What’s the recipe for stardom? Though the exact ingredients are greatly debated, most would agree that singing exclusively about Norse mythology, in old poetic forms, in a language spoken by a handful of people, would not be a good strategy for achieving fame. Yet for Icelandic heavy metal act Skálmöld, that’s the exact combination that catapulted them onto world stages and earned them thousands of adoring fans.
Living Legends
Words by
Jelena Ćirić
Jelena Ćirić
Photography by
Golli
What’s the recipe for stardom? Though the exact ingredients are greatly debated, most would agree that singing exclusively about Norse mythology, in old poetic forms, in a language spoken by a handful of people, would not be a good strategy for achieving fame. Yet for Icelandic heavy metal act Skálmöld, that’s the exact combination that catapulted them onto world stages and earned them thousands of adoring fans.
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