17/04/2026
A lovely interview with Portuguese H҉I҉N҉T҉F҉ W҉E҉B҉Z҉I҉N҉E҉ 🌒✨🖤
Interview: Evig Natt
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Hintf: Thank you for answering this interview! What were your expectations when all began?
Evig Natt: When we first started Evig Natt, our expectations were honestly quite simple — we just wanted to create something that felt true to us. In the early days we were a bit naïve, thinking that getting a record deal would automatically launch us into something bigger, but over time we learned that the real reward is the creative process itself and the connection with the people who find something meaningful in our music. What mattered then, and still matters now, is staying honest, writing from a real place, and letting the music grow at its own pace. This is something that has followed us through the years: “We’ve never chased trends or tried to shape Evig Natt into something it isn’t.”
Hintf: Who are Evig Natt?
Evig Natt: Evig Natt is a band built on contrasts — fragility and brutality, melancholy and strength, darkness and beauty. We’ve been creating music together for over twenty years, and throughout all that time the heart of the band has stayed the same: a deep emotional connection to the music and to each other.
We’re not fulltime musicians; we balance families, jobs, and everyday responsibilities alongside our creative work. But that balance is also part of what shapes our sound. The music carries the weight of real life — the joys, the losses, the quiet moments, and the storms.
At its core, Evig Natt is simply the place where all those emotions find a voice.
Hintf: What influences your music?
Evig Natt: Nature, grief, folklore, and the emotional landscapes we move through as human beings. Living on Karmøy, facing the North Sea, the harsh weather and barren moors inevitably seep into the music — “the black, foaming sea during storms… the quiet longing of the Aurora Borealis on painfully frozen nights.” I’m also deeply inspired by Norwegian and Sámi folklore, especially the darker stories that try to explain the mysteries of life and death. Musically, I’ve always felt a strong connection to bands like Type O Negative and Alice in Chains — that raw melancholy, that emotional honesty.
Hintf: Consider yourself what type of music?
Evig Natt: It’s always been difficult to place Evig Natt neatly into a single genre, because our sound grows out of contrasts — the heavy and the fragile, the symphonic and the raw, the emotional and the extreme. If we have to choose a label, orchestral gothic doom metal probably comes closest, but even that doesn’t capture everything.
We’ve always lived in the space between worlds: too atmospheric to be purely extreme, too heavy to be considered soft. Over the years we’ve learned to embrace that instead of trying to fit anywhere specific. Our music is simply the result of who we are and what we feel — a blend of darkness, melody, and emotion that has become its own little corner of the metal landscape.
Hintf: How do you see the music scene in Karmøy, west Norway?
Evig Natt: Karmøy has a remarkably vibrant metal scene for such a small island. There’s a real sense of community here — people support each other, show up for local bands, and genuinely care about keeping the scene alive. A big part of that energy comes from Karmøygeddon, which has grown into one of Norway’s most beloved metal festivals. It brings international bands to our doorstep and gives local musicians a chance to be part of something much bigger than themselves.
Being surrounded by that kind of passion and dedication is inspiring. It keeps the scene dynamic and alive, and it reminds us why we started making music in the first place. Karmøy may be small, but the metal heart here beats loudly.
Hintf: Please tell us more about your new album Vaketimen…
Evig Natt: Vaketimen is the most personal album we’ve ever created. The title comes from the old word vake — staying awake through the night to watch over someone who is sick — and timen, “the hour.” It describes that quiet, heavy moment of sitting with a loved one as life approaches its end.
The album explores grief, death, and that strange clarity that appears in the late-night hours when everything feels fragile and painfully real. In the early stages of writing, the three central songs carried the working titles Vaketimen I, II, and III, because they represented different phases of the grieving process. As the album took shape, those pieces grew into the songs now known as “Last of the Light,” “In the Darkness,” and “At the End of the Night.”
Norwegian folklore also plays a significant role throughout the album — the Huldra, the eahpáraš, the old folk tune Gråtaslaget, and the haunting tone of the Harding fiddle all weave into the emotional landscape.
Vaketimen is built on contrasts: brutality and beauty, sorrow and acceptance, darkness and light. It’s an album that lives in the space between loss and understanding, and it carries some of the most honest music we’ve ever written.
Hintf: How was it received by the fans and the media?
Evig Natt: The response has been incredibly warm, especially considering the tenyear gap since our last album. People have told us they feel the honesty and emotional weight behind the songs, and that means everything to us.
Releasing singles like “Når Lyset Svikte” and “Sorrow My World” helped bridge the long silence, and many listeners connected deeply with those tracks. And just over a year before the album came out, we released “At the End of the Night” together with a very emotional music video. That song in particular seemed to resonate strongly — people wrote to us about how it touched them, and how they felt seen in its themes of loss and acceptance.
For us, the most meaningful feedback is when someone says the music helped them through something. That kind of connection is the greatest reception we could ever hope for.
Hintf: What are your plans for the future?
Evig Natt: We hope to play many more live shows — both in Norway and abroad. There’s something truly special about performing live, that shared energy and connection. We’re also talking with another band about doing shows later this year, and we hope to bring Vaketimen to as many stages as possible. Creatively, we’ll keep writing at our own pace. We’re not rushing anything — but we’re not disappearing for another ten years either.
Hintf: Please define Evig Natt in only one word...
Evig Natt: Vulnerability. Because that’s the core of everything we create.
Hintf: What do you think about Portugal?
Evig Natt: I visited Portugal many years ago with a friend, and I still remember how beautiful and vibrant it felt. We ended up at a metal club in Lisbon where we met some incredibly kind people who spent the whole evening driving us around the city while blasting Dimmu Borgir in the car. It was such a fun and unexpected night — one of those memories that stays with you.
Portugal has always felt warm and welcoming to us, even from afar. There’s a deep appreciation for emotional and atmospheric music there, and we’ve always sensed a strong connection with Portuguese listeners. The thought of bringing Vaketimen to your stages is genuinely exciting, and something we truly hope to make a reality.
Hintf: Would you like to leave some words to your fans in Portugal and to our readers?
Evig Natt: To everyone in Portugal who listens to Evig Natt: Thank you, from the bottom of my heart. Your support means more than we can express. We find each other through the music — through the darkness, the vulnerability, the atmosphere — and that shared feeling creates a bond that goes beyond borders. As I’ve said before, “If the music carries truth, then the people who need that truth will find it.” We hope to meet you soon, to share these songs live, and to thank you in person for letting our music be part of your world.
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