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Windir ("Warrior" in English) was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band was formed in 1994 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Terje "Valfar" Bakken , and released its debut album, Sóknardalr , in 1997.
Terje "Valfar" Bakken (3 September 1978 – 14 January 2004) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir.Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third album, 1184.
1184 is the third studio album by Windir, released in 2001. Valfar composed this album with the band Ulcus. Departing from the sound for which Windir is normally known, it nevertheless kept its folk elements, albeit with inspiration from electronic music. This release provoked divided reactions, with some fans and critics praising it as a great ...
Hváll formed a new band consisting of the three Windir members Hváll (bass), Steingrim (drums), Sture (vocals/guitar) and a new guitarist named Ese. Ese has been a close friend of the Vreid members for years, and he was co-engineer on Windir’s Likferd album. [3] Hváll wrote most of the material for the debut album entitled Kraft. The ...
AllMusic praised the album, writing, "this album's importance in the grand scheme of Scandinavian heavy metal is difficult to overstate, and if Sweden's Bathory were responsible for introducing the Viking metal concept to begin with, then the watershed Arntor gave Windir a strong case as heirs to their throne, by showing the way forward for the genre's future disciples."
Sognametal is a live DVD by Windir released in 2005. It was performed and recorded in Rockefeller Auditorium, Oslo, on 3 September 2004, the day that would have been Valfar 's 26th birthday. Sognametal is the last material released by Windir and marks the ultimate end of the band.
Valfar, ein Windir is a 2-disc compilation album by Windir, released in 2004 as a tribute to the band's founder, Terje "Valfar" Bakken, after his death. It contains some new recordings, tributes, live songs, and re-recordings. The money made with selling Valfar, ein Windir goes straight to Valfar's family. A version of the album that does not ...
AllMusic described the album as "[fusing] layers upon layers of keyboards and guitars on an almost unprecedented scale (mid-period Bathory being the one obvious inspirational touchstone), culminating in sweeping, mini-symphonies", [1] featuring "synthesizer melodies [that] would become signature Windir hallmarks."