Sólstafir
Sólstafir, the Icelandic band formed in Reykjavík in January 1995, with roots in black metal, which released Hin helga kvöl in November 2024.
Sólstafir, the Icelandic band formed in Reykjavík in January 1995, with roots in black metal, which released Hin helga kvöl in November 2024.
The label announced on 22 October that it had brought the Chilean death-doom band back. Their last record, “Streams Inwards”, is from 2010; the new one has neither a title nor a date.
Nuclear Blast put it out with eight tracks. “Mið” is Old Norse for “the centre”. The band present it in Bergen and Oslo at the end of the month, and play Barcelona on 14 February.
Barcelona is the tour’s only Spanish stop when the two Norwegian bands go out together in February 2027. Tickets go on sale on 25 September.
Enslaved and Sólstafir share a bill at Razzmatazz 2 on Sunday 14 February, with Gaahls Wyrd opening. Time, price and records.
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