Varg
Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024
VARG Call To A Ritual With Live at Wolfszeit Festival 2024
VARG gather their followers around them and call for a joint ritual: on May 22, 2026, the pagan metal
band will share the recording of a special evening with their first live album, Live at Wolfszeit Festival
2024. Recorded at the group’s very own festival, it contains thrilling live versions of 16 tracks. Live at Wolfszeit Festival
2024 invites you to be part of the home match both as an audio and a video recording
in Blu-ray format—filmed with 13 cameras, which makes for a particularly well-rounded live
experience.
On their new album, VARG conduct a campaign through their discography. It begins with “Aufzug der
Heere” and “Schildfront”, which were first released in 2008 on the split EP Schildfront with Minas
Morgul, and leads to “Ewige Wacht”, the title track of their latest album which was released in 2023
and is their biggest chart success to date. The visually stunning atmosphere of the evening flares up in
a fiery production, impressively directed by frontman Freki. Light installations pierce the darkness and
amplify the ritualistic power of the show. VARG remain “Immer Treu” (engl: Always Faithful; Ewige
Wacht, 2023) to their fans, who respond with enthusiastic cheers—the band’s energetic songs and
devoted performance make this particularly rousing. The crystal-clear production of the live spectacle
is also reflected in “Morgenrot” on which Freki’s growls and singer Fylgja harmonize particularly
beautifully—the latter is also honored with the rare live gem “Fylgja” (both also Ewige Wacht, 2023).
“Blutaar”, the title track of the German band’s second album released in 2010, on the other hand,
strikes a harder tone, bathed in deep red light. After the ominous thematic ...