Foundations of a New Era

— forging a darker path through myth, memory, and rebirth

There is a shift happening beneath the surface — a quiet tremor, a gathering of shadows, a sense that something older than language is beginning to stir. As I step into the creation of this new album, I can feel the ground changing. The air is heavier. The colors are darker. The pulse is harder. And at the center of it all lies a return — not backwards, but inward.

This project marks a rite of passage.
A threshold.
A deliberate crossing into a new Ganyadus era.

Returning to the roots

To move forward, I’m going back to where my own story began: the Norse faith, the mythological canon, the worldview that shaped the land beneath my feet long before I ever touched a piano. These myths were never just stories — they were frameworks for understanding the world, for navigating chaos, for finding meaning in the cycles of creation and destruction.

There is a rawness in them.
A truth that feels carved into stone.
A wisdom that has been forgotten, or buried, or dismissed.

This album is my way of digging it back up.

A darker, harder touch

The sound of this new chapter is not gentle. It’s forged. Tempered. Hammered into shape like iron pulled from the earth. The melodies carry weight. The rhythms strike with intention. The textures feel ancient and cold, yet alive with fire.

It’s not darkness for the sake of darkness — it’s the kind of darkness that reveals.
The kind that strips away illusion.
The kind that prepares you for transformation.

Myth as a living world

I’m not interested in retelling myths.
I want to reawaken them.

To explore what happens when these old forces are allowed to breathe again through sound. To let the music become a bridge between worlds — the modern and the mythic, the personal and the primordial.

What does it mean to stand at the roots of Yggdrasil and listen?
What does it mean to walk into the unknown with only instinct as a guide?
What does it mean to carry ancient wisdom into a digital age?

These are the questions shaping the foundation of the album.

Building the world

Right now, I’m laying the first stones.
Sketching the landscapes.
Feeling out the emotional terrain.

The themes are forming like silhouettes in fog — ritual, transformation, ancestry, shadow, resilience. I’m letting the mythological source material seep into the harmonic language, the rhythmic structures, the atmosphere itself. Not as decoration, but as the spine of the entire project.

This world is not meant to be observed from a distance.
It’s meant to be entered.

A rite of passage

This album is not just a collection of tracks.
It’s a crossing.
A shedding of an old skin.
A step into something more primal, more honest, more aligned with who I am becoming.

The forgotten wisdom is still there, waiting.
And through this music, I intend to give it a voice again.