Månegarm have announced their much-awaited new studio album, entitled Edsvuren, to be released on August 29, 2025 via Napalm Records! A music video for the band’s first hauntingly powerful single “Hör mitt kall”, is now revealed.

“2025 marks the 30-year anniversary for Månegarm as a band and what better way to celebrate than to release a brand new album!” The trio states. “”Edsvuren” (Sworn) is our 12th studio album and it showcases every corner of the Månegarm music spectrum. After months of hard work we are so ready to release this beauty!

Known for weaving Norse mythology, ancient rites, and folkloric wisdom into an unrelenting metal tapestry, Månegarm once again summons the spirits of the past with a song that echoes through the halls of the dead – a desperate summoning of ancestral voices buried in root and soil. Listen to “Hör mitt kall” now on all digital streaming services!

Månegarm comment: “”Hör mitt kall” is our first single from the new album. It’s heavy, it’s raw and it’s inspired by all the great heavy metal bands that made us fall in love with this kind of music! So get on board or move out of the way, this train won’t stop!”

The Swedish Viking metal pioneers celebrate their 30-year career with the release of their most evocative album to date. As one of the leading bands in the genre, they once again bring their inimitable style and the blood oath of viking, black and folk metal back together for an unforgettable and diverse sonic journey. Pensive and dreamy atmospheric monsters meet songs for a proper mead binge – this mixture has brought the band a loyal international fan base and highly acclaimed appearances at prestigious festivals such as Ragnarök and Summer Breeze Open Air.

On their forthcoming studio offering Edsvuren, Månegarm take the oath with traditional Nordic instruments, thus providing necessary authenticity. Guest vocalists Ellinor Videfors and Lea Grawsiö Lindström, who have also supported the band on previous albums, once again provide the perfect contrast between harshness and beauty. On title track “Edsvuren”, singer Liv Hope Lenard joins the wolf pack for the first time and provides one of the album’s most breathtaking highlights. On violin, the acoustic master Martin Björklund is back again, especially shining on pieces like “Rodhins hav”. Edsvuren was recorded and mixed by Pelle Saether at Studio Underground, and was mastered by Sverker Widgren at Wing Studios. The epic cover artwork was created by Kris Verwimp.

Melding raw aggression, ancient beauty and hypnotic black metal influences, Norse mythology, rites and folkloric wisdom in a relentless frenzy of orchestral finesse – on the battlefield of Viking Metal, only Swedish legends MÅNEGARM can emerge victorious with their thunderous anthems. With over 30 years of battle-tested heritage, MÅNEGARM continue to assert themselves as torchbearers of the genre with Edsvuren!

Tracklist

1. I skogsfruns famn (feat. Lea Grawsiö Lindström)
2. Lögrinns värn
3. En blodvittneskrans
4. Rodhins hav (feat. Ellinor Videfors)
5. Till gudars följe
6. En nidings dåd
7. Hör mitt kall
8. I runor ristades orden (feat. Ellinor Videfors)
9. ‘Skild från hugen (feat. Ellinor Videfors)
10. Likgökens fest
11. Edsvuren (feat. Liv Hope Lenard)
12. Ofredsfylgjor
13. As long as winds will blow – Falkenback Cover (Wooden Box + Deluxe Vinyl Edition Bonus Track)
14. Flight of Icarus – Iron Maiden Cover (Wooden Box + Deluxe Vinyl Edition Bonus Track)
15. Hear my call – English version of Hör mitt kall (Wooden Box + Deluxe Vinyl Edition Bonus Track)
16. Ulvhjärtat – Exclusive piano Version (Wooden Box + Deluxe Vinyl Edition Bonus Track)