Solens rötter ("Roots of the Sun") is the sixth full-length album by Swedish folk metal band Vintersorg. The album re-introduced Andreas Hedlund's use of all Swedish lyrics, something Vintersorg has not had since their 1999 full-length, Ödemarkens son."https://yourlastrites.com/2007/07/23/vintersorg-solens-rotter-review/ Vintersorg – Solens Rötter Review]" July 23, 2007. Another shift for the band was the absence of Asgeir Mickelson, Steve DiGiorgio and Lars Nedland who had all participated on the previous two albums, The Focusing Blur and Visions from the Spiral Generator, handling, drums (Mickelson), bass (DiGiorgio), and guest vocals (Focusing Blur) & select Hammond sections (Visions and Focusing Blur) (Nedland). Instead, Johan Lindgren, Vintersorg's live bassist and Mattias Marklund'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."Vintersorg official forum - May 2007 - Mr. V, some questions about the new album please!" May 30, 2007. 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."Blabbermouth.net - Jan 2007 - VINTERSORG: New Album Release Date, Cover Artwork Revealed" January 31, 2007.
Track listing All songs written by Vintersorg.
Personnel
Vintersorg Andreas Hedlund - all vocals, acoustic, rhythm and lead guitars, keyboards, Hammond organ, drum programming, loops and editing Mattias Marklund - lead and rhythm guitars
Additional musicians Johan Lindgren - bass Nils Johansson - additional keyboards and effects
Production Arranged, produced and edited by Vintersorg Recorded and engineered by Vintersorg and Nils Johansson Mixed and mastered by Nils Johansson
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