Berdreyminn

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

Berdreyminn
Studio album by Sólstafir
Released	May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)
Recorded	November – December 2016
Studio	Sundlaugin, Mosfellsbær, Iceland
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
Ótta (2014) Berdreyminn (2017) Endless Twilight of Codependent Love (2020)

Professional ratings

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

Track listing

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

Credits

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

Personnel

Sólstafir

• Aðalbjörn Tryggvason – guitar, vocals
• 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"

Production

• Birgir Jón Birgirsson – production
• Jaime Gómez Arellano – production, mixing
• Aðalbjörn Tryggvason – production
• Ted Jensen – mastering

Visual art

• Adam Burke – cover art
• Steinunn Lilja Draumland – photography
• Hippografix – layout
• Jo Geirdal – handwriting, raven

Studios

• Sundlaugin, Mosfellsbær, Iceland, November – December 2016 – recording
• Orgone studios, Woburn, England, UK – mixing
• Sterling Sound Studios, New York City, NY, USA – mastering

Charts

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

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)
4. "Austriancharts.at – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in German). Hung Medien.
5. "Ultratop.be – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn" (in French). Hung Medien.
6. "Sólstafir: Berdreyminn" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
7. "Lescharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.
8. "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
9. "Swisscharts.com – Sólstafir – Berdreyminn". Hung Medien.

External links

• Berdreyminn at Sólstafir's official website
• Berdreyminn at AllMusic