Griffar is a black metal band from Paris formed back in 1997 by Drakhian, Hellskrim, Maldoror and Krakken.

In 2000, the band releases it's first demo tape called Of Witches And Celts self-produced and recorded at the MusicLive Studios. The demo received a very good response from the underground scene. Due to the melodic but yet aggressive music Griffar provides, distributors and magazines compared Griffar to the Scandinavian scene and especially to bands such as Dissection.

Thanks to it's great amount of contacts, the band spreads no less than 800 copies of its first demo-tape. In 2002, the Greek label ISO666 offered Griffar to re-issue Of Witches And Celtsin a CD format which came out with a all new layout in june of 2002. The first 1000 copies were quickly sold out through many distributors worldwide. Therefore, ISO666 asked Griffar permission to release a 1000 new copies.

Later in 2005, Drakhian and Hellskrim decided to give a new life to the band by recruiting Alsvid on the drums. Griffar started to compose new songs and rehearse in Bordeaux with session musicians for upcoming concerts including the third edition of the Black Metal Is Rising festival.

In 2007, Griffar records it's first album, Monastery, at the Winterized Studios in Toulouse.

(Source: Facebook, 19.2.2015)