VREID - THE STORY SO FAR After the tragic death of Valfar, the rest of the Windir members decided to end Windir, and put their music into other projects. Hváll formed a new band, the new band is named Vreid. Vreid is a Norwegian word for wrath. Vreid consists of the 3 Windir members Hváll(bass), Steingrim(drums), Sture (vocals/guitar) and a new guitarist named Ese. Ese has been a close friend of the Vreid members for years, and he was co-engineer on Windir’s “Likferd “album. Hváll wrote most of the material for the debut album entitled “KRAFT”. The music was described as a natural continuance of the music Hváll wrote for Windir & Ulcus, but with its own personal sound. A mixture of the ambience of Windir the, the rawness of Norwegian black metal and the rocking groove of Sepultura, Metallica & Motorhead is a fitting description of the music of Vreid. The lyrics are in both in Norwegian and English. Vreid signed a deal with Tabu recordings for 3 albums. The debut album was recorded during the summer of 2004 in Hváll’s new studio; Studio 1184, and was mixed at Subsonic Society Studio (Susperia, Windir, Red Harvest, Darkthrone etc..) in Oslo. Release was 4th of October 2004 in Norway, and 18th of October worldwide under exclusive license to Candlelight Records. Vreid did a Norwegian tour in October 2004 together with Enslaved, and played at Wolf Lair’s 5 year anniversary festival in Oslo one month later. In February 2005 Vreid joined forces with Enslaved once again, this time to plunder and rampage the European scene. A very successful tour included 29 shows in major European cities like: London, Paris, Barcelona, Milano, Budapest and Prague, before performing a stunning show at the famous Inferno Fest in Oslo the 25th of March. Hvàll had already written some new material, and in June the band started rehearsing for a new album. They decided to start recordings in September. Again (of course) they entered Studio 1184, for the recording of Vreids second opus, “PITCH BLACK BRIGADE”. After 3 months of hard (??) work, the band finally could bring the new beast over to Lars Klokkerhaugs Subsonic Society Studio for the final touch of magic. Release was 10th of April in Norway, 24th of April in Europe and 16th of May in the US. After a successful release-party at Rock-In Metal Club in Oslo in April, a Norwegian tour followed, with concerts in Sogndal, Bø, Sandnes and Bergen, including a performance at Enslaveds 15th anniversary at Garage. Next up was “Oslo Musicfest” in early June, and one week later Vreid co-headlined the “Pagan Nights Festival” in Keltendorf / Ringelai in Germany. Vreid travelled to Holland and Belgium in July, for their first headlining tour. This small tour also included a performance at the "Nevelfest Open Air" in Merksem. Then came "Wacken Open Air" August 4th!! It was a great night for Black'n'Roll at the W.E.T-stage, Vreid performed magnificent, and the audience went crazy in the tent. Surely a night to remember for the band, and indeed for the fans!! The 12th of September Vreid kicked off their 2006 European tour, and the place was "The Mean Fiddler" in London. Later on the tour included shows in 9 different countries, including major cities like Paris, Berlin, Munich and Zagreb. The tour ended in Budapest the 26th. To be continued...