DANHEIM Releases New Single “Stormdans” From the Upcoming Album Heimferd

Posted on September 29, 2025

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Copenhagen-based musician and producer DANHEIM presents “Stormdans,” the second single from his forthcoming album Heimferd. Known for his evocative blend of Nordic folk and Viking-inspired soundscapes, Danheim (Reidar Schæfer Olsen) has become one of the genre’s defining voices, amassing over 1 billion streams worldwide and gaining recognition with music featured in multiple seasons of Vikings.

“Stormdans” is a forceful and elemental composition, embodying the tension between chaos and ritual. Built on driving percussion and shifting rhythmic layers, it translates the raw power of a storm into sound: turbulent, primal, and alive. The piece forgoes melodic storytelling in favor of rhythm as its central narrative, where each thunderous strike evokes both urgency and ancestral resonance.

Within the broader context of Heimferd, “Stormdans” represents one of the album’s moments of heightened intensity. While other tracks lean into minimalism and quiet reflection, this song embraces density and force, channeling the storm as both destructive and renewing. Its ritualistic pulse captures the balance at the heart of the album: a journey between restraint and release, silence and thunder.

Watch the music video by Kaira Films, directed by Vesa Ranta, on the Danheim YouTube channel:

Heimferd is out October 31st, 2025 via Season of Mist.

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Praise for Danheim:

“The modern production makes the composition even more visceral, cinematic, and hypnotic.” — Folk N Rock

“Danheim created yet another masterpiece, maybe even the best one so far.” — Metal-Exposure (On the 2020 album ‘Skapanir’)

“Danheim has created a versatile and moving album that now firmly elevates the artist into the elite of the genre.” — Kaaoszine (On the 2020 album ‘Skapanir’)

“The sheer prevalence of vocal melodies further serves to demonstrate the difference in approach.” — Kurgan Compass (On the 2021 album ‘Domadagr’)

“Domadagr carries you away to a past of the cold, dark North.” — Brothers in Raw (On the 2021 album ‘Domadagr’)

“Primarily instrumental, the album is permeated by a dark and mysterious atmosphere […]” — Mythologica (On the 2019 album ‘Hringrás’)

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