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Varang Nord is a heavy metal band from Latvia formed in 2014. The band cites Turisas, Amon Amarth and Finntroll as their biggest influences.[1]

Varang Nord
Origin	Daugavpils, Latvia
Genres	Folk metal Viking metal
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Sliptrick Records Metal Scrap Records
Members	Jeļena Kaļniša Danila Lopuha Maksims Popovs Aigars Zeiza Vjačeslavs Janens
Past members	Artjoms Kuricins Jaroslavs Sokolovs Edvīns Lazarevičs
Website	varangnord.com

History

In 2019 Varang Nord won the Wacken Metal Battle competition.[2]

Their fourth studio album Pārķiuņa uomurs ("Thunder's Hammer") was released on 23 February 2021, and is fully sung in Latgalian. The album's orchestral arrangements were done by composer Yuri Borin, while Sergey Karshev wrote the bass parts and Alyona Fomina plays the bagpipes and talharpa.[3][4]

In the end of 2020, Varang Nord announced a 2021 Heathen Heroes Tour in September with concerts in Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland, featuring Týr, Arkona, Dalriada and Varmia.[5]

In 2021 their album "Pārķiuņa Uomurs" was nominated as 'Global Metal Release Of The Year', it finished joint 7th with the album "A Legacy Of Vengeance" by the Falkland Islands death metal band Bloodrust. The band themselves were nominated 'Breakthrough European Band' and finished 10th. [6]

Members

Current members

• Jeļena Kaļniša — accordion, vocals (2014–present)
• Danila Lopuha — bass guitar (2017–present)
• Maksims Popovs — electric guitar, vocals (2014–present)
• Aigars Zeiza — drums (2015–present)
• Vjačeslavs Janens — percussions (2017–present)

Former members

• Artjoms Kuricins — bass guitar (2014–2016)
• Jaroslavs Sokolovs — electric guitar (2014–2017)

Discography

• Fire of the North (2014; EP)
• Master of the Forest (2015)
• Call of Battle (2016; EP)
• Call of Battle (2017)
• Pārķiuņa uomurs (2021)

References

External links

• Official website

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