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Windir - Arntor

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Release date:	19 October 1999
Style:	Viking black metal
Rating:	8.7 \| 238 votes
Owners:	289 have it 46 want it

01. Byrjing (The Beginning)
02. Arntor, Ein Windir (Arntor, A Warrior)
03. Kong Hydnes Haug (The Burial Mound Of King Hydnes)
04. Svartesmeden Og Lundamyrstrollet (The Blacksmith And The Troll Of Lundamyri)
05. Kampen (The Struggle)
06. Saknet (The Longing)
07. Ending (Ending)

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Released by Head Not Found

Guest review by
Carl Berg

Rating:
9.8

Here it is: the album that began all folk metal. The album that was epic to such proportions that it is widely recognized today as a metal masterpiece. The album that inspired Finntroll to play pagan metal. The album of a dead man, who unfortunately passed away at the end of 2003, freezing to death in Reppastolen, Norway while walking home to his mountain cabin.

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published 31.05.2010 | Comments (14)

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Bolverk - 25.04.2011 at 18:37

8.9? really low... for me, this is the best album ever done

BeastOfMetal456 - 14.08.2011 at 17:27

First spin. EPIC METAL!!!!!!!!

BlueMobius - 09.05.2012 at 02:25

Rating: 8

It's definitely a great album but I think 1184 is probably my favorite Windir album. Svartesmeden Og Lundamyrstrollet happens to be one of my favorite Windir tracks though.

cadenceofthewind - 16.08.2012 at 12:14

Geez, I had forgotten how incredibly awesome this album (and Windir) is...

BigNaughtyV - 18.12.2013 at 02:45

Rating: 10

How is 1184 rated higher than this? Arntor is one of the best viking block metal albums ever, up there with Vikingligr Veldi.

Erik M. - 01.04.2014 at 22:55

Rating: 9

Fantastic album. Svartesmeden Og Lundamyrstrollet (The Blacksmith And The Troll Of Lundamyri) and Saknet (The Longing) are easily the best songs on here.

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