{"id":31374,"date":"2025-05-20T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/afargang-black-metal-kisses-folk\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T05:20:00","slug":"afargang-black-metal-kisses-folk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/afargang-black-metal-kisses-folk\/","title":{"rendered":"AFARGANG: Black Metal kisses Folk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30907\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Afargang.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Olav Luksengard Mjelva started playing the violin at the age of seven. He has worked on several soundtracks, including the Marvel series &#8220;Loki&#8221; and the video game &#8220;God of War: Ragnar\u00f6k&#8221;.  Mjelva sings himself on his <strong>Afargang album<\/strong>&#8220;Andvake&#8221;, with Haldor Bromstad providing the growls. Olav Luksengard Mjelva discovered his passion for rock and heavy metal at an early age. However, the fact that he then achieved fame in Norwegian folk music of all things turned out to be a stroke of luck in retrospect.    Find out more in our May\/June issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orkus0525_U1_ohneBarcode-1024-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30532\" style=\"width:274px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orkus0525_U1_ohneBarcode-1024-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orkus0525_U1_ohneBarcode-1024-389x550.jpg 389w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orkus0525_U1_ohneBarcode-1024-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Orkus0525_U1_ohneBarcode-1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Buy the May\/June issue:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.orkus-shop.de\/p\/orkus-edition-special-mai-juni-2025-30-jahre-jubilaeum\" style=\"background-color:#8b171a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Orkus! shop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to <strong>Afargang<\/strong> in our &#8220;Current Issue&#8221; playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/4jHJBBSbRZp2SNFeHoJMfA?si=c3fa9d413e5d4d8f\" title=\"Spotify Embed: ORKUS! - CURRENT ISSUE \/ AKTUELLE AUSGABE\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4jHJBBSbRZp2SNFeHoJMfA?si=c3fa9d413e5d4d8f&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olav Luksengard Mjelva started playing the violin at the age of seven. 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