“Sōl ond Māni” takes inspiration from Scandinavian mythology. Carried along over a slow pounding of drums by carnyx, tagelharpa and other ancestral instruments, grieving vocals tell the story of the Sun and the Moon being chased by two mythological wolves until the time of Ragnarök. Moving from whispered incantation to feral howl, the song descends into a place where myth, memory and mourning coalesce.

“The wolves will catch the sun and moon when that fated time comes and their light will spill like blood until there will be no light left”, Horbach says. “This will leave the world in fimbulwinter, when only darkness and conflict remains”.

Last year, Horbach lost both his father and stepfather. Their absence echoes throughout “Sōl ond Māni” through the sawing strings of a broken Nyckelharpa. This fiddle-like instrument accidentally fell onto the ground following one of Sowulo’s live performances. “Writing this song became a way to give the death of this instrument a voice”, Horbach continues. “To let it sing through its brokenness and turn that into something meaningful”.

The music video for “Sōl ond Māni” was filmed and directed by Vincent de Fallois. Color grading was done by Micky Huijsmans

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