Can you tell me something about the history of Vanir? How did the band get together?
“The origin story is quite random actually. It all started with Phillip, Lars and Martin, the founding members of the band. They started jamming some tunes about 6 or 7 years ago.
A violinist was added to the band, which gave a really cool sound. Then we got the idea to mix the whole sound with metal. The rest of the guys and girls came along. After some line-up changes, we’re stronger than ever now!
We like to write lyrics about history and consider our music melodic death/black metal with folk instruments. Some might call it ‘Viking metal’
Vanir – ‘Epitome’ (2024)
Rating: 7/10 Release: 16 February 2024 Label: Mighty Music Vanir is a six-member melodic death metal band out of Denmark and “Epitome” is their seventh album. They’ve got the standard folk metal lineup with vocals, bass, guitars, drums, and a keyboard. I was only familiar with their older work, and … Continue reading →