Windir

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Windir (Warrior in English) was a folkloric black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with Norwegian folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994 but did not debut until 1997. As is often the case in black metal bands it was the project of one man: Terje "Valfar" Bakken. Windir produced four albums in their almost ten years of existence each, more complex and successful than the last. The band broke up when Valfar died of hypothermia amidst the hills of Sogndal on January 14, 2004. Three of the other members of the band have since created a new band called Vreid which continues Valfar's ambition.

Windir's lyrics are written in the archaic local dialect Sognamål.

[edit] Members

• Valfar: vocals, accordion, and additional instruments
• Hvàll: bass
• Steingrim: drums
• Sture: Rhythm guitar
• Strom: Lead guitar
• Righ: Synths

[edit] Discography

Demos: (Valfar: Vocals, Sorg: Guitars, Steingrim: Drums)

• Sogneriket (1995)
• Det Gamle Riket (1996)

Albums:

• Sóknardalr (1997)
• Arntor (1999)
• 1184 (2001)
• Likferd (2003)
• Valfar, ein Windir (Compilation album, tributed to deceased founder Valfar) (2004)

Videos:

• SognaMetal (DVD) (2005)

[edit] External links

• Official Windir site
• The biography in english
• Unofficial Windir page by André Raunehaug
• Windir at MusicBrainz
• Windir lyrics at DarkLyrics
• Windir at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Windir at Encyclopaedia Folk Metal
• The Windir Fanlisting