...we released "Í Blóði Og Anda" on a German label called "Ars Metalli" in 2002. We started recording that album in early 1999 but ran into lots of trouble, so it might seem to the outsider that we were idle for those 3 years. Then shortly after it's release the label fell apart, so it didn't get good promotion.
Guðmundur Óli Pálmason / Solstafir interview, Metal Inside, 2005
SÓLSTAFIR released their debut album, Í blóði og anda, on this day in 2002 through Ars Metalli.
We've had at least one epic song on each release ever since our first demo, our "Seasons In The Abyss" as we used to call them. All the second half of our debut full - length "Í Blóði Og Anda" is made up of such songs, and somehow we just ended up developing that aspect of our sound more than the fast songs.
Guðmundur Óli Pálmason / Solstafir interview, Metal Inside, 2005