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A Wild, Mystical Evening
Concert Review: Eihwar
I have Steve Goldberg to thank for alerting me to this. We already have tickets to go see the Faroese singer Eivør together in November, so when he mentioned he had tickets to Eihwar and couldn’t go, and asked if I would like them, I was confused for a minute. Then realized it was another artist, another date.
I had not heard them before, so I checked out some YouTube clips. Well, this was a no-brainer. High-energy pagan folk-metal electronica with drums? Count me in.
If you have read this column regularly, you have seen posts about other pagan or folk metal bands, from Heilung to the Hu. I have a thing for music that sounds like it came from some sort of archaeological time machine, complete with nature spirits. Eihwar belong on the stage with any of those bands.
The show wasn't sold out, which, of course, wasn't the ideal outcome for the band. But it worked out for us, as we didn’t have to elbow for space and could see the proceedings. The crowd took full advantage, with a lot of dancing and stomping around an imaginary firepit.
The opening band, Frayle, is an American outfit that has a sort of sludgy, doom-metal vibe. I like their sound, but I’m not sure a whole album of their music would hold my interest. Still, they are a good stylistic complement and…
