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Sólstafir

Black metal
Black metal

Sólstafir is a Black metal act. Their sound grew out of Neurosis, Heretoir, Sigur Rós, Cult of Luna and Enslaved. Those roots explain a lot about how Sólstafir arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Harakiri for the Sky, Thy Catafalque, Misþyrming, Borknagar and Alcest, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sylvaine, Patriarkh, Amorphis and Fluisteraars, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Sólstafir, reaching back through Neurosis and forward to Sylvaine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Sólstafir connections

Sólstafir grew out of Neurosis, Heretoir, Sigur Rós and Cult of Luna, shares an orbit with Harakiri for the Sky, Thy Catafalque, Misþyrming and Borknagar, went on to shape Sylvaine, Patriarkh, Amorphis and Fluisteraars. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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