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Reykjavík, Iceland (1995 – present)
Sólstafir is a metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland which formed in 1995 and currently has four full length releases. The band’s unique style has made it hard to categorize Sólstafir into a specific genre or group of genres.
Sólstafir were formed by 3 friends, Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason in January 1995.
Later that year the band recorded it’s first demo tape “Í Norðri” and at the end of the year the band hit the studio again to record what was to become the second demo “Til Valhallar”.
“Til Valhallar” was never released as a demo though and 4 of the 6 songs were released as a MCD by View Beyond Records. It was later re-released in 2002 with all the 6 songs.
In 1999 Sólstafir entered the studio to record it’s debut full length album. By that time Halldór had left the band and in 1997 and 1998 Sólstafir had released two promos as a two piece.
For the recording of the debut full length Sólstafir had recruted Svavar Austmann as Halldór’s replacement.
Although the recording of “Í Blóði og Anda” had started in 1999 the album wasn’t released until 2002, due to endless delays and mishaps, the band truly believed they were cursed.
In the meantime Sólstafir started playing live shows in Iceland, and for that had added a second guitar player, one Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson.
So for the first time as a four piece, Sólstafir recorded a new demo in 2002, eventually releasing 3 songs as Black Death: The EP.
Sólstafir were formed by 3 friends, Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason in January 1995.
Later that year the band recorded it’s first demo tape “Í Norðri” and at the end of the year the band hit the studio again to record what was to become the second demo “Til Valhallar”.
“Til Valhallar” was never released as a demo though and 4 of the 6 songs were released as a MCD by View Beyond Records. It was later re-released in 2002 with all the 6 songs.
In 1999 Sólstafir entered the studio to record it’s debut full length album. By that time Halldór had left the band and in 1997 and 1998 Sólstafir had released two promos as a two piece.
For the recording of the debut full length Sólstafir had recruted Svavar Austmann as Halldór’s replacement.
Although the recording of “Í Blóði og Anda” had started in 1999 the album wasn’t released until 2002, due to endless delays and mishaps, the band truly believed they were cursed.
In the meantime Sólstafir started playing live shows in Iceland, and for that had added a second guitar player, one Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson.
So for the first time as a four piece, Sólstafir recorded a new demo in 2002, eventually releasing 3 songs as Black Death: The EP.
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Köld
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lauroericksen wrote:
Djákninn is the best song of new album!
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Warisonly wrote:
Awesome³
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marzynski wrote:
Awesome！！！
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Woland93 wrote:
They are the Nordic gods !!
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Sworn- wrote:
Oh, a new album.
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AnomalneJavyshe wrote:
Супер! Для мене, ця група стала справжнім скарбом! Музика якраз для моєї душі!
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Heldriver wrote:
vacuity what? look up Django, it's 40 years before any Gojira video!
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EnkerSS wrote:
hehe so i am not the only one who thought of vacuity :) but yea, its really wonderful. also Svartir Sandar is really diverse and amazing album.
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Black-Fate wrote:
the concept of the fjara vid is almost the same as gojira's vacuity, however it's one of the best metal clips i have ever seen. abvoe all the Icelandic landscape is really impressive...
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IDREGI wrote:
Well, this is not what I expected. Pretty great stuff.
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pepex_ wrote:
Awesome band.
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robboelrobbo wrote:
Yeah, easily one of the best music videos I've ever seen. It's so amazing.
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Raidanzoup wrote:
Köld needs to climb up from that 13th spot.
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IlikeSky1 wrote:
Beautiful video - Fjara... [2]
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Veliara wrote:
Beautiful video - Fjara...
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Black-Fate wrote:
ppl should appreciate Djákninn more!
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gabrielBoBo wrote:
gotta love sólstafir, hope they will be on ''eistnaflug'' 2012 :D
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s3nny wrote:
beautiful video. *thumbup*
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hetfield1 wrote:
Fjara: what a beautiful song...
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Tyroshai wrote:
They're remastering MOB for vinyl? I may have to indulge myself...
Videos
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Fjara (Kastljós, 19. október…
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LoveIsTheDevil - Sólstafir
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"She Destroys Again" Official…
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Pale Rider (Live) Kreuth -…
Events
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Mar
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Paganfest 2012
Turbinenhalle, Oberhausen, Germany
43 going
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Mar
17
Paganfest 2012
LKA-Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany
24 going
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Mar
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Paganfest 2012
013, Tilburg, Netherlands
49 going
28 shouts
News
We're not using Myspace so much anymore, more activity on Facebook!
12 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/solstafir
Since Myspace has become almost impossible to use (except as
a guest listening to music) we're no longer using myspace as much
as we did. We will keep the page up (because of the easy access to
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20 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/solstafir
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grave_7 added Sólstafir to grave_7’s library. yesterday evening
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NiktObcy tagged Sólstafir with progressive black metal, icelandic, progressive metal and one other tag. yesterday evening
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Kruachan tagged Sólstafir with ‘icelandic’. yesterday afternoon
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Sm0key_McP0t tagged Sólstafir with progressive metal and post-black metal. Saturday afternoon
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Kitzuna tagged Sólstafir with ‘progressive metal’. Friday morning
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