Biography
STRIDSMENN is the union between BORGARHOLT & AUSTKRIGAR, two bands formed
by Arnjeir.
BORGARHOLT was formed in winter 2003 in order to pay tribute to Arnjeirs Norwegian
ancestors and to the great art of Norwegian Black Metal. His music, while being deeply
rooted in the traditional Norwegian scene, also shows it's own personality based on
Norwegian folklore and melancholy.
During 2003-2005 BORGARHOLT released three demos, all of which were available in
very limited quantities and only given to friends.
In 2005, AUSTKRIGAR was formed because Arnjeir wanted to compose music that was
somewhat different from BORGARHOLT while at the same time he was working on the
debut album of BORGARHOLT. Thus the AUSTRKRIGAR 3-track demo was created.
Early in 2006, Arnjeir started composing the material that would later become the debut
album of STRIDSMENN. After three years of recording, re-recording and mixing, the
album was finally ready and Arnjeir decided to merge his two projects BORGARHOLT
& AUSTKRIGAR together into one - STRIDSMENN. A decision that had to be made in
order to gain more compositional freedom and reach a higher standard with his art.
Since then, Arnjeir has been recruiting members in order to form STRIDSMENN into
a full band. They are already working on the material for their second album and are
currently sorting out the line-up for possible live shows.
hei! thanks for adding my project. i just bought your cd. its great!!! i loved the auskrigar stuff and im pretty happy you released the songs saar, boldvatn and dod on the stridsmenn cd! big hails to norway ha det morbound
Highly impressive songs you've got posted. Thanks so much for accepting my friend req. Any interest in having your latest album reviewed in Meridian 9 magazine. Just shoot me an email if so.
Thanks for the CD mate, it arrived today!!! It looks great, really like the cover artwork! And also the music is really good. It's been playing non-stop today :)
Hails mate!!! Also a big thanks to you for coming over!! More big thanks to you for helping out cleaning the mess on saturday morning! So how did sunday morning go? Sorry that I had to wake you so early because I had to leave to the airport...did you sleep some more at Xander's place? And one more thanks for the CD's....will listen them today...couldn't do earlier because I was away all the time for work (and staying in a hotel for work as well).
Cheers mate, next time you're welcome again of course!!!!!!!!
Marcel
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