Elvarhøi søker gitarist med heavy metal i blodet. Vi ønsker å inkorporere tyngre, og mer catchy riffing i gitarspill enn vi har gjort tidligere. Sans for metal-rytmikk er derfor et krav.

PS: Vi vil ikke ha gitar-soloer.

Vi søker også bassist. Her er vi åpne for ganske mye.

Folk med band-erfaring er ønsket, men ikke et krav. Vi vil helst ikke ha leirbål gitarister, og vil ikke snakke med folk som har et repertoar som inneholder Stairway to heaven, knocking on heavens door, Guns n Roses, eller R.E.M. Leirbål- og party-gitarister.... GTFO.

Vi lar oss inspirere av både visemusikk og folk/black/heavy metal.

Ta kontakt på mail: magnus@elvarhoi.com
eller telefon: 48064504

Elvarhøi spiller konsert i lag med Glittertind og Trollfest på STUDiO-festivalen på Chateau Neuf i Oslo den 21 august. Vi spiller gamle slagere, gjestet av gamle medlemmer.

http://studio.studentersamfundet.no/2010/glittertind-trollfest-elvarh%c3%b8y-its-vikingarock-by-gawd/


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I have uploaded two songs from Viser fra Reisen which I have been allowed to release despite the problematic nature of the record as a whole. Please note though, that these tunes are not mixed as loudly as most of the other tunes in your collection. This is in order to retain the dynamic range of the music and increase the listening experience. Please, use your volume knob. You can find the tunes in the "Releases" section.

During the latter part of 2009, we believed we were on a path of total reformation, so we hid all downloadables on the website, since they were not in accord with what we were doing at the time. Later however, we realized that this reformed Elvarhøi was not a stable unit, forcing us to break it in two. With the reformed band now as a seperate band, the downloadables are again more or less in tune with our vision, or at least represent a past we will not be ashamed of. Therefore, we have again filled out our discography section with releases previously hid under the table, but now freely available again. Note also that live bootlegs are available in the concerts section.

Some of you may be wondering what in the world is going on in the Elvarhøi-camp. Are they doing anything at all? Are they split up? Where is the demo that was left unreleased two years ago? Why all the delays?

Well, the truth is that the band has indeed split up. But it is not dead. It is just that we are twice the band we used to be (as in, "we are two bands now"). So some of the band has moved on to other pastures. Kièrs is studying in Scotland, so she is out for now at least, and Are has quit to focus on the other band and the numerous other projects he finds much more interesting than what we do. Such things happen. He has been in the band for 5 years now, and he always was the outsider, so it is no great wonder we have drifted totally separate ways.

In brighter news, amongst all the tumults of the split, we have gotten Sean Murphy on board as a flutist.

We have started work on the new album "Mens vi venter på tidevannet" (while we wait for the tide). My hopes are great for this one. It shall be both a lament of what we have lost, and a celebration of what we have gained. A sobbing defeat against the jaws of industry, and a roaring battle-cry for the young and angry. We have a track list almost ready, for which all the material is written. We are not quite decided on how we are planning to approach the recording yet, so so far, we are just working on playing the songs together and getting a good groovy group feel to it. Once we have that, and our studio is finally built, we will start preliminary recordings to see what actually works and what does no t.

Ihave started writing an overarching storyline to the album, which will probably be included in the booklet if things go as I have planned, and work on the artwork is already in progress.

With love,