Windir - Sognametal (Official Video) - Folk Black Metal (Norway)

Valfar founded Windir in 1994. With Windir as a one-man band ,he released the albums Soknardalr (1997) and the legendary Arntor (1999) By melting black metal and Norwegian folk music ,he created his own style which he refered to as Sognametal ,due to the strong lyrical connection to Sogndal. In 2000 he joined forces with his long time friend and neighbour Hvåll. Together they included all the Ulcus members ,and set their minds on developingWindir further. Windir became a massive live act and released the 2 critical acclaimed albums 1184 (2001) and their greatest succes Likferd (2003) Windir was rising and set on recording their 5th album when tragedy struck. Valfar died in the mountains og Sogndal in january 2004. The rest of the members decided that Windir could not continue. Windir died with Valfar. The band released one last album in honour of their fallen warrior ,entiteled Valfar ein Windir. The release of the album was marked by a final Windir concert at a sould out Rockefeller in Os