Side A:
01. EVST / 02. DEYDIR VARDAR / 03. VID TEIMUM KVIRRU GRÁU
Side B:
04. AT JARDA TEY ELSKADU / 05. SINNISLOYSI / 06. YTST
"Hamferd" refers to an apparition: the image of a person facing death, appearing before his or her loved ones as an omen.
"Faroese doom metal" is a powerful sound. Exclusive to this self-styled tag is Hamferd. For nearly a decade, the funereally dressed sextet has been casting a unique expression rooted in conceptual tragedy and intense, narrative doom metal.
"Hamferd is heavily inspired by our natural surroundings and our cultural heritage.
Those aspects combine into unique feelings and atmospheres which we attempt to describe through our music." - Theodor Kapnas With an ambitious lyrical and conceptual approach, Faroese language, history and folklore are mixed together with grand atmospheres and weather-beaten grimness; a trademark that has earned worldwide attraction. Stages at festivals such as Inferno, Midgardsblot, Tuska, Summer Breeze, Wacken and many more have been turned into funerary ceremonies, and touring with the likes of Amorphis and Moonsorrow has further garnered the band a respected reputation due to strong yet solemn live performances.
