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Valfar
Terje "Valfar" Bakken (3 September 1978 – 14 January 2004) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third album, '' 1184''. Valfar originally sang his lyrics in Sognamål, a dialect of Norwegian, but eventually switched to English in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience. Biography Terje was born and grew up in Sogndal, of which he was very proud, and which later proved central to his lyrics. Terje decided to form Windir into a full band while he was at college, with some of his classmates becoming the other band members. Valfar released two demos, ''Sogneriket'' and ''Det Gamle Riket''. His second studio album, '' Arntor'', was the last Windir album recorded solely by Valfar. Despite his vocal style, Valfar did not relate his music to black metal, probably because of how the scene acted and was stereotyped. He instead dubbed Windi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windir
Windir ("Warrior" in English) was a black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band was formed in 1994 by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Terje "Valfar" Bakken, and released its debut album, '' Sóknardalr'', in 1997. Windir combined black metal with Scandinavian folk music, folklore, and mythology, and many of the band's lyrics were written in Sognamål. Windir produced four albums in their nearly ten years of existence. The band broke up in March 2004 after frontman Valfar died of hypothermia after becoming caught in a blizzard on his way to his family's cabin in Norway. Following his death, the remaining band members went on to form several new bands, including Vreid, Mistur, and Cor Scorpii. Most of the band's early albums featured lyrics written in Valfar's native dialect, Sognamål. The band had an "intense affinity for traditional music and Norwegian texts, drawing much of its lyrical content from local sagas, using traditional folk tunes in its music, and singing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valfar, Ein Windir
''Valfar, ein Windir'' is a 2-disc compilation album by Windir, released in 2004 as a tribute to the band's founder, Terje "Valfar" Bakken, after his death. It contains some new recordings, tributes, live songs, and re-recordings. The money made with selling ''Valfar, ein Windir'' goes straight to Valfar's family. A version of the album that does not include the second disc was also released later. Track listing ;CD 1 #"Stri" (Battle) – 1:25 (new recording) #"Stridsmann" (Warrior) – 5:54 (new recording) #"Dans på Stemmehaugen" – 6:29 (re-recording) #"The Profound Power" – 4:57 (re-recording; originally by Ulcus, previous band of Hvàll, Steingrim, Sture, Strom and Righ) #"Dauden" (Death) – 5:12 (performed by Enslaved) #"Ending" – 2:57 (performed by Finntroll Finntroll is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. They combine elements of black metal and death metal with a type of Finnish folk music called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1184 (album)
''1184'' is the third studio album by Windir, released in 2001. Valfar composed this album with the band Ulcus. Departing from the sound for which Windir is normally known, it nevertheless kept its folk elements, albeit with inspiration from electronic music. This release provoked divided reactions, with some fans and critics praising it as a great Windir album which reached new creative heights, while others felt consternation at the departure of the sound for which Windir was recognised and admired in black metal circles. The art used in the album cover is a painting by the Norwegian artist Johan Christian Dahl called " Winter at the Sognefjord". Track listing *All songs written and arranged by Valfar & Hvåll. Personnel Windir * Terje Bakken (Valfar) – vocals, accordion, programming, additional bass guitar, guitar and synthesizer * Strom – lead guitar * Sture – rhythm guitar * Righ – synthesizer * Hvàll – bass guitar * Steingrim – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Likferd
''Likferd'' is the fourth and final full-length studio album by Norwegian black metal band Windir, which was released in 2003. It was the last official album released by Windir before the death of vocalist Valfar. Track listing *All songs written by Valfar & Hvàll. Personnel * Valfar Terje "Valfar" Bakken (3 September 1978 – 14 January 2004) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third a ... – vocals and additional instruments * Hvàll – bass * Steingrim – drums * Sture – rhythm guitar * Strom – lead guitar * Righ – synth Additional personnel * Cosmocrator – clean vocals * Tom Kvalsvoll - mastering * Thorbjørn Akkerhaugen - mixing, co-producer * Stig Ese - producer, mixing References {{Authority control Windir albums 2003 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arntor
''Arntor'' is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Windir. It was released on 11 October 1999 through the record label Head Not Found. It is the last record released with Valfar playing the majority of the instruments. Track listing Critical reception AllMusic praised the album, writing, "this album's importance in the grand scheme of Scandinavian heavy metal is difficult to overstate, and if Sweden's Bathory were responsible for introducing the Viking metal concept to begin with, then the watershed ''Arntor'' gave Windir a strong case as heirs to their throne, by showing the way forward for the genre's future disciples." Personnel * Valfar – guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals, accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ..., produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sóknardalr
''Sóknardalr'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Windir. It was released in March 1997 through the Head Not Found record label. Background Sóknardalr is the old Norse name of Valfar's hometown Sogndal. The lyrics are written in the Sogndal dialect, and the song titles in Nynorsk, the official written form of Sogndal municipality. Musical style AllMusic described the album as " usinglayers upon layers of keyboards and guitars on an almost unprecedented scale (mid-period Bathory being the one obvious inspirational touchstone), culminating in sweeping, mini-symphonies", featuring "synthesizer melodies hatwould become signature Windir hallmarks." Critical reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Mus ... wrote, "In an almost s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vreid
Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the breakup of Windir following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid. The band's name is an archaic Norwegian word meaning "Wrath". History Hváll formed a new band consisting of the three Windir members Hváll (bass), Steingrim (drums), Sture (vocals/guitar) and a new guitarist named Ese. Ese has been a close friend of the Vreid members for years, and he was co-engineer on Windir’s ''Likferd'' album. Hváll wrote most of the material for the debut album entitled ''Kraft (album), Kraft''. The lyrics are in both Norwegian and English. ''Kraft'' was released by Tabu Records in 2004. Vreid’s second album, ''Pitch Black Brigade'', was also released by Tabu Records, on 27 March 2006. The band released their third album, ''I Krig'' (At War), through Indie Records in May / June 2007. All the lyrics on this record are based on poems from 1946 by Gunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a Dependencies of Norway, dependency, and not a part of the Kingdom; Norway also Territorial claims in Antarctica, claims the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. Norway has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Oslo. The country has a total area of . The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden, and is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast. Norway has an extensive coastline facing the Skagerrak strait, the North Atlantic Ocean, and the Barents Sea. The unified kingdom of Norway was established in 872 as a merger of Petty kingdoms of Norway, petty kingdoms and has existed continuously for years. From 1537 to 1814, Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Heavy Metal Singers
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Accidental Deaths In Norway , which often is used incorrectly where ''accidental'' or ''adventitious'' would be appropriate
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Deaths From Hypothermia
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose shortly after death. Some organisms, such as ''Turritopsis dohrnii'', are biologically immortal; however, they can still die from means other than aging. Death is generally applied to whole organisms; the equivalent for individual components of an organism, such as cells or tissues, is necrosis. Something that is not considered an organism, such as a virus, can be physically destroyed but is not said ''to die'', as a virus is not considered alive in the first place. As of the early 21st century, 56 million people die per year. The most common reason is aging, followed by cardiovascular disease, which is a disease that affects the heart or blood vessels. As of 2022, an estimated total of almost 110 billion humans have died, or roughly 94% of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Deaths
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