Genre(s)
Black / Folk / Viking Metal
Lyrical theme(s)
History, Vikings, War, Misanthropy, Myths
Origin Formed in Last label Status
Norway (Sogndal) 1994 Tabu Recordings Split-up
Last known line-up
Valfar - Vocals, formerly also guitars, bass and synth up to the second album (R.I.P. January 14, 2004)
Hvall - Bass (Vreid, Ulcus)
Righ - Keyboards (Cor Scorpii, Ulcus)
Steingrim - Drums (Vreid, Cor Scorpii, Ulcus)
Strom - Guitars (Cor Scorpii, Ulcus, Mistur)
Sture - Guitars (Vreid, Ulcus, Finnugor)
Former/past member(s)
Sorg - Guitars
Cosmocrator - Clean vocals on '1184' (Mindgrinder, Source of Tide, Scum (Nor))
Vegard - Vocals (some songs on SognaMetal DVD) (Vegard is Valfar's brother)
Additional notes
"On January 14, 2004, Terje "Valfar" Bakken went out on a walk towards his family's cabin at Fagereggi, but he never arrived. Three days later, authorities found his body at Reppastølen in the Sogndal valley. He had gotten stuck in a snow storm, and had died of hypothermia."
The band performed a last concert in Oslo on September 3rd in 2004 in honor of Valfar. Enslaved (Nor), Finntroll and Mindgrinder were the guest bands.
"Windir" is a word in the Sogndal dialect, translating to "Warrior".
Discography
Sogneriket Demo, 1994
Det Gamle Riket Demo, 1995
Sóknardalr Full-length, 1997
Arntor Full-length, 1998
1184 Full-length, 2001
Likferd Full-length, 2003
Valfar, ein Windir Best of/Compilation, 2004
SognaMetal DVD, 2005
DZAAN BEVRI ALBOMI
Windir-is opicialuri Saiti:http://www.windir.no
darcheba Valfar-i chvens gulebshi samudamod dzmebo.
