Vintersorg (; "Winter Sorrow" in
English) is a Swedish band from
Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name
Vargatron (
Wolfthrone in English). Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of
heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly rooted in
extreme metal styles, particularly
black metal and
Viking/
folk metal, it has also expanded into
progressive metal and
avant-garde metal. Lyrically, the band deals with topics on
fantasy,
mythology,
nature, the
cosmos, and
metaphysics. Vintersorg means "
Winter Sorrow," but the name was taken from
The Legend of the Ice People series by
Margit Sandemo, where the character Vintersorg is the son of a great pagan leader.