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Windir
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Sogndal, Norway (1994 – 2004)
Windir, or in English “Primal Warrior”, is a now defunct black metal/viking metal band from Sogndal, Norway. Their style of music emphasised their roots, lyrically depicting historical events and the musical inclusion of old folk tunes and even the accordion. Valfar himself called the music he made “Sognametal”. Most of their lyrics were based on old stories and local history from Sogndal, going back to the viking-age. Many of Windir’s lyrics are written in the archaic local dialect Sognamål.
Windir released four albums Sóknardalr, Arntor, 1184 and Likferd in their ten year career. The two first albums were entirely created by Terje “Valfar” Bakken, the founder of Windir, whereas the next two were written together with his childhood friend Hváll.
Windir started as a one-man-band in 1994, and on the first album, Sóknardalr, Valfar plays everything except the drums himself. On Arntor Valfar decided to include more session members, but the screaming vocals, rhythm guitars, bass, synthesisers and accordion were still handled by Valfar. The third album, 1184, was written together with his friends in another Sogndal-based band, Ulcus. After this Ulcus merged with Windir, and from then on Windir presented itself as a full band. 1184 slightly changed the sound of Windir and included more electronic elements in the music. This provoked divided reactions from the fans. Likferd continued the musical style from 1184. On both 1184 and Likferd some of the lyrics are written in English. This was done in order to reach a larger audience, but also to give the music a wider spectre, and create other atmospheres.
Windir released four albums Sóknardalr, Arntor, 1184 and Likferd in their ten year career. The two first albums were entirely created by Terje “Valfar” Bakken, the founder of Windir, whereas the next two were written together with his childhood friend Hváll.
Windir started as a one-man-band in 1994, and on the first album, Sóknardalr, Valfar plays everything except the drums himself. On Arntor Valfar decided to include more session members, but the screaming vocals, rhythm guitars, bass, synthesisers and accordion were still handled by Valfar. The third album, 1184, was written together with his friends in another Sogndal-based band, Ulcus. After this Ulcus merged with Windir, and from then on Windir presented itself as a full band. 1184 slightly changed the sound of Windir and included more electronic elements in the music. This provoked divided reactions from the fans. Likferd continued the musical style from 1184. On both 1184 and Likferd some of the lyrics are written in English. This was done in order to reach a larger audience, but also to give the music a wider spectre, and create other atmospheres.
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Windir : Svertasmeden Og Lundamyrstrollet
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Windir - Mørkets Fyrste
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Windir - The Profound Power
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Windir - Likbør
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skwigelf wrote:
how you forgets the dildo in your butt run out of batteries?
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DemonCashew wrote:
I forgot how awesome they are.
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moberg13 wrote:
it's such a shame that valfar is no more. he was such a genius. and he was cute and seemed pretty nice. in memory of valfar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlBX_pb_efI
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Drop-EX wrote:
the guy in the front looks like valfar
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light7k wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I+like+nature+more+than+people
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_Moonshield_ wrote:
A group for all people who support inactive/split-up bands http://www.last.fm/group/The+Immortal+Metal+Bands
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Metalhead4lyfe wrote:
\m/
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light7k wrote:
epic
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a_marchand wrote:
fuck jesus
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Marat555 wrote:
Windir is Satan
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nocturnus_key wrote:
Windir is Jesus
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HeavensOath wrote:
Valfar is Jesus.
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Maiden67646 wrote:
Windir, namely Valfar is better than Jesus.
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Shadows__ wrote:
Destroy is awesome.
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nocturnus_key wrote:
1184 is better than jesus
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inaktiverad wrote:
windir - Windows Directory .... ....
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tommygundrums wrote:
This has to be one of my favorite non-traditional black metal bands ever.
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Azreix wrote:
One of the best of the world. Hail Valfar!
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patjoswe wrote:
Listening to them for the first time now, awesome! Really love the vocals.
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Tristangoth777 wrote:
haaa great
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Recent Activity
- The_Saberfool tagged Windir with ‘black metal’. 5 hours ago
- Maire91, FreezingMoon21 and mardraumvandrer added Windir to their libraries. 10 hours ago
- Adriano_Arlei tagged Windir with viking metal and black metal. yesterday evening
- yo_mi added Windir to yo_mi’s library. yesterday afternoon
- Qwot tagged Windir with viking metal, black metal and folk metal. yesterday afternoon
- blackmetaller13, merkkikuusi, StigAFM and 11 other people added Windir to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
- Ingow tagged Windir with ‘black metal’. Tuesday afternoon
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- Zolotuchien tagged Windir with viking metal and black metal. Tuesday morning
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