Siberian ritual folk shamans NYTT LAND have set their signatures under a multi-album deal with Prophecy Productions. Their upcoming new studio album will be released via the label in 2025.
NYTT LAND comment: “With great spirit, we are sincerely glad to become a part of the Prophecy family”, Natalia Pakhalenko writes on behalf of the band. “Music has always been more than a rhythm and melody for us. More than a song, it is an integral part of our life, the life of our family. It is important for us that what we create is accepted and understood in the way that we hear and feel it. Our ritual will continue among like-minded people, together with Prophecy.”
NYTT LAND came into being as a ritualistic Nordic folk band envisioned by the husband and wife duo Natalya and Anatoly Pakhalenko in the Western Siberian town Kalachinsk, on the banks of River Om and crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway, in August 2013.
Following three self-released albums, “Nytt Land” (2013), “Hávamál” (2015), and “Scopun: Songs from the Elder Edda” (2016), their label debut “Fimbulvinter” came out in 2017 and was followed by the 2018 full-length “Oðal”. These releases opened many doors for the duo, who performed across Europe at viking, folk, and metal festivals – including the UK at the York Viking Centre Festival in 2018. Even before “Fimbulvinter” hit the stores worldwide, NYTT LAND had already supported several Russian concerts of the Norwegian genre pioneers WARDRUNA in 2016 and 2017.
While NYTT LAND also continued to self-release albums, the Siberian elements in their music began to surface stronger than before on their third label full-length “Ritual”. The composer couple also takes inspiration from the vast natural landscapes and forests surrounding their home and includes the calls of ravens and other natural sounds.
True to their often dark and mysterious subjects, the lyrics of NYTT LAND echo myth and stories from Norse and Siberian legends and historic sources and are told in the languages of both indigenous Siberian tribes and Old Norse.
NYTT LAND will release their next album via the label in 2025.
Line-up
Natalia Pakhalenko – vocals, throat singing, shaman drums
Anatoly Pakhalenko – throat singing, talharpa, flutes, percussion, mouth harp
Aleksandr Rosliakov – live drums
Style: Siberian ritual folk
Links
www.facebook.com/nyttland
www.instagram.com/nyttland_official