{"id":14608,"date":"2026-05-25T18:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=14608"},"modified":"2026-05-25T18:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T18:36:10","slug":"fragmentshelrunar-arstidir-lifsins-fragments-a-mythological-excavation-vinyl-lpfragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=14608","title":{"rendered":"FragmentsHelrunar \/ \u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir L\u00edfsins \u2013 Fragments &#8211; A Mythological Excavation (Vinyl, LP)Fragments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"990\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/464018145_8935711519774540_8066632763028111335_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/464018145_8935711519774540_8066632763028111335_n.webp 990w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/464018145_8935711519774540_8066632763028111335_n-500x299.webp 500w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/464018145_8935711519774540_8066632763028111335_n-768x460.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Helrunar \/ \u00c1rst\u00ed\u00f0ir L\u00edfsins \u2013 Fragments &#8211; A Mythological Excavation (Vinyl, LP)<\/strong><br>Label: Lupus Lounge \u2013 WOLF 056 LPS, V\u00e1n \u2013 V\u00e1n93<br>Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Silver<br>Country: Germany<br>Released: Aug 30, 2013<br>Style: Black Metal, Viking Metal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joint conceptual release by the two Mythological Metal bands<br>Apart from being a collaborative effort by Helrunar und \u00c1rst\u00ed\u2202ir L\u00edfsins, who each recorded one song of epic length, \u00abFragments &#8211; A Mythological Excavation\u00bb also testifies to the friendship between the labels of both bands, Prophecy Productions and V\u00e1n Records. As the title of this release (overall duration: 35 minutes) already suggests, both groups delve into mythological topics: Helrunar&#8217;s \u00abWein f\u00fcr Polyphem\u201c draws from Homer&#8217;s \u00abOdyssey\u00bb while \u00c1rst\u00ed\u2202ir l\u00edfsins\u2018 \u00abVindsvalarm\u00e1l\u201c taps into the sources of Old Norse mythology. What in the end unifies both songs musically as well as lyrically are their monumental character and apocalyptic undertone which is manifest to the elemental force of those mythological ideas &#8211; a power reanimated by \u00abFragments\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gatefold sleeve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>180g virgin vinyl (silver)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 posters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PVC protection sleeve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>limited to 500 copies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arstidir Lifsins - Vindsvalarmal (taken from &quot;Fragments. 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As the title of this release (overall duration: 35 minutes) already suggests, both groups delve into mythological topics: Helrunar&#8217;s \u00abWein f\u00fcr Polyphem\u201c draws from Homer&#8217;s \u00abOdyssey\u00bb while \u00c1rst\u00ed\u2202ir l\u00edfsins\u2018 \u00abVindsvalarm\u00e1l\u201c taps into the sources of Old Norse mythology. What in the end unifies both songs musically as well as lyrically are their monumental character and apocalyptic undertone which is manifest to the elemental force of those mythological ideas &#8211; a power reanimated by \u00abFragments\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,1032],"tags":[5,1166],"class_list":["post-14608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-distribution","category-vinyl","tag-black-metal","tag-viking-metal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14611,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14608\/revisions\/14611"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}