''Till fjälls'' ("To the Mountains") is the first full-length album by Swedish

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band

Vintersorg Vintersorg (; "Winter Sorrow" in English) is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron (Wolfthrone in English). Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly ro ...

. Stylistically this continued in the same musical vein as the previous album,

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, with

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-style riffs,

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and

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interspersed with

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melodies, acoustics, and atmospherics.

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards

Additional personnel and staff

* Vargher - keyboards, drum programming * Nils Johansson - keyboards * Andreas Frank - lead guitar on "För kung och fosterland" and "Asatider" * Cia Hedmark - female vocals on "Isjungfrun" and "Fångad utav nordens själ"

References

Vintersorg albums 1998 debut albums Napalm Records albums {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub