Saturday 19th March it was finally time, the release-party of the new Kampfar album Mare, pub ‘de Beugel’ in Arnhem. Folk-metal.nl spoke with Kampfar’s bass-player Jon. First of all of course the we ask what the title of this album is about. My Norwegian dictionary tells me a Mare is the same as it is in English. But while I thought this is a rather strange title for a folk/black metal album I had to ask them. But it turned out, I should have googled for this. Mare is a evil creature form the ancient Norse mythology. It’s first mentioned in the Ynglinga saga, but the story is much older. She’s a creature which rides at night on the back of people to bring them scary dreams. Nice chosen title which fits perfectly to the darf feeling their album brings.