[Cover photo credit to Hughes de Castillo]

International power-trio Norna have shared new single “Shadow Works”, taken from their self-titled second album, set for release on the 30th of August, 2024 through Berlin’s Pelagic Records. It explores some of the deepest territory in our minds and experiences.

The trio, who makes heavy music, hails from Sweden and the Swiss Alps, and is and named after Norse goddesses who wove the tapestry of fate underneath the mythical World Tree.

Despite only forming in 2020, the three pillars of Norna bring decades of experience with them. Consisting of Swedish Post-Hardcore pioneer Tomas Liljedahl (Breach, The Old Wind) and Swiss artists Christophe Macquat and Marc Theurillat (both of instrumental juggernaut Ølten), Norna came together with friend and Producer Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna), to create something new.

Norna craft their songs using Dropbox and each member remotely adds layer upon layer over time before the band gather together in the studio. Their single “Shadow Works” was created in this way for a maximalist heavy sound.

Norna says about “Shadow Works”:

Shadow Works will submerge you to the deepest part of decadent darkness. We will all pass through there at some point during our illusionary path through the suffering world.