FILE / RECORDING
Release
A Classic Christmas Song
The murder-ballad tradition, carried by two-time Norwegian hardingfele champion Aleksander R. Olavsen.
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Single
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Personnel
Aleksander R. Olavsen — hardingfele
The story
Rogalyd describes it as a beautiful melody with gripping vocals and an extremely dark lyric. The hardingfele matters here: it brings a recognisably Norwegian traditional timbre into Deathbarrel’s Americana framework without turning the song into heritage display.
The release attracted praise from figures across Norwegian alternative music and international punk — a reminder that the band’s audience remains stylistically porous.