Sól án varma, translated Sun without radiance, is a 70 minute long piece written and performed by a select few notorious names from the Icelandic black metal underground.
Founded by T.Í. and D.G. (members of
Misþyrming, Naðra, Núll, Drottinn, etc.), prominent personnel of the Icelandic Vánagandr elite, Sól án varma is more of an conceptual idea rather than a band or a side project.
Originally, Sól án varma, was commissioned as a special one-of-a-kind show for Roadburn Festival 2018. The 70 minute piece has neither been heard before nor since this special performance.
Having hosted Misþyrming as "Artist in Residence" at the festival two years prior, Walter Hoeijmakers, Roadburn
director wanted the Icelandic musicians to bring a new and compelling phenomenon to the table for the 2018 edition of the festival.
After a meeting with Walter in Iceland in 2017, D.G. and T.Í. put together a unit of carefully selected musicians to form what would later become the Sól án varma concept.
These members are:
G.E. (Misþyrming, Naðra, Svartidauði), Á.B.Z. (Carpe Noctem, Árstíðir Lífsins),
M.S. (Svartidauði, Drottinn),
S.V. (Svartidauði, Drottinn)
H.V. (Wormlust).
After a long and intensive writing and rehearsing period, the group premiered the piece at the Roadburn Festival 2018 in front of three-thousand fans in the 013-Venue in Tilburg.
A year after the performance, the group decided to make the
piece immortal by putting it into a properly presentable recorded format. The group entered the studio and tracked down most of the instrumentals over a course of five weeks.
-180g gold double vinyl w. additional slipcase, patch & poster
