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Sólstafir is an Icelandic post-metal band formed in 1995 and currently signed to Season of Mist. Originally a black metal band, they transitioned to a post-metal-influenced style on their second album '' Masterpiece of Bitterness''. History Sólstafir was formed in 1995 by guitarist/singer Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, bassist Halldór Einarsson, and drummer Guðmundur Óli Pálmason. The band's name is the Icelandic word for sun beams (crepuscular rays). They soon recorded the demos ''Í Norðri'' and ''Til Valhallar''. Halldór then left the band, and Aðalbjörn and Guðmundur recorded a promo tape as a duo in 1997. During this period, Svavar Austmann joined as the new bassist and the band began recording their debut full-length album, '' Í Blóði og Anda''. The album was not released until 2002 due to various recording delays and label disputes. Shortly after that album was completed, second guitarist Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson joined the band and made his debut on the 2002 d ...
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Brutal Assault
Brutal Assault is an open-air extreme metal festival that takes place in the 18th-century army fortress Josefov, located in Jaroměř, Czechia. It is held each August early in the month from Wednesday until Saturday. The festival started in 1996, originally focused on grindcore. For many years, it was a small event with mainly Czech and Slovak bands performing. It changed location several times and grew into a large event by 2006, when over 7,000 people attended the festival in Svojšice. After moving to Josefov, attendances grew further to 15,000 in 2012 and the festival has operated two alternating main stages since. Currently, Brutal Assault features artists that perform all forms of extreme metal, including some of the genre's most prominent figures, as well as artists with dark and intense styles from genres outside of heavy metal such as punk rock, experimental rock and electronic. The festival motto is: "Against violence and intolerance". Location Brutal Assault tak ...
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Svartir Sandar
''Svartir sandar'' is the fourth album by the Icelandic band Sólstafir. It was released on October 14, 2011, by Season of Mist. A music video for the song Fjara was made in July 2011 and released in January 2012.Music video of Fjara
on ''Youtube''. Retrieved December 14, 2012.


Track listing

;Disc 1 (Andvari) # "Ljós í stormi" (Lights in a Storm) – 11:35 # "Fjara" (Beach) – 6:44 # "Þín orð" (Your Words) – 6:13 # "Sjúki skugginn" (The Sick Shadow) – 5:07 # "Æra" (Honour) – 5:02 # "Kukl" (Humbug) – 5:08 ;Disc 2 (Gola) # "Melrakkablús" (Prairie Hound Blues) – 9:58 # "Draumfari" (Dream Tripper) – 3:40 # "Stinningskaldi" (Strong Breeze) – 1:15 # "Stormfari" (Storm Tripper) – 3:37 # "Svartir sandar" (Black Sands) – 8:22 # "Djákninn" (The Deacon) – 10:51


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Berdreyminn
''Berdreyminn'' is the sixth album by the Icelandic heavy metal music, heavy metal band Sólstafir. It was released on May 26, 2017 through the record label Season of Mist. Track listing Credits Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. Personnel Sólstafir * Aðalbjörn Tryggvason – guitar, Singing, vocals * Sæþór M. Sæþórsson – guitar * Svavar Austmann – Bass guitar, bass * Hallgrímur J. Hallgrímsson – Drum kit, drums, backing vocals Additional musicians * Snorri Sigurðarson – trumpet, flugelhorn * Ingi Garðar Erlendsson – trombone, tuba * Erna Ómarsdóttir – french horn * Halldór Á. Björnsson – piano, Keyboard instrument, keyboards * Amiina – String instrument, strings * Margrét Soffía Einarsdóttir – soprano vocals on "Hula" Production * Birgir Jón Birgirsson – Record producer, production * Jaime Gómez Arellano – production, Audio mixing (recorded music), mixing * Aðal ...
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RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) (pronounced or ) ( en, 'The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service') is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization. Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via three radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2, also available internationally; Rondó (only available via the Internet and digital radio); and one full-time television channel of the same name. There is also a supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2, which transmits live coverage of major cultural and sporting events, both domestic and foreign, as required. History RÚV began radio broadcasting in 1930 and its first television transmissions were made in 1966. In both cases coverage quickly reached nearly every household in Iceland. RÚV is funded by a broadcast receiving licence fee collected from every income tax payer, a ...
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