The members were part of the local punk rock and experimental pop music scene.
A breakthrough came with the 10" album Sinnreger from 2000, where the band had adopted conventions from the dark wave and neofolk genres.
The following releases deepened the band's interest in runes, Eddic poetry and nature lyricism, and saw collaborations with Andreas Ritter of Forseti and Kim Larsen of Of the Wand & the Moon.
The name was chosen to reflect the thematic interest in runes and Northern European mysticism.
According to the singer of the band, modern people can learn a lot from ancient religion and philosophy.