Faun release new single and video ‘Lady Isobel’ from upcoming album

“Lady Isobel” is a very personal ballad of Oliver Satyr. With lute (Liuto Forte) and vocals, the singer uses poetic images to tell the story of an enchanting woman who seems to be trapped in the tower of her loneliness. Enriched with flutes and synthesizers, FAUN prove once again with this ballad how much they know how to create their own musical world, which is able to defy any genre boundaries with a weightless beauty.

Watch the new video for “Lady Isobel” here: 

Oliver Satyr comments: 

“Lady Isobel has its source in one of my poems, which I wrote about a dear friend of mine.  The lute accompaniment was inspired by the guitar playing of, for example, Nick Drake and Bert Jansch. Together with great vocals, flute playing, synthesizers and rhythms of my band colleagues, ‚Lady Isobel’ has become a wonderfully floating ballad that I am very proud of.“

After FAUN were under contract with Universal Music from 2012 – 2019 and achieved great success with their albums there, such as gold and platinum status, their first album on their own label “Pagan Folk Records” was released in April 2022. This album called “PAGAN” was enthusiastically acclaimed by the press and the audience. In cooperation with the distributor Believe / Soulfood, “PAGAN” entered the German album charts at number three. The band has also announced its intention to return to its musical roots with mystical, archaic folk and enchanted ballads for its upcoming album, which is scheduled for release September 5th 2025.

The album title “Hex” is derived from “Hexe” german: witch / ahd. ‘Hagazussa’ (= the one who walks between the worlds). So this twelfth studio album by FAUN is about witches, female healers and wise women. Far away from the cliché of the evil fairytale witch, the german ensemble wants to highlight the various aspects of female magic in different cultures and the legitimate question why we still fear the evil witches instead of the people who burned them.

FAUN
‘HEX’ (ALBUM)
LABEL: Pagan Folk Records
DISTRIBUTION: Believe
RELEASE: 05/09/2025

Tracklist:
1) Belladonna 4:55
2) Lament 3:40
3) Nimue (feat. Chelsea Wolfe) 4:38
4) Blot 5:13
5) Zauberin 4:40
6) Lady Isobel 3:25
7) Black Eyed Dog (by Nick Drake) 3:37
8) Vals 2:34
9) Ylfa Spere 3:36
10) Hare Spell 4:17
11) Umay (feat. Fatma Turgut) 4:08
12) Alfar 4:53 insg. 49:36

FAUN – World HEX Tour 2025
EU dates:
20.09.2025 Utrecht, NL
21.09.2025 Paris, FR
27.09.2025 Prague, CZ
28.09.2025 Krakow, PL
29.09.2025 Warsow, PL
01.10.2025 Sint-Niklaas, BE
03.10.2025 Lyon, FR
08.10.2025 Vienna, AT
10.10.2025 Milan, IT
11.10.2025 Zurich, CH
 all date see below

Order tickets here.

FAUN are one of the world’s leading bands for the fusion of medieval instruments with modern music and have released eleven studio albums since 2002. Their releases reached top positions in the German album charts (e.g.: “Pagan” & “Midgard” #3). They have also been nominated three times for the Echo, the biggest German music award, and reached platinum status with their albums “Von den Elben” and gold status with “Luna“.

FAUN have played more than 1000 concerts worldwide and excite the audience in cultural and seated venues as well as at music events, like for example folk and heavy metal festivals. With a variety of virtuously played medieval instruments, polyphonic vocals and archaic beats, FAUN are a live act that inspires thousands of visitors all over the world.

Line-up:
Oliver Satyr: Vocals, Irish Bouzouki, Moraharpa, Celtic harp, various Lutes
Laura Fella: Vocals, Framedrum
Adaya: Vocals, Bagpipes, Flutes, Pandora, Celtic harp
Stephan Groth: Vocals, Hurdy-gurdy, Flutes, Cittern
Niel Mitra: Sequencer, sampler, synthesizer.
Alex Schulz: Percussion, drums