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Skellefteå, Sweden (1994 – present)
Vintersorg is a Swedish progressive folk/avant-garde metal band formed in 1994 in Skellefteå, Sweden under the name Vargatron (Wolfthrone in English), but was later changed to Vintersorg.
The sound of Vintersorg has vastly changed over the years, as his demo and first three albums, Hedniskhjärtad, Till Fjälls and Ödemarkens Son being folk/viking metal with black metal influence where their more recent albums, Cosmic Genesis, Visions from The Spiral Generator and The Focusing Blur are more progressive and influenced strongly by 60s/70s progressive rock. The album Solens Rötter took both the folk and progressive sound and mixed it into a more unique style.
The name “Vintersorg” has often confused people in the metal scene due to it being the BAND name and the NICKNAME of the front man and composer, Andreas Hedlund. The actual band Vintersorg consists of Andreas Hedlund and Mattias Marklund, with regular appearances from Jan Erik Torgersen, Steve DiGiorgio, Asgeir Mickelson and Lars Are Nedland.
Andreas Hedlund (Vintersorg/Mr. V) is constantly creating music. He is the front-man of several bands including Vintersorg, Otyg (folk metal), Borknagar (progressive black metal), Havayoth (gothic metal), Fission (melodic death metal), Cronian (progressive metal), Waterclime (progressive rock/jazz) and Cosmic Death (black/thrash/death metal).
The name Vintersorg means “winter sorrow”. It’s a character from the Isfolket series, by the author Margit Sandemo.
The sound of Vintersorg has vastly changed over the years, as his demo and first three albums, Hedniskhjärtad, Till Fjälls and Ödemarkens Son being folk/viking metal with black metal influence where their more recent albums, Cosmic Genesis, Visions from The Spiral Generator and The Focusing Blur are more progressive and influenced strongly by 60s/70s progressive rock. The album Solens Rötter took both the folk and progressive sound and mixed it into a more unique style.
The name “Vintersorg” has often confused people in the metal scene due to it being the BAND name and the NICKNAME of the front man and composer, Andreas Hedlund. The actual band Vintersorg consists of Andreas Hedlund and Mattias Marklund, with regular appearances from Jan Erik Torgersen, Steve DiGiorgio, Asgeir Mickelson and Lars Are Nedland.
Andreas Hedlund (Vintersorg/Mr. V) is constantly creating music. He is the front-man of several bands including Vintersorg, Otyg (folk metal), Borknagar (progressive black metal), Havayoth (gothic metal), Fission (melodic death metal), Cronian (progressive metal), Waterclime (progressive rock/jazz) and Cosmic Death (black/thrash/death metal).
The name Vintersorg means “winter sorrow”. It’s a character from the Isfolket series, by the author Margit Sandemo.
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Cosmic Genesis
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Till Fjälls
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The Focusing Blur
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Visions from the Spiral Generator
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DARKZSOU7 wrote:
I love these guys everyone should listen to their later albums as well but I love the first two.
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Neue_regel_ wrote:
(1) The nordic gods do not exist. Niezsche buried them all with a shovel back in 1883. (2) Until I learn Norwegian, I only support their Prog metal albums 'Visions from the Spiral Generator' and the exceptional 'The Focusing Blur'. At least they don't contain typical generic viking lyrics because Vintersorg thought about writing sth more profound in the 00's, plus hanging out with the guys from Borknagar made him to progress many levels as a musician/lyricist, way past beyond the viking cliches that scream 'Bathory/Manowar fanboy' from 1K miles away. (Eluveite, Amon & the rest of the pile are left to do that chore )
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SlavicMetalhead wrote:
ok ... im official a fanboy...
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SlavicMetalhead wrote:
AAAAAAAAAWEEESOOOOMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!
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paulo_gabriel wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [8]
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ZadionApocalaya wrote:
Same here. :D
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metal_gimp wrote:
Oh right, that's great! Hope the rumours are true, Vintersorg are quickly becoming one of my favourite bands!
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michelleliu91 wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [7]
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ZadionApocalaya wrote:
@ metal_gimp there are rumors going around that a new Vintersorg is to be released in February, titled Orkan (Hurricane in English). That's all I know though.
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nomoresorrow777 wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [6]
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LadyElvina wrote:
great News section on this page as well :S if Napalm Records was here they surely could have fixed this? along with the missing albums...
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metal_gimp wrote:
So what's happening with Vintersorg now? Any plans to play live again etc?
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Norwegian_Soul wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [5]
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Otyg666 wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [4]
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peste_ wrote:
Wow, finally.
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Deathdoom666 wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed (3)
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Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed [2]
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Odinochka999 wrote:
Hail the Nordic Gods, mainpic is changed
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ZadionApocalaya wrote:
What message was apparently removed?
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Samoroth wrote:
I am talking about Napalm records removing messages they don't like.
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Dondrig0, HaukeKa, ghost-opera123 and 2 other people added Vintersorg to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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DARKZSOU7 tagged Vintersorg with black metal, progressive metal and folk metal. Friday morning
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BornOnTheMoon, Lysec90, Helid666 and 5 other people added Vintersorg to their libraries. Tuesday evening
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Wino_O tagged Vintersorg with swedish, black metal, progressive metal and 2 other tags. last week
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Karpetians tagged Vintersorg with sweden and folk black metal. last week
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