Norway’s Dark Essence Records has today revealed the artwork and details for the upcoming release from the recently announced signing, black-folk metallers GALAR. With a release date set for the 1st of March 2010, Til Alle Heimsens Endar will consist of eight tracks, and will be the band’s sophomore album. The title is taken from Snorri Sturluson's history of Norwegian kings, Heimskringla, and means "until the ends of all worlds".

Tracklisting as follows:

'Forspill'

'Ván'

'Paa Frossen Mark'

'Grámr'

'Det Graa Riket'

'Ingen Siger Vart Vunnin'

'Til Alle Heimsens Endar'

'Etterspill'

Hailing from Bergen, Norway, Galar is a two-man band that makes use of guest artists from various musical disciplines, as well as an unusual array of instruments including bassoon, grand piano, double bass, cello, viola and violin; and combines haunting melodies with blast beats and grim vocals, to produce a sound that is evocative of the traditions of both black metal and folk music. For Til Alle Heimsens Endar the band has produced a concept album based around the history of the Viking kings who ruled Galar’s home county of Vestfold. Whilst the lyrics are all in Norwegian, the band has ensured that there will be introductory notes explaining the concept in English, as well as for each individual song.

Aside from Galar members M. Kristiansen on screams, guitars and bass, and A. B. Lauritzen on clean vocals, bassoon and grand piano, the line up for Til Alle Heimsens Endar includes Phobos (GRAVDAL, AETERNUS, MALSAIN) on drums, Ricardo Odriozola on first and second violins, Hans Gunnar Hagen on viola, Siri Hilmen on cello, Morten Nome on double bass, and Cecile Langlie on female vox.

More information about Galar can be found on the band’s MySpace page.