with a unique sound blending elements of Black and Viking metal with acoustic and more traditional
folk music.
He teamed up with his good friend Thomas Støen to create Voluspaa’s first release Volvenes Spådom (1994) a demo consisting of four powerful songs of the Black / Viking metal genre. Then after a year of touring and writing songs, Voluspaa recorded a second demo called T.Å.E.M.E.N. which has a more old-school Black metal sound with some Viking influences hanging over. Sometime after T.Å.E.M.E.N. was released Voluspaa was laid on ice, though Freddy continued to write new material.
Voluspaa later signed a deal with Sonicdeath Armageddon to publish T.Å.E.M.E.N. as a limited edition digipack (2006).
Then two years later Voluspaa released a promotional CD entitled En Tid Tilbake (2007), containing 6 songs of new material that ranges from extreme Black metal, rhythmic Viking through to acoustic folk.
Voluspaa re-worked the material on En Tid Tilbake, adding new songs for a second promo Norwegian 
Metal (2008). This combines the atmosphere of En Tid Tilbake with the additional female vocals by Hildr Valkyrie (of Folkearth fame). This release really brought to life what Voluspaa’s music is about. It interweaves harsh Black with Viking metal with the intricate melodies
of acoustic folk music to create a truly unique sound.
In early 2009 Voluspaa started discussing the possibility of a full-length recording with Aurora Australis, and after some consideration a deal was struck with Koia studio located in Åsa, Norway to engineer the recording.
So now we have “Åsa” named after the place where the recording took place and the rootword of “Åsatru”, whose spirit can be heard alive and well in this release. Voluspaa have had a journey since their first demo back in 1994, but they have raised themselves from the burning Norwegian churches to enter the battlefield to fight and defend Norway!
Warriors of Voluspaa
Freddy Skogstad - vocal
Oscar Tronrud - guitar
Ole Kristian Odden - synth, piano & cello
Session:
Jarle Fremstad
- bass
Hildr Vaklkyrje - vocal
Fallen Warriors
† Thomas Støen - guitar (1994-96)
† Per Erik Holt - bass/keys (1994-95)
† Jarle "Uruz"Byberg - drums (1994-95)
† Sub - drums (session 1995)
† Geir Myklebust - drums (session 2008)
† Andreas Heieren - bass (2008-09)
† Jari Kainulainen - bass (2009)
† Anette Gulbrandsen - session vocal (2009)
† Jon Robert Solbakken - guitar (2008-10)
† Ronny Haug - drums (2009-10)