Arntor Explained

Arntor
Type:studio
Artist:Windir
Cover:Arntor.jpg
Released:11 October 1999
Recorded:August–October 1998
Genre:Melodic black metal, Viking metal, folk metal
Language:Sognamål
Label:Head Not Found
Producer:Pytten
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Prev Year:1997
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Arntor is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Windir. It was released on 11 October 1999 through the record label Head Not Found. It is the last record released with Valfar playing the majority of the instruments.

Critical reception

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

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