Windir (Warrior in English) was a folkloric black metal band from Sogndal, Norway. The band combined black metal with Norwegian folk music and mythology. The band was formed in 1994, but did not release an album until 1997. Windir was a project of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Terje "Valfar" Bakken. Windir produced four albums in their almost ten years of existence, each more complex and successful than the last. The band broke up when Valfar died of hypothermia amidst the hills of Sogndal on January 14, 2004. Many of Windir's lyrics are written in the local dialect Sognamål. Valfar's death On January 14, 2004, Terje "Valfar" Bakken went to his family's cabin at Fagereggi, Norway by foot. As he never arrived his family contacted local authorities, who organized a search party. January 17, Valfar's body was found at Reppastølen in the Sogndal valley. Apparently surprised by extreme weather and deep snow, he had