Vintersorg

Vintersorg is a Swedish folk black metal band from Skellefteå. The band bears the pseudonym of its composer and lead singer, Andreas Hedlund. Hedlund also sings in the bands Otyg, Borknagar, Havayoth, Fission, Cronian, and Waterclime. The band was initially formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron (literally "The throne of the wolf"). The aim then was to integrate previously unheard elements into black metal: clear vocals and acoustic guitar in particular. The lyrics, written in Swedish, draw inspiration from heroic fantasy, mythology, nature, the cosmos. Vintersorg means "winter sorrow", but the name was chosen after a series of novels by Margit Sandemo, Isfolket, in which Vintersorg is the son of a great pagan chief.