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Sogndal, Norway (1994 – 2004)

Windir, or in English “Primal Warrior”, is a now defunct / 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 were 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 ten year 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 in 1994, 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.
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  • MorkTarMus

    Legend.

    yesterday 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/

    Thursday afternoon
  • lolbooi

    Legend

    last week
  • JONHDEAD

    Valfar, ein Windir.

    16 days ago
  • alma_matter

    17 days ago
  • CommanderGrief

    First time listening to them, I had minor difficulties with enjoying some songs but eventually, it all worked out and none of the songs were not enjoyable.

    21 days ago
  • Carol_6661

    Valfar, you are being missed. [2]

    22 days ago
  • Kaltenhoenn

    Death usually make the artist ten times greater.

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