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Windir - 1184



8.8 | 585 votes |
Release date: 19 November 2001
Style: Viking black metal

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01. Todeswalzer
02. 1184
03. Dance Of Mortal Lust
04. The Spiritlord
05. Heidra
06. Destroy
07. Black New Age
08. Journey To The End

Top 20 albums of 2001: 6
Top 200 albums of all time: 105

Line-up
Terje "Valfar" Bakken - vocals, accordion, programming, bass, guitar, synths
Jarle "Hvall" Kvåle - bass
Jørn "Steingrim" Holen - drums
Sture Dingsøyr - guitars
Stian "Strom" Bakketeig - guitars
Gaute "Righ" Refsnes - keyboard

Guest musicians
Cosmocrator - vocals

Additional info
Released by Head Not Found

Produced by Valfar, Hvall and Torbjørn Akkerhaugen.

Staff review by
Troy Killjoy
Rating:
9.0
The mass influx of new and upcoming black metal bands during (and well beyond) the '90s introduced -- by way of competition, inspiration, and admiration -- a slew of content for audiences to sift through. Some bands quickly separated from the rest like oil atop water, rising to the top due to their instrumental mastery, engaging songwriting process, unique sound, and/or unorthodox stylistic choices.

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published 05.09.2019 | Comments (12)

Marking seven years since the incredibly unfortunate death of Valfar. This album is perhaps his best work, with the chilling and unsettlingly real "Journey To The End" to mark the end.

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Comments: 30   Visited by: 1433 users
25.04.2010 - 10:48
Rating: 10
patrickmetal12
Jizz-in-my-pants-AMAZING!
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25.04.2010 - 11:52
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
Journey To The End is the best epitaph ever

I embraced my vision, as it was common for me,
A fate, a destiny, an inevitable early death
Finally I'm dead,
And the vision is revealed for everyone else.
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My rest seems now calm and deep
Finally I got my dead man sleep


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07.05.2011 - 17:23
Bolverk
This album is epic, just perfect!
8.9 is a bit low
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15.08.2011 - 18:19
BeastOfMetal456
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I'll give this one a listen today. Anticipated!
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15.08.2011 - 18:23
Rating: 8
Troy Killjoy
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Staff
Written by [user id=119833] on 15.08.2011 at 18:19
I'll give this one a listen today. Anticipated!

You forgot to post this in the Windir thread too.
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15.08.2011 - 18:26
BeastOfMetal456
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 15.08.2011 at 18:23

Written by [user id=119833] on 15.08.2011 at 18:19
I'll give this one a listen today. Anticipated!

You forgot to post this in the Windir thread too.

I'm going there!!!! Is there something wrong with that, Troy? If there is, I'll stop doing it.
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15.08.2011 - 18:28
Rating: 8
Troy Killjoy
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Written by [user id=119833] on 15.08.2011 at 18:26
I'm going there!!!! Is there something wrong with that, Troy? If there is, I'll stop doing it.

Technically, no. You're posting something relevant to the topic at hand - but it's a little spammy for sure, in that three separate sections of the site don't need to know the exact same thing.

Although you are adhering to the 101 Rules of Being a Metal Stormer.
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15.08.2011 - 18:31
BeastOfMetal456
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Written by Troy Killjoy on 15.08.2011 at 18:28

Written by [user id=119833] on 15.08.2011 at 18:26
I'm going there!!!! Is there something wrong with that, Troy? If there is, I'll stop doing it.

Technically, no. You're posting something relevant to the topic at hand - but it's a little spammy for sure, in that three separate sections of the site don't need to know the exact same thing.

Although you are adhering to the 101 Rules of Being a Metal Stormer.

I'm a great metalstormer!!! Windir's a great band too, to stay on topic
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24.11.2011 - 23:26
JD
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Great album, but the electronic parts in the last song ruined this album for me.
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23.11.2012 - 22:53
Immortal
Jesus talk about police state
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29.12.2012 - 23:07
Dinruth
Just got it as a Christmas present (yeah a bit late, but I was in Finland the past 8 days) ... it's sooo unbelievably good
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11.07.2013 - 22:22
Rating: 10
Sword_Chant
Loving this album! First time i've heard of this band, they kinda sound like a folkier version of the early-era Mayhem. Might check out their other albums!
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01.04.2014 - 23:04
Rating: 9
Erik M.
Somehow this one doesn't click with me like Arntor and Likferd do. Strange, because many apparently consider this album to be their best one. Still great stuff. Not many bands are as consistent in terms of quality as Windir, that's for sure.
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21.07.2014 - 21:36
Rating: 9
Erik M.
Ignore my last comment. Spun this around 5 times now and it's totally awesome. This might very well be the most consistent band ever, for me. All of their material, especially their last 3 albums, are excellent.
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13.09.2014 - 13:40
Rating: 6
Dr. Strawberry
Written by Bolverk on 07.05.2011 at 17:23

This album is epic, just perfect!
8.9 is a bit low

8.9 is too much overrated !
The disco beats in the last few tracks really made this album S.
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13.09.2014 - 15:01
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by [user id=142921] on 13.09.2014 at 14:58

The ending to 'Journey to the End' is one of the best album outros ever made...

