Berdreyminn

Berdreyminn
Berdreyminn
Studio album by Sólstafir
Released	May 26, 2017
Recorded	November – December 2016
Studio	Sundlaugin, Mosfellsbær, Iceland; Orgone studios, Woburn, England, UK; Sterling Sound Studios, New York City, NY, USA;
Genre	Post-rock; post-metal; hard rock;
Length	57:22
Language	Icelandic
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Birgir Jón Birgisson; Jaime Gómez Arellano; Aðalbjörn Tryggvason;
Sólstafir chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer	^[1]
Metal Injection	9/10^[2]

Berdreyminn is the sixth studio album by Icelandic post-metal band Sólstafir. It was released on May 26, 2017 through the record label Season of Mist.

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by Sólstafir; all music is composed by Sólstafir

No.	Title	Translation	Length
1.	"Silfur-refur"	"Silver Fox"	6:54
2.	"Ísafold"	"Ice World", "Icy Ground"	4:58
3.	"Hula"	"Mist", "Veil"	7:07
4.	"Nárós"	"Lifeless Rose"	7:22
5.	"Hvít sæng"	"White Bed"	7:22
6.	"Dýrafjörður"	a fjord in the Westfjords of Iceland	7:31
7.	"Ambátt"	"Handmaid"	8:08
8.	"Bláfjall"	"Blue Mountain"	8:00
Total length:			57:22

Deluxe edition box set bonus songs
No.	Title	Translation	Length
9.	Untitled (no audio)		1:00
10.	"Svart Blóð"	"Black Blood"	4:49
11.	"Samband Í Berlin"	"Connection in Berlin"	4:22
Total length:			67:32

Personnel[edit]

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.^[3]

Sólstafir

Aðalbjörn Tryggvason – guitar, vocals, production
Sæþór M. Sæþórsson – guitar
Svavar Austmann – bass
Hallgrímur J. Hallgrímsson – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

Snorri Sigurðarson – trumpet, flugelhorn
Ingi Garðar Erlendsson – trombone, tuba
Erna Ómarsdóttir – french horn
Halldór Á. Björnsson – piano, keyboards
Amiina – strings
Margrét Soffía Einarsdóttir – soprano vocals on "Hula"

Additional personnel

Birgir Jón Birgirsson – production
Jaime Gómez Arellano – production, mixing
Ted Jensen – mastering
Adam Burke – cover art
Steinunn Lilja Draumland – photography
Hippografix – layout
Jo Geirdal – handwriting, raven

Charts[edit]

Chart	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	35
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[5]	136
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[6]	20
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	166
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[9]	42

References[edit]

^ Daly, Joe (May 4, 2017). "Sólstafir – Berdreyminn album review". teamrock.com. Future Publishing. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
^ Luedtke, Christopher (June 14, 2017). "Album Review: SÓLSTAFIR Berdreyminn". www.metalinjection.net. Metal Injection. Retrieved March 1, 2017.
^ Berdreyminn (liner notes). Sólstafir. Season of Mist. 2017. SOM 412B. Retrieved March 1, 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Austriancharts.at – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in German). Hung Medien.
^ "Ultratop.be – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in French). Hung Medien.
^ "Sólstafir: Berdreyminn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
^ "Lescharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.
^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.

External links[edit]

Berdreyminn at Sólstafir's official website
Berdreyminn at AllMusic

[1] Daly, Joe (May 4, 2017). "Sólstafir – Berdreyminn album review". teamrock.com. Future Publishing. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[2] Luedtke, Christopher (June 14, 2017). "Album Review: SÓLSTAFIR Berdreyminn". www.metalinjection.net. Metal Injection. Retrieved March 1, 2017.

[3] Berdreyminn (liner notes). Sólstafir. Season of Mist. 2017. SOM 412B. Retrieved March 1, 2018.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Austria_Sólstafir-4] "Austriancharts.at – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in German). Hung Medien.

[ac_Wallonia_Sólstafir-5] "Ultratop.be – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in French). Hung Medien.

[ac_Finland_Sólstafir-6] "Sólstafir: Berdreyminn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.

[ac_France_Sólstafir-7] "Lescharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.

[ac_Germany_Sólstafir-8] "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.

[ac_Switzerland_Sólstafir-9] "Swisscharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.

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v t e Sólstafir
Aðalbjörn Tryggvason Sæþór Maríus Sæþórsson Svavar Austman Hallgrímur Jón Hallgrímsson Halldór Einarsson Guðmundur Óli Pálmason
Studio albums	Í Blóði og Anda Masterpiece of Bitterness Köld Svartir Sandar Ótta Berdreyminn Endless Twilight of Codependent Love