[2] After releasing the studio albums Baldur (2010) and Börn Loka (2012) and receiving attention for their live performances, Skálmöld were offered to collaborate with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra, which for several years had worked with bands and artists of disparate backgrounds.

The composer Haraldur V. Sveinbjörnsson created orchestral arrangements of songs from Skálmöld's two albums to be performed by the band and symphony orchestra in Eldborg, the main auditorium of the concert hall Harpa in Reykjavík.

[8] The live video of the song "Hel", which features Edda Tegeder Óskarsdóttir of the band Angist as guest vocalist, was released on YouTube on 6 December 2013.

[9] The record label Sena released the CD and DVD of Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands on 18 December 2013,[5][10] two days after the initially announced date.

Skálmöld simultaneously received gold certificates — 3,500 records sold — for the studio albums Baldur and Með vættum (2014), and celebrated this by holding concerts in Iceland in February and March 2016.