Solens rötter is the sixth full-length album by Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 folk metal

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band Vintersorg

Vintersorg

Vintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron . Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly rooted in extreme metal styles, particularly black metal and Viking/folk metal, it has also expanded into...

. The album re-introduced Andreas Hedlund

Andreas Hedlund

Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...

's use of all Swedish lyrics, something Vintersorg has not had since their 1999 full-length, Ödemarkens son

Ödemarkens Son

Ödemarkens son is the second full-length album by Swedish progressive/folk metal band Vintersorg. It was released on 16 November 1999. It builds on the folk metal of the previous album.-Track listing:-Credits:*Mr...

. Another shift for the band was the absence of Asgeir Mickelson

Asgeir Mickelson

Asgeir Mickelson is a Norwegian musician, artist, photographer and music reviewer. Although primarily a drummer, Mickelson has stated that he considers himself a musician above a drummer, and is also a guitarist and bassist....

, Steve DiGiorgio

Steve DiGiorgio

Steve DiGiorgio is an American bassist and musician.DiGiorgio has played bass guitar in heavy metal bands such as Death, Autopsy, Control Denied, Testament, Vintersorg, Iced Earth, Sebastian Bach, Charred Walls of the Damned, Obituary, and is a founding member of Sadus. He is widely renowned for...

 and Lars Nedland

Lars Nedland

Lars Are Nedland , known also as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer and keyboardist for acclaimed avant-garde black metal band Solefald. He is also keyboardist for the progressive black metal act Borknagar...

 who had all participated on the previous two albums, The Focusing Blur

The Focusing Blur

The Focusing Blur is the fifth full-length album by Swedish progressive/folk metal band Vintersorg. It was released on February 16, 2004. This album was the most progressive album to date, with many experimental and avant-garde elements and the lyrics were now all written and sung in English.-Track...

and Visions from the Spiral Generator

Visions from the Spiral Generator

Visions from the Spiral Generator is the fourth full-length album by Swedish progressive/folk metal band Vintersorg. It was released on June 24, 2002. This album saw a drastic shift in style in the band that was foreshadowed on the band's prior album, Cosmic Genesis...

, handling, drums (Mickelson), bass (DiGiorgio), and guest vocals (Focusing Blur) & select Hammond

Hammond organ

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 sections (Visions and Focusing Blur) (Nedland). Instead, Johan Lindgren, Vintersorg's live bassist and Mattias Marklund

Mattias Marklund

Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg band mate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.-With Otyg:...

's bandmate in TME, took over bass duties. Although Vintersorg's live drummer, Benny Hägglund, was originally planned to be drummer on the album, lack of schedule time resulted in the band just using the drums Hedlund programmed instead . With the prior two albums being strongly rooted in the progressive metal sound, Solens rötter is a merge between the early folk inspired albums and the later progressive ones.

Track listing

• All Songs Written By Vintersorg.

1. "Döpt i en jökelsjö" ("Baptized in a Glacier Lake") – 5:25
2. "Perfektionisten" ("The Perfectionist") – 4:17
3. "Spirar och gror" ("Sprouts and Germinates") – 6:32
4. "Kosmosaik" – 5:31
5. "Idétemplet" ("The Temple of Ideas") – 4:52
6. "Naturens mystär" ("Nature's Mystery") – 5:00
7. "Att bygga en ruin" ("To Build a Ruin") – 5:29
8. "Strålar" ("Rays") – 5:10
9. "Från materia till ande" ("From Matter to Spirit") – 5:48
10. "Vad aftonvindens andning viskar" ("What the Evening Wind's Breath Whispers") - 4:49

Vintersorg

• Andreas Hedlund
  Andreas Hedlund
  Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...
  
    - All vocals, acoustic, rhythm and lead guitars, keyboards, Hammond organ, drum programming, loops and editing
• Mattias Marklund
  Mattias Marklund
  Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg band mate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.-With Otyg:...
  
   - Lead and rhythm guitars

Additional Musicians

• Johan Lindgren - Bass
• Nils Johansson - Additional keyboards and effects

Production

• Arranged, Produced & Edited By Vintersorg
• Recorded & Engineered By Vintersorg & Nils Johansson
• Mixed & Mastered By Nils Johansson