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Arcturus

3,019,720 plays (89,839 listeners)

Arcturus were an avant-garde metal band from Norway featuring many prominent members of the Norwegian black metal scene from bands such as Ulver, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Borknagar, The Kovenant, Emperor, and Winds. Their earlier works were black metal with symphonic overtones, but with releases following their first, they adopted an avant-garde style with mainly clean vocals.

Enslaved

3,163,261 plays (87,054 listeners)

Enslaved is a metal band from Bergen, Norway. Their style has changed over the years. Originally being an old-school black metal/viking metal act, they now perform a more experimental form of progressive black metal with folk influences. The name was inspired by an Immortal demo track, Enslaved in Rot.

Solefald

796,043 plays (25,281 listeners)

Solefald is a metal band from Norway that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Lars singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Cornelius singing and playing guitar and bass. The meaning of the band's name is best explained in an interview from Century Media Records website.

Cronian

58,041 plays (4,169 listeners)

Cronian is a progressive/avant-garde metal band from Norway and Sweden founded in 2004 by Vintersorg a.k.a. Andreas Hedlund (Vintersorg, Borknagar, Otyg, Fission, Havayoth, Waterclime) and Øystein G. Brun (Borknagar, Molested). The band's music is heavily symphonic with drum programming, combining melodic singing and harsh vocals, all aiming to create a very cold and cinematic feeling.

Windir

2,247,953 plays (32,021 listeners)

Windir, or in English "Primal Warrior", is a now defunct Black Metal/Viking Metal band from Sogndal, Norway.

Einherjer

1,162,153 plays (54,463 listeners)

THE BEGINNING… Einherjer was formed in January 1993 by Frode Glesnes (Guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (Drums). Based in Haugesund, a small town at the westcoast of Norway. THE NAME…

Emperor

4,612,620 plays (137,190 listeners)

Emperor is an influential Norwegian black metal band that represents a synth laden, progressive yet brutally aggressive and chaotic part of the genre, something quite different from the minimalism of other originators of the Norwegian black metal sound (e.g. Darkthrone).

Thyrfing

1,923,087 plays (74,792 listeners)

Thyrfing's musical evolution and progression, keeping their roots in mind, have given the band a wide amount of fans all over the world. Thyrfing play their Metal with a northern touch alongside their folk and symphonic influences, and they are counted among the finest of their genre.