Varang Nord will take the “Voices of Freedom Tour” 2026 to four venues in the Baltic states in November. The Latvian folk metal band open at Narauti in Vilnius on 7 November, play Depo in Riga on 20 November, move to the Konservatoorium in Viljandi on 27 November and close at The Krypt in Tallinn on 28 November.
The band announced the run with a tour teaser, which premieres on 27 October. Tickets and further information are handled through the band’s link page.
Four Shows, Three Countries
The tour covers Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in three weeks, with the two Estonian dates on consecutive nights. Vilnius and Riga open the run a fortnight apart, and the band finishes in Tallinn, the Estonian capital, on 28 November.
Varang Nord have toured the Baltic and wider European circuit before. In September and October 2023 they joined Batushka, Arkona and Aeternam on the Black Pilgrimage Tour, playing 17 concerts in 13 countries, and in 2021 they announced a Heathen Heroes Tour with Týr, Arkona, Dalriada and Varmia. The band won the Wacken Metal Battle in 2019 and played the Wacken Open Air LGH Clubstage in July 2024.
Alyona Has Played Bagpipes Since 2014
Alyona is the band’s vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, handling accordion, medieval bagpipes and talharpa. She has been a member of Varang Nord since the band formed in 2014, and her pipes and talharpa carry much of the folk instrumentation in its live set. On the 2021 album “Pārķiuņa uomurs” she played the bagpipes and talharpa, with orchestral arrangements by composer Yuri Borin. She shares vocal duties with guitarist Wolf, another member since 2014.
From Daugavpils, Since 2014
Varang Nord formed in Daugavpils, Latvia, in 2014 and play folk and Viking metal with lyrics about Nordic culture, nature and history. The band cites Turisas, Amon Amarth and Finntroll as their main influences. Their fourth album, “Pārķiuņa uomurs”, came out on 23 February 2021 and is sung entirely in Latgalian; it was nominated as Global Metal Release of the Year in 2021, finishing joint seventh. In October 2023 the band released the “Veļi” EP, seven acoustic versions of earlier songs. Their most recent singles, including “Ašņa Ausma” and “Mygla”, arrived in 2025 alongside the full-length “Mygla”.
