As the chaos of Walpurgisnacht settles into the steady growth of spring, and the remnants of the Beltaine fires change chill to warmth, "Farther Down The Path" has gone out for production. We will have purchase and other details available in the coming weeks. But for this week we have a preview of one of our new songs, freshly recorded and produced by us for the ep. "Waking Frost" is our song of Hel, Goddess of the Norse ancestral underworld. She is also a force of both fire and hail - bringing ravaging transformation to her adherents. Indeed, one half of the band name Hagal - is the rune associated with her elements. This time of year is the counterbalance of the dying and harvest. It is traditionally represented as birth and regrowth. Modern revels range from cheeky frolic to hedonistic outpourings. Both have some root in antiquity. But perhaps save for the "Witch's Night" Walpurgisnacht events that appear in Europe, the other side of this season is often neglected. It is the time of the unbridled energies of rebirth and creation. Which can be as devastating and terrifying as the somber ancestral and underworld energies of Autumn. The wild hunt rides, according to legend. And those that cross The Old Man and the hounds, are forever in his grasp. Spirits of the woodlands, lacking the quaint Victorian dresses and ethereal wings of our pop culture representation emerge. Often, they are at least apathetic towards, if not antithetical to humans. Often their pranks are less jibing, and more destructive. So is it not appropriate the Goddess of fire and ice have her place just as the Greenman sheds his cloak of snow and holly?
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