Windfaerer is a Hispanic folk-metal band originating from New Jersey, United States. The project was founded in 2006 by guitarist Michael Gonçalves, who combined Spanish folk elements with modern black metal influences. The project released the demo Glorybound (2009), and gained attention with the album Tribus (2010), followed by the album Solar (2012), which established their blend of violin-driven melodies and heavy guitar work. Subsequent albums include Tenebrosum (2015), the split album Coniuratio Nigrum Atlantika (2016), Alma (2018), and Breaths of Elder Dawns (2021). The band also released the single “Night of the Graveless Souls” (2019), an Emperor cover, and contributed the song “Blooded Shore” to the compilation Lords of the North: A Tribute to Bathory (2019).
