Eihwar Release Live Concert Showcasing Their Unique Look And Sound…As they prepare to set sail on their first-ever U.S. tour, today, the viral Viking sensation Eihwar are releasing a new live video. Filmed during the duo’s set at the 2026 Echos & Merveilles Festival in France, the video highlights hits from their hotly-received new album, Hugrheim, with a thrilling performance that sets the dance floor ablaze with shamanic drums, magical chants and powerful electro beats.
Eihwar’s performance at the 2026 Echos & Merveilles Festival showcases the new live show that Asrunn and Mark have built for Hugrheim. Created by lighting designer Yann Gaignard, the stage design places the pagan superheroes inside a fantastical post-apocalyptic Viking camp that’s dominated by towering, fluorescent totems. The setlist includes current hits like “Nauðiz” and the title track from their new album, plus the viral smash “Berserkr”, which has 1.6 million views and counting on YouTube.
The enfants terribles of Season of Mist and the pagan scene’s sacrilegious project, Eihwar, is an explosive mix of nordic folk and electro-industrial. Far from the ceremonial seriousness of most neo-viking bands, their wild, cartoonish style remixes Norse mythology with a Mad Max twist.
Last year confirmed that their minimalist electro setup can unleash joyful chaos among big metal festival crowds, with performances at Wacken Open Air, Resurrection Fest and Midgardsblot. Chosen by The Hu as the opening act for their French and German shows, Eihwar is quite a meteor strike for a band founded just two years ago.
“Over the past few years, our souls have gradually taken over the bodies of two human musicians. Through incarnation, we lost much of our memories. All that remains are images, emotions, and fragments from our previous existence, mixed in with the thoughts and memories of our human hosts. In this new song, we evoke the memories that gradually come back to us: memories of Hugrheim, the tenth world of Yggdrasil, hidden and unknown to men. This world is shaped by the Hugr, the spirit. In this realm dwell the invisible forces of the soul and consciousness. When our vessels perish here and our incarnation ends, we will return to Hugrheim. Still, we hope to remain here as long as possible this time, because nowadays the beer is fucking good, the rockstar life is pretty damn cool, and dental anesthesia actually exists.”
— Mark & Asrunn
Line-up:
Asrunn — Vocals, Shamanic Drums
Mark — Vocals, War Drums, Folk Guitar, Tagelharpa, Percussion & Programming
For more on Eihwar, visit: https://www.eihwar.com/
