Sólstafir is an icelandic band formed in 1995. Originally a viking and black metal band, but they abandoned the style in their second album, "Masterpiece of Bitterness", for a more transcendental sound. Even though the band is quite famous in the metal community, they're not famous for the genre, just being labelled heavy metal. However, most of their releases are amazing post metal albums that should be a must for every post metal fan.
They were founded by three friends:Aðalbjörn Tryggvason (guitarist and vocalist), Halldór Einarsson (bassist, left the band before the release of their debut) and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason (drummer). Later, in 1999, they would hire two more members, guitarist Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson and bassist Svavar Austmann. Their drummer Pálmason would leave the band shortly after the release of their last album, "Berdreyminn", and was replaced by Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson.
Stylistically, Sólstafir's themes revolve around icelandic folklore and spiritual subjects, combining their typically dreamy and almost poetic lyricism with harsh heavy metal vocals. Their first releases (demos and first album) show a typical black metal approach from what you'd expect from an icelandic metal group. However, their sound would progress beyond the label of any genre with the next releases. Masterpiece of Bitterness shows a more mature band playing with various genres at once in longer and more experimental songs. They managed to mix a gloomy atmosphere with the harshness of death metal, and this bold experimentation would turn less abrasive in one of the most recent releases, Ótta. This album shows a cleaner and dreamier sound than the previous works, a sound that's reached with the use of strings, banjos and keyboards.
2002 - Í Blóði og Anda
Ars Metalli Records
1 - Undir Jökli
2 - Í Blóõi og Anda
3 - The Underworld Song
4 - Tormentor
5 - 2000 Ár
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2005 - Masterpiece of Bitterness
Spikefarm Records
1 - I Myself the Visionary Head
2 - Nature Strutter
3 - Bloodsoaked Velvet
4 - Lux Fare
5 - Ghosts of Light
1 - 78 Days in the Desert
They were founded by three friends:Aðalbjörn Tryggvason (guitarist and vocalist), Halldór Einarsson (bassist, left the band before the release of their debut) and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason (drummer). Later, in 1999, they would hire two more members, guitarist Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson and bassist Svavar Austmann. Their drummer Pálmason would leave the band shortly after the release of their last album, "Berdreyminn", and was replaced by Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson.
Stylistically, Sólstafir's themes revolve around icelandic folklore and spiritual subjects, combining their typically dreamy and almost poetic lyricism with harsh heavy metal vocals. Their first releases (demos and first album) show a typical black metal approach from what you'd expect from an icelandic metal group. However, their sound would progress beyond the label of any genre with the next releases. Masterpiece of Bitterness shows a more mature band playing with various genres at once in longer and more experimental songs. They managed to mix a gloomy atmosphere with the harshness of death metal, and this bold experimentation would turn less abrasive in one of the most recent releases, Ótta. This album shows a cleaner and dreamier sound than the previous works, a sound that's reached with the use of strings, banjos and keyboards.
The first album has a lot of appeal to black metal fans, while the three next are better for who's into death metal, and the last ones have a doom metal approach.
2002 - Í Blóði og Anda
Ars Metalli Records
1 - Undir Jökli
2 - Í Blóõi og Anda
3 - The Underworld Song
4 - Tormentor
5 - 2000 Ár
6 - Ei Við Munum Iðrast
7 - Bitch In Black
8 - Í Viking
9 - Árstíðir Dauðans
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2005 - Masterpiece of Bitterness
Spikefarm Records
1 - I Myself the Visionary Head
2 - Nature Strutter
3 - Bloodsoaked Velvet
4 - Lux Fare
5 - Ghosts of Light
6 - Ritual of Fire
2009 - Köld
Spikefarm Records1 - 78 Days in the Desert
2 - Köld
3 - Pale Rider
4 - She Destroys Again
3 - Pale Rider
4 - She Destroys Again
5 - Necrologue
6 - World Void of Souls
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6 - World Void of Souls
7 - Love Is the Devil (and I Am In Love)
8 - Goddess of the Ages
8 - Goddess of the Ages
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2011 - Svartir Sandar
Season of Mist
Disc 1 - Andvari
1 - Ljós Í Stormi
2 - Fjara
3 - Þín orð
4 - Sjúki Skugginn
5 - Æra2 - Fjara
3 - Þín orð
4 - Sjúki Skugginn
6 - Kukl
Disc 2 - Gola
1 - Melrakkablús
2 - Draumfari
3 - Stinningskaldi
4 - Stormfari
5 - Svartir Sandar2 - Draumfari
3 - Stinningskaldi
4 - Stormfari
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