Otyg was a folk metal

Folk metal

Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band from Sweden

Sweden

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, featuring Andreas Hedlund

Andreas Hedlund

Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...

, the frontman for Vintersorg

Vintersorg

Vintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron . 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...

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During their existence, Otyg released two albums with songs written in traditional Scandinavian folk style, featuring traditional Scandinavian instruments not frequently heard in heavy metal, such as the keyed fiddle and willow flute

Willow flute

The willow flute, also known as sallow flute , is a Scandinavian folk flute, or whistle, consisting of a simple tube with a transverse fipple mouthpiece and no finger holes...

. All the lyrics were written in Swedish

Swedish language

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. Vintersorg had unofficially expressed that Otyg didn't find anymore inspiration to resume with the project.

Two songs from the band were used in the MMORPG Granado Espada

Granado Espada

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: "Huldran" and "Trollslottet".

Demos

• Bergtagen (1995)
• I Trollskogens Drömmande Mörker (1996)
• Galdersång till Bergfadern (1997)

Last line-up

• Vintersorg
  Andreas Hedlund
  Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  , guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  , keyboards, lute
  Lute
  Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
  
   (1995–2002)
• Mattias Marklund
  Mattias Marklund
  Mattias Marklund is a guitarist who plays in Vintersorg, Casket Casey and TME. He also did guest guitar work for Vintersorg band mate, Andreas Hedlund's progressive rock band, Waterclime.-With Otyg:...
  
   – guitar (1995–2002)
• Cia Hedmark – vocals, violin
  Violin
  The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
  
   (1995–2002)
• Daniel Fredriksson – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , keyed fiddle
  Nyckelharpa
  A nyckelharpa , sometimes called a keyed fiddle, is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument or chordophone. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the pitch of the string.The nyckelharpa is similar in appearance to a...
  
  , mouth harp
  Mouth harp
  Mouth harp may refer to:* Harmonica* Jew's harp...
  
  , lute, willow flute (1995–2002)
• Fredrik Nilsson – drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  (1998–2002)

Former members

• Samuel Norberg – mouth harp (1995–1997)
• Stefan Strömberg – drums (1995–1997)