NYTT LAND Reveal ‘Taiga’, a Ritual Invocation from Their Upcoming Album

Nytt Land reveal the beautifully animated music video ‘Taiga’ as the next advance single taken from their forthcoming new album “Aba Khan”. The tenth full-length (including self-released titles) of the Siberian ritual folk band from Kalachinskhas been chalked up for release on February 20, 2026.

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Script writer & video director: Natalia Pakhalenko

Nytt Land comment: “This song is about our great mother, Taiga, and about us, her children”, Anatoly Pakhalenko explains. “It is about those that have been born here among the harsh forests, endless steppes, and the high mountains of Siberia. We dedicate this song with deep respect to the memory of our ancestors!”

On their tenth full-length “Aba Khan”, Nytt Land pick up the stylistic thread that they had previously woven with “Ritual” (2021). This means, the music is generally based on a foundation of current ritual dark folk to which the duo from Siberia adds elements from the native traditions of their home among other ingredients.

It is important to mention the sonic base from which Nytt Land set out as the band also creates releases that aim to authentically preserve and reconstruct the ancient and still living shamanic traditions of Siberia as embodied by their previous album “Songs of the Shaman” (2025).

Although the band return to the less strict and rather popular formula with “Aba Khan”, their inspiration has still come from a whole year of travelling through the vast territories of Siberia. The couple discovered new areas and got acquainted with spiritual traditions of the indigenous peoples that they met. The result of this journey is a collection of priceless treasures that has been respectfully translated into a contemporary musical language.

Nytt Land was created in August 2013 as a ritualistic Nordic folk band and driven by the musical vision of the husband and wife duo Natalya and Anatoly Pakhalenko. The couple lives in the Western Siberian town Kalachinsk that is located on the banks of River Om and crossed by the Trans-Siberian Railway.

In the wake of three self-released albums, “Nytt Land” (2013), “Hávamál” (2015), and “Scopun: Songs from the Elder Edda” (2016), their label debut “Fimbulvinter” hit the streets in 2017 and was followed by the 2018 full-length “Oðal”. The latter works opened many doors for the duo, who performed across Europe at viking, folk, and metal festivals – including the UK at the York Viking Centre Festival in 2018. Even before the global release of “Fimbulvinter”, Nytt Land had already supported several Russian concerts of the Norwegian genre pioneers Wardruna in 2016 and 2017.

Despite working with a label, the band also continued to self-release albums, mostly as an outlet for those albums that are dedicated to the preservation of Siberian traditions. In a natural development, the native element also surfaced more often on the label releases starting with “Ritual” (2021).

True to their often dark and mysterious subjects, the lyrics of Nytt Land echo myth and stories from legends and historical sources. Those are told in the languages of both indigenous Siberian tribes and Old Norse, with the balance gradually shifting towards the former over time.

Nytt Land dedicate “Aba Khan” to the great and beautiful and ancient lands of Siberia. Join them on a journey through time and space where spirits rule, shamans protect the people, and old gods whisper.