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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 / with influence where their more recent albums, Cosmic Genesis, Visions from The Spiral Generator and The Focusing Blur are more progressive and influenced strongly by / . 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 (), Borknagar (), Havayoth (), Fission (), Cronian (), Waterclime (/) and Cosmic Death (//).

The name Vintersorg means “winter sorrow”. It’s a character from the Isfolket series, by the author Margit Sandemo.
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  • ZadionApocalaya

    Jordpuls is indeed awesome, but still not as good as Vintersorg's earlier stuff. I WANT ANOTHER COSMIC GENESIS, DAMMIT!

    Thursday evening
  • XevildollX

    Polish folk metal band Vecordia is searching for a female vocalist. If You're interested please write us / Polski folkmetalowy zespół Vecordia poszukuje wokalistki. Osoby zainteresowane prosimy o kontakt pod adresem: management@vecordia.pl Wydarzenie na facebooku - http://www.facebook.com/events/403678879666942/

    last week
  • Nordpolar

    Jordpuls is awesome.

    13 days ago
  • virtualx_bihac

    I hope their new album Orkan will be better than Jordpuls.

    14 days ago
  • Nordpolar

    New Pic: http://www.lastfm.de/music/Vintersorg/+images/77693344 - please vote :)

    15 days ago
  • LadyElvina

    "Vintersorg fans may be interested in knowing that Mr. V hinted at a new Otyg album next year on his official Facebook page." omg Omg OMG!!! :O thank you, you made my day!! \m/

    26 days ago
  • Biia7

    Vintersorg is wonderfull! *-*

    29 days ago
  • ZadionApocalaya

    Vintersorg fans may be interested in knowing that Mr. V hinted at a new Otyg album next year on his official Facebook page.

    last month
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