Wyrd

"Wyrd", the third album by Crawling Chaos, is an anthology-based work based on a series of archetypes associated with the concept of destiny, fate and becoming. In Northern European culture, these ideas are subsumed under the term 'wyrd', as opposed to the ideas of free will and self-determination.The main theme is expanded and explored throughout the album's ten tracks, following a narrative thread that brings together some of the most intriguing female figures from classical mythology, European folklore and history - from the Norse Norns to Macbeth's witches serving Hecate, from the Greco-Roman Furies to the fearsome Thessalian necromancers. As with Crawling Chaos' previous works, "Wyrd" is full of literary quotes and Easter eggs that will elicit subtle nods from the curious among the listeners. Musically, the album is uncompromising, heavy and very dark.