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Det Gamle Riket


Album: ''Det Gamle Riket'' (1995 Demo)
1. Mørkrets Fyrste
2. Sognarikets Herskarinne
3. Røvhaugane
4. Krigaren Si Gravferd




Sóknardalr


Album: ''Sóknardalr'' (1997)
1. Sognariket Sine Krigarar
2. Det Som var Haukareid
3. Mørket Sin Fyrste
4. Sognariket si Herskarinne
5. I ei Krystallnatt
6. Røvhaugane
7. Likbør
8. Sóknardalr




Arntor


Album: ''Arntor'' (1998)
1. Byrjing (The Beginning)
2. Arntor, ein windir (Arntor, a Warrior)
3. Kong Hydnes Haug (The Burial Mound of King Hydnes)
4. Svartesmeden Og Lundamyrstrollet (The Blacksmith and The Troll of Lundamyri)
5. Kampen (The Struggle)
6. Saknet (The Longing)
7. Ending (Ending)




1184


Album: ''1184'' (2001)
1. Todeswalzer
2. 1184
3. Dance of Mortal Lust
4. The Spiritlord
5. Heidra
6. Destroy
7. Black New Age
8. Journey to the End




Likferd


Album: ''Likferd'' (2003)
1. Resurrection of the Wild
2. Martyrium
3. Despot
4. Blodssvik
5. Fagning
6. On the Mountain of Goats
7. Dauden
8. Ætti Mørkna




Valfar, ein Windir


Album: ''Valfar, ein Windir'' (2004 Best of/Compilation)
1. Stri *
2. Stridsmann *
3. Dans På Stemmehaugen **
4. The Profound Power **
5. Dauden (Performed by: ENSLAVED)
6. Ending (Performed by: FINNTROLL)
7. Mørkets Fyrste (Performed by: E-HEAD)
8. Destroy (Performed by: NOTODDEN ALL STARS)
9. Likbør (Performed by: WEH)
10. Svartasmeden og Lunnamyrstrollet ***
11. Blodssvik ***
12. Sòknardalr



windir

WINDIR BIOGRAPHY

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 was 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 all too short 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, 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.

Valfar, Ein Windir is a 2-disc compilation album by Windir released in 2004. The first disc contains some new recordings, tributes, live songs, and rerecordings. The second disc is a "best of" collection. The money made with selling Valfar, Ein Windir goes straight to Valfar's family. A version of the album was also released later that does not include the second disc. The bands contributing with tributes are: Enslaved, Finntroll, E-Head, Notodden All Stars (Cosmocrator from MindGrinder, Samoth and Trym from Emperor/Zyklon) and Weh.

When Valfar died in January of 2004 from hypothermia, the band was put to rest by the remaining members. The remaining members went their seperate ways forming two new bands; Vreid, created and headed by Hváll, and Cor Scorpii.

Final line-up:
* Valfar: Vocals, Accordion, and Additional Instruments
* Hvàll: Bass - (now in Vreid)
* Steingrim: Drums - (now in Vreid, ex-Cor Scorpii)
* Sture: Rhythm Guitar - (now in Vreid)
* Strom: Lead Guitar - (now in Cor Scorpii and Mistur)
* Righ: Synths - (now in Cor Scorpii)

Discography:

Demos:
1995 - Sogneriket
1996 - Det gamle riket

Albums:
1997 - Sóknardalr
1999 - Arntor
2001 - 1184
2003 - Likferd
2004 - Valfar, Ein Windir (Compilation album, tributed to deceased founder Valfar)

DVD's:
2005 - SognaMetal

WINDIR GENRES
Black / Folk / Viking Metal

WINDIR LYRICAL THEMES
History, Vikings, War, Misanthropy, Myths

WINDIR ORIGIN
Norway (Sogndal), formed in 1994

WINDIR CURRENT RECORD LABEL
Tabu Recordings

WINDIR STATUS
Split-up

WINDIR CURRENT LINE-UP
Valfar - Vocals, formerly also guitars, bass and synth up to the second album (R.I.P. January 14, 2004)
Hvall - Bass (Vreid, Ulcus)
Righ - Keyboards (Cor Scorpii, Ulcus)
Steingrim - Drums (Vreid, Cor Scorpii, Ulcus)
Strom - Guitars (Cor Scorpii, Ulcus, Mistur)
Sture - Guitars (Vreid, Ulcus, Finnugor)

WINDIR PREVIOUS LINE-UP
Sorg - Guitars
Cosmocrator - Clean vocals on '1184' (Mindgrinder, Source of Tide, Scum (Nor))
Vegard - Vocals (some songs on SognaMetal DVD) (Vegard is Valfar's brother)

 


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