Faun released new single and video ‘Nimue’ featuring Chelsea Wolfe

With “Nimue”, FAUN dive deep into the legendary world of King Arthur and tell of the tragic love of ‘Nimue’ for the sorceress “Merlin”.

Together with the exceptional American artist CHELSEA WOLFE, whose soaring vocals lend the song  a mysticism and weightless beauty, a hymn to magic is created, which impresses with its great musical dynamics, among other things. “Nimue” leads us on an enchanted path from narrative verses to energetic outbursts with driving beats, electric guitars and virtuoso hurdy-gurdy cascades.

Watch the new video for “Nimue” here: 

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

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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
Europe 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

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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