Nytt Land reveal the ritualistic video clip ‘Hailabmi Xulembi (The Ritual of Exorcising an Evil Dead Spirit)’ as the first single taken from their forthcoming new album “Songs of the Shaman”. The ninth full-length, including self-released titles, of the Siberian ritual folk band from Kalachinsk has been chalked up for release on May 16, 2025.
The video clip ”Hailabmi Xulembi’ is now available for immediate publication via the following link: https://youtu.be/Nr1c4Khz62E
Nytt Land comment: “The song ‘Hailambi Xulembi’ is an ancient Tunguso-Manchurian traditional shamanic spell to exorcise the evil spirit of a dead-man who haunts living people”, throat singer and multi-instrumenalist Anatoly Pakhalenko explains. “The lyrics of this track are taken from the ancient shamanic rituals of the Tungus-Manchurian peoples of Southern Siberia, who have been described in ethnographic monographs by Russian and Chinese scientists studying the way of life and religious worldviews of these people in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ‘Hailambi Xulembi’ was recorded in compliance with the preliminary protective shamanic rituals, some of which were filmed for the video clip. They were performed without abbreviations in the original language with the most accurate preservation of the phonetics and the power of this ancient shamanic spell. This recording may be used for shamanic and neo-shamanic rituals.”
Tracklist: 1. Eikule Yekule (The Ritual of Divination) 2. Cingelji Ingelji (The Song of the Shaman’s Assistant) 3. Eikuli Yekuli (Summoning the Spirit of the River – The Borders of the Land of the Dead) 4. Kerani Kerani (The Ritual of Returning the Soul From the Land of the Dead) 5. Hoge Yage (The Ritual of the Beginning of the Path) 6. Ara Koro (Oldman’s Song) 7. Hogi Yagi (Summoning the Spirit – Stealer of Souls) 8. Hailambi Xulembi (The Ritual of Exorcising an Evil Dead Spirit) 9. Demon Slayer 10. Hobage Yebage (Summoning the Spirit to Cross the River)
Shamanism has become an item of Western pop culture that is quite randomly attached to any kind of new age esoteric phenomena involving animistic elements and trance-like experiences but also referred to regarding religious and magical aspects of barely understood ancient cultures. In a more strict sense, the term refers to spiritual practices of indigenous Siberian peoples. Its practitioners, the shamans, interact with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness as protectors of their communities.
On their album “Songs of the Shaman”, Nytt Land interpret traditional shamanic songs or spells of Siberias’s Manchu–Tungus ethno-linguistic groups. These songs use ancient musical techniques such as throat singing and drums and they were recorded in their original language. The latter was done to preserve the power that lies in the sound and the phonetics as well as the rhythm of the texts. This collection of primordial magic in the shape of songs summoning spirits, incantations, and wards has been carefully selected and deliberately excludes spells that are aimed at causing harm.
Nytt Land came into being as a ritualistic Nordic folk band envisioned by the husband and wife duo Natalya and Anatoly Pakhalenko in the Western Siberian town Kalachinsk, on the banks of River Om and crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway, in August 2013.
Following three self-released albums, “Nytt Land” (2013), “Hávamál” (2015), and “Scopun: Songs from the Elder Edda” (2016), their label debut “Fimbulvinter” came out in 2017 and was followed by the 2018 full-length “Oðal”. These releases opened many doors for the duo, who performed across Europe at viking, folk, and metal festivals – including the UK at the York Viking Centre Festival in 2018. Even before “Fimbulvinter” hit the stores worldwide, Nytt Land had already supported several Russian concerts of the Norwegian genre pioneers WARDRUNA in 2016 and 2017.
While Nytt Land also continued to self-release albums, the Siberian elements in their music began to surface stronger than before on their third label full-length “Ritual”. The composer couple also takes inspiration from the vast natural landscapes and forests surrounding their home and includes the calls of ravens and other natural sounds.
True to their often dark and mysterious subjects, the lyrics of Nytt Land echo myth and stories from Norse and Siberian legends and historic sources and are told in the languages of both indigenous Siberian tribes and Old Norse.
With “Songs of the Shaman”, Nytt Land take the ones willing to hear on a journey to a place in time and space where spirits rule and even gods fear to tread. Listen with caution!
Nytt Land line-up: Natalia Pakhalenko – vocals, throat singing, shaman drums / Anatoly Pakhalenko – throat singing, talharpa, flutes, percussion, mouth harp / Aleksandr Rosliakov – live drums
Guest musicians: Yuri Pakhalenko – whistle on ”Eikuli Yekuli’ / Recording, mix & mastering: Anatoly Pakhalenko at Nytt Land Studio, Kalachinsk, Siberia (RU) / Artwork by Rotten Fantom
Layout by Anatoly Pakhalenko
Available formats: “Songs of the Shaman” is available as a 2CD 36-page artbook, on Digipak CD, as a black vinyl LP, and as a marbled black & gold vinyl LP.
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