Andreas Hedlund (born November 17, 1973, in Skellefteå, Sweden), also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist, musician and producer known for his multi-range singing styles in black metal, progressive metal, folk metal and many other musical genres.
Andreas' musical career began with the bands Masticator, a death metal band, and Cosmic Death, a black metal band. Both bands existed for brief amounts of time and only produced obscure ...
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Andreas Hedlund (born November 17, 1973, in Skellefteå, Sweden), also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist, musician and producer known for his multi-range singing styles in black metal, progressive metal, folk metal and many other musical genres.
Andreas' musical career began with the bands Masticator, a death metal band, and Cosmic Death, a black metal band. Both bands existed for brief amounts of time and only produced obscure demos. In 1994, after the demise of these bands, Andreas decided to explore the idea of mixing black metal elements, such as blast beats, fast, tremulous guitar riffs, and harsh vocals, with folk and melodic, cleanly sung vocals. He called this new band "Vargatron", which means "Wolfthrone" in English. The band lasted until the summer of 1996, when the other band members left due to lack of interest. The band was soon resurrected by Andreas as a solo project, which he renamed Vintersorg, which means "Winter sorrow" in English. However, he has...
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