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Vreid
Vreid
Norwegian black metal band
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Cor Scorpii
Cor Scorpii
Norwegian band
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Keldian
Keldian
band that plays symphonic metal
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The Crest
The Crest
band
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Ancient
Ancient
Norwegian black metal band
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Samoth
Samoth
Norwegian musician
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Shagrath
Shagrath
Norwegian musician
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Tristania
Tristania
Gothic metal band from Norway
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Kampfar
Kampfar
band
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Old Man's Child
Old Man's Child
band that plays black metal
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The 3rd and the Mortal
The 3rd and the Mortal
Norwegian metal band
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Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Norwegian symphonic black metal band
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Ad Inferna
Ad Inferna
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Green Carnation
Green Carnation
Norwegian band
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Tempest
Tempest
Celtic rock band
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Den Saakaldte
Den Saakaldte
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Trail of Tears
Trail of Tears
Norwegian gothic/symphonic black metal band
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Taake
Taake
Norwegian black metal band
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Brujeria
Brujeria
Mexican-American extreme metal band
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ICS Vortex
ICS Vortex
Norwegian musician
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Årabrot
Årabrot
Norwegian band
21
Blood Red Throne
Blood Red Throne
band
22
Scum
Scum
punk band
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Scott Weinrich
Scott Weinrich
American guitarist and singer
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Fimbulwinter
Fimbulwinter
musical artist
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Vaakevandring
Vaakevandring
band that plays Christian metal
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Immortal
Immortal
Norwegian black metal band
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Sponge
Sponge
alternative rock band from Detroit
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Kill II This
Kill II This
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Keep of Kalessin
Keep of Kalessin
Norwegian metal band
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Troll
Troll
Norwegian band
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Highland Glory
Highland Glory
Norwegian band
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Primordial
Primordial
Irish extreme metal band
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Cruachan
Cruachan
Irish band
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Morgul
Morgul
band
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Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
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The Agony Scene
The Agony Scene
American metal band
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Joshua
Joshua
American band
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Jackyl
Jackyl
American rock band
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Leaves' Eyes
Leaves' Eyes
Norwegian symphonic metal band
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Peavy Wagner
Peavy Wagner
German musician
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Fenriz
Fenriz
Norwegian musician
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Theatres des Vampires
Theatres des Vampires
band
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Nocturnal Breed
Nocturnal Breed
band
44
Thorns
Thorns
band
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Nils-Olav Johansen
Nils-Olav Johansen
Norwegian musician
46
Insomnium
Insomnium
Finnish melodic death metal band
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Attila Csihar
Attila Csihar
Hungarian singer
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Static-X
Static-X
American metal band
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Per Jørgensen
Per Jørgensen
Norwegian jazz musician
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Red Harvest
Red Harvest
Norwegian extreme industrial metal band
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Dark Fortress
Dark Fortress
German black metal band
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Lumsk
Lumsk
band
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Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren
multi-talented musician in death metal; producer
54
The Duskfall
The Duskfall
band
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Norwegian musical group; black metal band
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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 are written in Sognamål. Windir produced four albums in their almost 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 a number of new bands including Vreid, Mistur, and Cor Scorpii.

Most of the band's early albums featured lyrics written in frontman Valfar's native dialect, Sognamal. 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 in an archaic rural dialect." With the coining of the term, the genre "Sognametal" as established by Windir has inspired many bands from the small region of Sogn og Fjordane, most of whom are ex-members of Windir or friends of them. These bands include: Vreid, Cor Scorpii, Mistur, Sigtyr and Feigd.