IHSAHN to collaborate with Starofash and Grimen on new Neo-Folk album "Hardingrock"

This recording is a collaboration between the musicians Starofash (Heidi Solberg Tveitan), Ihsahn (Vegard Tveitan) and Grimen (the fiddler Knut Buen) in a musical category we have labeled "Hardingrock". "Grimen" presents folk tunes on the Norwegian national instrument, Harding fiddle, text and melodies based on Norwegian mythical tradition, arranged and re-composed in modern form with influences from heavy metal and classically inspired electronica. An experimental project where folk tunes are thematically broken down and expressed in a new rhythmic and harmonic form with guitars, piano, keyboards, percussion, recitation and song. "It has been a great experience to work with such a fine musician as Knut Buen", says Heidi S. Tveitan, the name behind Starofash. "The process has been challenging in terms of us having to work within the tonality of Norwegian Folk music, and to make non-rhythmic music into 'rock'n'roll rhythms'", she continues. "Even though the elements the three of us brought to the table were very contrasting, I think we're all very pleased with how it came together", says IHSAHN. "The material provided to us by Knut is a huge part of Norway's cultural treasure, and I think the album definitely is a worthy development that rocks!"