As announced, Norway’s Jazz Rockers Sex Magick Wizards will release their new album “Suola ja Noaidi” on September 04, 2026 via Is It Jazz? Records.
With three critically acclaimed albums behind them, their upcoming release “Suola ja Noaidi (The Thief and the Shaman)” stands as a powerful new statement in Sámi-influenced Experimental Rock and shows a new chapter for the band.
The third single from the album is the title-track for the album, “Suola ja Noaidi,” which is released on August 7th.
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The band has this to say about Suola ja Noaidi:
“Built around a hypnotic, trance-like groove, the track draws subtle inspiration from spiritual music traditions such as Gnawa, combined with an ethereal vocal arrangement. Viktor Bomstad’s joik-influenced vocals, performed in English, move between the perspectives of the Suola (the thief) and the Noaidi (the shaman). The song’s three distinct parts conjure up soft, mellow winds venturing into the dark abyss before the final vengeful and volcanic eruption.
The song also reflects the band’s fascination with historical source material. The middle section is built from translated and reconstructed fragments of a travelling diary written by a crew member sailing with Norwegian King Christian IV during an expedition to Northern Norway and Russia in the 1500s. Christian IV is historically associated with the violent persecution and execution of people accused of witchcraft and sorcery.
The track captures the essence of Sex Magick Wizards: ever-churning riffs and grooves, long-form musical development, and exploratory improvisation balancing light and dark in ritualistic and apocalyptic atmospheres.“
The album features cover artwork by Henrik Sørlid, incorporating collages based on works by Sámi artist Ingunn Utsi, put together by Lasse Marhaug. All English lyrics by Sex Magick Wizards have been translated into Northern Sámi by Risten Sofie West and are presented in a booklet inside the folder. The album also includes the original surviving poem “Suola Ja Noaidi” in both a modernized Northern Sámi transcription and English translation by Harald Gaski.
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Tracklist:
01. Without My Wings
02. Transform
03. These are Spirits
04. Suola Ja Noaidi
05. Ipmilan
06. Mouth of a thousand flames
07. Ledjen go mun goassege dás?
08. Murjjiid geđggiid rásiid
09. To Sing These Spirits Once Again
10. I’d rather break
11. I leave, I return
12. Old Unbaptized Realms