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Windir
Details of Windir (Group), information and links
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“ Windir (Primal Warrior in English) was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994 and released its debut album in 1997. Windir was a project of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Terje "Valfar" Bakken.Windir produced four albums in their almost ten years of existence, each more complex and successful than the last. The band broke up when Valfar died of hypothermia.Many of Windir's lyrics are written in Sognamål.
Valfar's death
On January 14, 2004, Terje "Valfar" Bakken went to his family's cabin at Fagereggi, Norway by foot. On January 17, his body was found at Reppastølen in the Sogndal valley. He died from hypothermia. He was buried on 27 January at Stedje Church in Norway. In March 2004 Windir officially disbanded.
A compilation album containing Windir outtakes and B-Sides, Valfar, ein Windir, was released in 2004 as a tribute to Valfar. On September 3, 2004, in Oslo, Windir's remaining members performed their last concert to go back to their roots and keep base with what they thought was real. Enslaved, Finntroll, Notodden All Stars, Weh, E-Head and Mindgrinder were the guest bands. Three bands would be formed [......] ”
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Begin date: 1994
End date: 09/03/2004
Similar artists: Dollie, Combichrist, Vinskvetten, Jonas Fjeld, Kaizers Orchestra, Østenfor sol, Lars Kilevold, Mental Overdrive, Henning Kvitnes, Sigmund Groven
Official website(s): http://www.windir.no/
Links
- biography: http://www.truemetal.org
- discography: http://www.metal-archives.com
- fanpage: http://home.no.net
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