Gate Sigil Vinyl

Black 12" vinyl (33 rpm) in gatefold with double-sided insert.GÅTE are a Norwegian folk-rock band from Trondheim, formed in 1999 around the Sundli siblings and built on the marriage of traditional Hardanger fiddle and Gunnhild Sundli's distinctive vocal style with electric instrumentation. After a celebrated early run, a long hiatus and a 2017 return, they represented Norway at Eurovision 2024 and have spent the years since deepening their reach across Europe.‘Sigil’ is GÅTE's first album for Season of Mist and the most internationally minded chapter of their catalogue to date. Across ten tracks, the record moves through ancient legend and folk narrative to ask what survives once illusion falls away: enchantment, hunger, prophecy, mortality, and finally renewal. “Oskorsreia” conjures the Wild Hunt as a mirror for modern consumption and excess, while “Strandvaskar” draws on coastal burial superstition to stage a quiet exchange between the living and the dead. The album's emotional weight builds toward “Mi Jord”, where the earth itself seems to withdraw on shifting currents, before resolving in “Jostedalsrypa”, a song rooted in the true story of a child who survived alone in the mountains after the Black Death. Musically, ‘Sigil’ threads Hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa, and hurdy-gurdy through programmed electronics, heavy guitar, and Gunnhild Sundli's voice, with Maria Franz of HEILUNG joining on lead single "Sannsiger".The record never treats tradition as artefact. Old material is reworked rather than preserved, carrying inherited stories into something urgent and present.