Progressive RockFolk & World
By Norse Music · 13 November 2026
Norwegian band Kalandra settled on the theme before writing a note: dreams. “The Other Side”, released on 13 November on By Norse Music, is a concept album that grew out of a specific exercise, according to the label’s notes: the members jotted down their dreams in journals and worked them into songs. “It’s been very helpful to write down my dreams,” says singer Katrine Ødegård Stenbekk. “It definitely affected how I wrote lyrics.” Guitarist Florian Bernhard Döderlein Winter adds that, for all the common thread, there’s folklore, current events, introspection, life and death in there too.
There are ten tracks. Three came out beforehand as singles: “Let Me Be Open” on 28 August, “Lost in the Dark” on 18 September and “A Ship Has Left the Shore” on 16 October. Faroese singer Elinborg guests on “Animal”, and Icelandic band Árstíðir on “Descend the Stars” and the title track. The line-up is completed by Jogeir Daae Mæland (guitar, keyboards) and Oskar Johnsen Rydh (drums); the band produced it at their own studio.
The band formed in Liverpool while its members were studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Their debut album, “The Line”, came out on 23 October 2020; since then they’ve scored the video game “Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands”, and their previous studio album is “A Frame of Mind”, from 13 September 2024.
Text by Guillem Cardós