''Arntor'' is the second

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band

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. It was released on 11 October 1999 through the record label

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. It is the last record released with Valfar playing the majority of the instruments.

Track listing

Critical reception

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praised the album, writing, "this album's importance in the grand scheme of Scandinavian heavy metal is difficult to overstate, and if

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's Bathory were responsible for introducing the Viking metal concept to begin with, then the watershed ''Arntor'' gave Windir a strong case as heirs to their throne, by showing the way forward for the genre's future disciples."

Personnel

Valfar Terje "Valfar" Bakken (3 September 1978 – 14 January 2004) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third al ...

– guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals,

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, producer, mixing

Additional personnel

*B. T. Aroy - keyboards on "Ending" *I. R. Aroy - guitars on tracks 2, 4 and 6 *Steinarson - clean vocals *Steingrim - drums *Harjar - lead guitars on "Kong Hydnes haug" and "Kampen" *Vegard Bakken - photography *

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- layout *J. E. Bjork - graphic design *

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- mixing

References

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