I agree. It shouldn't have worked but it did.
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13.09.2014 - 22:56
Rating: 9
Erik M.
Want to use Lit.'s video response to God Buster's post so bad right now...
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14.09.2014 - 04:16
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by Erik M. on 13.09.2014 at 22:56

Want to use Lit.'s video response to God Buster's post so bad right now...

ffs please stop feeding the moronic brain dead troll/
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14.09.2014 - 05:24
Lit.
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Can't even see him cause I ignored him, so fuck 'im.

I don't like this album anyway, so I'd probably end up agreeing with him, too.
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14.09.2014 - 14:37
Rating: 9
Erik M.
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 14.09.2014 at 04:16

ffs please stop feeding the moronic brain dead troll/

Can't help it, it's too tempting sometimes. But it's not like I quoted him, so he might not even read what I wrote...
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12.01.2015 - 20:20
Rating: 10
flightoficarus
Stamp Tramp
RIP. These guys were great and nobody else sounds quite like them. Something about how they combined those epic tremolo marches with those hypnotic clean treble leads just works so well.
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26.06.2015 - 10:57
Rating: 9
Stereolab42
Written by [user id=4365] on 13.09.2014 at 15:01

Written by [user id=142921] on 13.09.2014 at 14:58

The ending to 'Journey to the End' is one of the best album outros ever made...

I agree. It shouldn't have worked but it did.

Exactly. First time I heard it I was like WTF? Second time I heard it I was like, "this is pure fucking genius". Have to check out the other albums now...
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22.01.2018 - 14:43
Rating: 10
Sword_Chant
Written by [user id=142921] on 13.09.2014 at 14:58

The ending to 'Journey to the End' is one of the best album outros ever made...

Your right, no other metal band out there has a sound like that. Still to this day and since 2013 it's one of, if not my all time favourite melody.

It's such a shame what happened to their singer, for the music these guys produced they deserved a bigger discography.
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07.10.2018 - 19:54
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Written by Erik M. on 01.04.2014 at 23:04

Somehow this one doesn't click with me like Arntor and Likferd do. Strange, because many apparently consider this album to be their best one. Still great stuff. Not many bands are as consistent in terms of quality as Windir, that's for sure.

I agree whit you, well its bands 1th in English, artwork is super good as BM artworks should be, but music somehow in last part of album it lost somewhere to pop, and softness I dunno why I had such leafing, but opening half was super good, more aggressive , less melodic or aggressive melodic if we can say so.
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03.01.2019 - 14:13
Rating: 8
Maasai Mara
Fun and danceable black metal. Perfect fusion of folk elements and this is what Emperor wished to achieve in their overrated in the nightside eclipse.
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06.05.2021 - 19:14
Rating: 9
nonZero
Not a single bad track on this one. Incredible Black Metal fully deserving of its reputation. Dance Of Mortal Lust is the stand-out song IMO - Todeswalzer, The Spiritlord, Heidra and Journey To The End are also all fantastic.

9.4/10 for me
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25.02.2022 - 09:07
Rinbel
This is near perfect. Every song is excellent and unique, every riff every melody every twist is catching and perfectly placed. The album flows like an epic unstoppable ride and denotes a deep musical instinct through and through. Deserves all the praise and more.
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15.08.2022 - 19:04
Rating: 8
F3ynman
Nocturnal Bro
Contributor
Very nice black metal! I was a bit iffy on the vocals at first, but this is some really nice musicianship. All the songs are pretty awesome and flow well, but the standout ones for me are, as many have mentioned here already, "Dance Of Mortal Lust" and "Journey To The End"
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15.08.2022 - 19:38
Rating: 9
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Written by F3ynman on 15.08.2022 at 19:04

Very nice black metal! I was a bit iffy on the vocals at first, but this is some really nice musicianship. All the songs are pretty awesome and flow well, but the standout ones for me are, as many have mentioned here already, "Dance Of Mortal Lust" and "Journey To The End"

I'm glad you discovered and liked this album, I've not listened to this in ages, I used to really like it and listened to it often. The melodies are incredible, and there's not a single track on here I don't enjoy. "The Spiritlord", "Heidra", "Journey To The End" and "Dance Of Mortal Lust" are my favourites in that order if I had to pick.
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22.09.2024 - 06:30
Rating: 10
Lulucifer
After all these years, this really is my favorite black metal album. I find myself spinning this entire album so much when I need to focus.
I heard "Journey to the End" and "Heidra" 15 years ago, it really changed my perspective on extreme metal and lead me into a journey through extreme music that is still ongoing.
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