Artist: WINDIR
Album: ARNTOR (CD)

Release date: 1999
Media type: CD

Windir (Warrior in English) was a folkloric black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with Norwegian folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994, but did not release an album until 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 amidst the hills of Sogndal on January 14, 2004.

Many of Windir's lyrics are written in the local dialect Sognamеl. Arntor is an album by Windir released in 1999 (see 1999 in music). It is the last record released when Valfar was playing the majority of the instruments.

TRACKLIST:

01 "Byrjing" (The Beginning) – 3:17
02 "Arntor, ein windir" (Arntor, a warrior) – 6:56
03 "Kong Hydnes Haug" (The burial mound of King Hydnes) – 6:37
04 "Svartesmeden og Lundamyrstrollet" (The Blacksmith and the Troll of Lundamyri) – 9:02
05 "Kampen" (The Struggle) – 6:36
06 "Saknet" (The longing) – 10:03
07 "Ending" – 3:38

LINE-UP:

Valfar - guitar, bass, synth, vocals, and accordion
Steingrim - drums
Steinarson - clean vocals