Hot on the heels of their recent South American journey and European tour with LEAVES’ EYES, NYTT LAND announce new live dates for Europe in spring and additional festival shows for later this summer.
Please see below for all currently confirmed live dates.
NYTT LAND comment: “In May, on the wings of wild Siberian winds, we will return to Europe with big concerts”, throat singer and multi-instrumentalistAnatoly Pakhalenko promises. “In the flames of bonfires, to the rhythms of drums, the voices of strings, steppe flutes, and the magic of traditional throat singing, we will pass under the blessing of the spirits of Fire, Earth and Sky to create these long-awaited Rituals with all of you!”
The Siberian ritual folk band from Kalachinsk is currently preparing to unleash of their ninth album “Songs of the Shaman”, which has been slated for release on May 16, 2025.
Please see below for cover art, tracklist, and further details of “Songs of the Shaman“.
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Tour
22 MAY 2025 Goes (NL) Podium ‘t Beest
24 MAY 2025 Vallet (FR) Lid ar Morrigan Festival
25 MAY 2025 Montpellier (FR) Secret Place
26 MAY 2025 Barcelona (ES) Sala Laut
29 MAY 2025 Lindau (DE) Club Vaudeville
03 JUN 2025 Krakow (PL) Gwarek
Summer Festivals
06 JUN 2025 Leipzig (DE) Wave Gotik Treffen
15 AUG 2025 Dinkelsbühl (DE) Summer Breeze Festival
17 AUG 2025 Guebwiller (FR) Spirit In Black Festival
30 AUG 2025 Fribourg (CH) Arbor Pagan Festival
12 SEP 2025 Balve (DE) Balver Höhle, Prophecy Fest
On previous news, NYTT LAND revealed the trance-inducing track ‘Cingelji Ingelji (The Song of the Shaman’s Assistant)‘ as the next single taken from their forthcoming new album “Songs of the Shaman“.
The track ‘Cingelji Ingelji‘ is available for immediate publication via the following link: https://youtu.be/RJWP29Appyk
NYTT LAND commented: “The title ‘The Song of the Shaman’s Assistant’ actually means the song, which the assistant performs when the shaman makes the transition between worlds”, throat singer and multi-instrumentalist Anatoly Pakhalenko clarified. “Through this song, the helper completes the rite of transition by picking up the rhythm of the shaman’s drum. This track, like all the other songs on this album, is a recording of an authentic Tunguso-Manchu shamanic ritual. Its lyrics have come down to us from ancient Chinese sources. We did not translate the song into a modern language, but recorded it in its most original sound in order to preserve and convey all the energy and ancient power of this traditional shamanic rituals.”
Tracklist
1. Eikule Yekule
(The Ritual of Divination)
2. Cingelji Ingelji
(The Song of the Shaman’s Assistant)
3. Eikuli Yekuli
(Summoning the Spirit of the River – The Borders of the Land of the Dead)
4. Kerani Kerani
(The Ritual of Returning the Soul From the Land of the Dead)
5. Hoge Yage
(The Ritual of the Beginning of the Path)
6. Ara Koro
(Oldman’s Song)
7. Hogi Yagi
(Summoning the Spirit – Stealer of Souls)
8. Hailambi Xulembi
(The Ritual of Exorcising an Evil Dead Spirit)
9. Demon Slayer
10. Hobage Yebage
(Summoning the Spirit to Cross the River)
Shamanism has become an item of Western pop culture that is quite randomly attached to any kind of new age esoteric phenomena involving animistic elements and trance-like experiences but also referred to regarding religious and magical aspects of barely understood ancient cultures. In a more strict sense, the term refers to spiritual practices of indigenous Siberian peoples. Its practitioners, the shamans, interact with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness as protectors of their communities.
On their album “Songs of the Shaman”, NYTT LAND interpret traditional shamanic songs or spells of Siberias’s Manchu–Tungus ethno-linguistic groups. These songs use ancient musical techniques such as throat singing and drums and they were recorded in their original language. The latter was done to preserve the power that lies in the sound and the phonetics as well as the rhythm of the texts. This collection of primordial magic in the shape of songs summoning spirits, incantations, and wards has been carefully selected and deliberately excludes spells that are aimed at causing harm.
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.
With “Songs of the Shaman”, NYTT LAND take the ones willing to hear on a journey to a place in time and space where spirits rule and even gods fear to tread. Listen with caution!
Band: Nytt Land
Album title: Songs of the Shaman
Release date: May 16, 2025
Style: Siberian ritualistic folk
Label: Prophecy Productions
Review Impact Date: April 14, 2025
Line-up
Natalia Pakhalenko – vocals, throat singing, shaman drums
Anatoly Pakhalenko – throat singing, talharpa, flutes, percussion, mouth harp
Aleksandr Rosliakov – live drums
Guest musicians
Yuri Pakhalenko – whistle on ”Eikuli Yekuli’
Recording, mix & mastering
Anatoly Pakhalenko at Nytt Land Studio, Kalachinsk, Siberia (RU)
Artwork by Rotten Fantom
Layout by Anatoly Pakhalenko
Available formats
“Songs of the Shaman” is available as a 2CD 36-page artbook, on Digipak CD, as a black vinyl LP, and as a marbled black & gold vinyl LP.
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