Biography
🐺 It wasn't chosen by chance, the band's name. Three brothers lived in The Wolf's Valley the Elder Edda said. This echoes the symbolic number of founding members. Became twinned later the founding members were. ⚔️
🐺 History of Ulfdallir began on the eve of Yule in 2014 (December, 20), when Auðunn Eiriksson - vocalist and bass player, and one of the founders of MDM-band Envenom (RUS), decided to gather like-minded people and create viking- / melodic death metal band. It was due to the fact that most staff of Envenom (RUS) did not see their creation in this (Scandinavian) category. However, it didn't stop Auðunn, and together with Asleifr and Hafrgrim, they created a new band.
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In December of 2015 it was decided to invite for recording an old friend of Asleifr and Auðunn - Ragonar. It was caused by necessity of relieve tension from the musicians (originally, guitar parties was to play Asleifr). In early January of 2016, after the year's break, the band started to record their debut album. Coming up new riffs, lyrics and even the composition as a whole, refined and reworked already existing material.
May 18, 2016 to Ulfdallir joined drummer Sigurðr, instead the digital Sven. We started joint rehearsals. ⚔️
🐺 July 15, 2016 released the long-awaited album "Ярость Фенрира" (Fenrir's Wrath). ⚔️
🐺 At the end of 2016, Asleifr left the band and 4 other members began to prepare for concert activity. After 6 months of searching for a new guitarist, co-founder and lead guitarist of legendary Russian funeral doom metal band Comatose Vigil - Alexander Orlov (Asbjörn Skjegg) joined the team. ⚔️
🐺 Throughout 2017, the band actively rehearsed and performed live in local clubs. The fall of 2017, another single from the debut album was fully re-recorded and released on Novemder 17 - "Сын Одина (re-recorded 2017)". At the same time, due to personal reasons, Ragonar and Sigurðr left the band. Despite the line-up losses, the band continued to actively develop, and switched to writing new material. ⚔️
🐺 Over the next three years (2018-2020), more than 14 new songs and dozens of new ideas and riffs were written. It's time for new studio sessions, the search for new sounds and the use of new technological capabilities of the band. ⚔️
🔥 The first release of the new era was the EP-album "Ulfhedinn" released on December 20, 2022. ⚔️
🔥 The second was released on October 18, 2023 - "Age of Storms and Wolves", the first single from upcoming album "Fimbulvinter". ⚔️
🔥 The third was released on July 17, 2025 - "Einherjar", the second single from upcoming album "Fimbulvinter". ⚔️
More to come soon!
Ulfdallir today: Auðunn Eiriksson - lyricist, bass player, vocalistHafrgrim Högröst - lyricist, vocalist, concept art designerAlexander Orlov (Asbjörn Skjegg) - composer, guitarist, sound engineer & producer
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.