Sólstafir

Sólstafir, an Icelandic post-metal band, was formed in 1995 by Aðalbjörn Tryggvason, Halldór Einarsson, and Guðmundur Óli Pálmason. Their early releases included the demos Í Norðri and Til Valhallar. After lineup changes, Sólstafir released their debut full-length album, Í Blóði og Anda, in 2002. The band signed with Spinefarm Records in 2005 and released Masterpiece of Bitterness that same year. Subsequent albums included Köld (2009), Svartir Sandar (2011), Ótta (2014), Berdreyminn (2017), and Endless Twilight of Codependent Love (2020). Notable songs include "Fjara" from Svartir Sandar, which remained in the 2013 list of Iceland's top 100 songs of 20 years. Sólstafir began touring Europe regularly in 2010 and made their first open-air appearance at the Roskilde Festival that year. In 2015, Guðmundur Óli Pálmason left the band for personal reasons, replaced by Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson.