In 2004 we lost one of the most innovative Black Metal musicians to have ever breathed... And I am not saying this lightly. Terje "Valfar" Bakken, the founder of Norwegian band Windir spawned an entirely new sub-genre of BM known as Sognametal. Today would have been Valfar's 39th birthday, and in his honour I've put… Continue reading Wyrd Words & Effigies Playlist 2 : In Memory Of Valfar
I've just finished working out to the debut album from French black/viking band Vindland...and can confirm that it's fucking outstanding. I could hear a lot of Sognametal influences in there, which is never a bad thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHZ9Fj2WJGg
There's a space reserved in my heart for Sognametal, as long-term readers will be only too aware. So, I was psyched to learn that Sogndal based band Mistur have released a teaser track from their up-coming album In Memoriam. Unsurprisingly its a brutal blast of Sognapower. Check it out here.
Today, we remember Terje "Valfar" Bakken of Windir, who passed to the other side on this day in 2004 at the age of 25. Below you can find the four monumental albums he released before his untimely death at the hands of winter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khXynWMMwLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6GWdwkXqhw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW6h0lhXW3Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v805xBELTs
Rough is the best word I can use to describe how I'm feeling this weekend, so it's going to be two days infused with the sounds of Windir. Journey To The End is one all of my all-time favourite tracks. Valfar's throaty howls at 02.52 make my heart twice it's normal size.
I remembered something the other day when I was out and about in town and it was that Terje Bakken is gone. I had to stop what I was doing and just stand there while my blood ran cold. When I arrived back home I immediately put Likferd on. Unfortunately I never met Terje, but… Continue reading Remembering Terje Bakken
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 