Dark black metal project HULDER release “View From Nemeton”, the lead single and accompanying music video from their forthcoming album Verbolgen, due August 7, 2026 via Season of Mist (World ex-North America) and 20 Buck Spin (North America). The single opens the album’s campaign and marks the first visual statement from what stands as the project’s most fully realised work to date.
“Captured on analog mediums in the forests of the Pacific Northwestern landscape and woven together by Liana Rakijian and Hulder, ‘View From Nemeton’ serves as a glimpse from the eye of the otherworld,” the band states.
Watch View From Nemeton: https://youtu.be/Q2gttZHbJsw
“View From Nemeton” moves through the ceremonial and the spectral, its lyrics evoking a sacred site in the realm of the otherworld where the living and the dead converge: “In realm of the otherworld where undead and living shall meet / View from Nemeton as veil of soma is thinned.” The track builds on a foundation of layered riffing and atmospheric density, anchored by the recurring incantation “Bone to Bone / Limb to Limb / Blood to Blood”, before opening into sequences of hurdy gurdy and keys that widen the piece’s ceremonial register.
Emerging from the American Pacific Northwest, HULDER built a devoted following across a series of releases marked by their commitment to ancient craft, uncompromising production, and a sound rooted in the Northern European black metal tradition. Verbolgen sees the project expand its instrumental palette: drawing in hurdy gurdy from KELD (Majesties, Obsequiae, Celestiial) and split drum contributions from VAPULA and VROLOK (Aeternus, Gorgoroth), while sharpening the dual creative core that has defined its most compelling work.
“View From Nemeton” is available now across all platforms. Verbolgen will be released on August 7, 2026 via Season of Mist (World ex-North America) and 20 Buck Spin (North America).
Pre-order & pre-save: https://orcd.co/hulderverbolgen
