"Weh was created early 2002 by Erik E as an acoustic project, focusing on a dark and atmospheric feeling. In the summer the same year, five songs were recorded in "Grandma's Basement Studios", with Morgan Hennum Nicolaysen behind the knobs. The songs, resulting in a demo called "The Death EP", were performed using only a twelve-string guitar, a tambourine and a voice. This first demo received surprisingly positive reviews in norwegian and swedish magazines. The second demo, named "All The Sinners Are Sleeping Now" was recorded late 2003, on an eight-track harddisc recorder.
Containing seven songs, this recording showed a slightly more varied structure than the first demo. After the tragic loss of Windir frontman and founder Terje "Valfar" Bakken in the winter early 2004, the remaining members of Windir decided to pull the plug on the band. A last Windir album was planned as a final tribute to Terje. Hváll, member of Windir and later his new band Vreid, phoned Erik E and asked if Weh could record a coversong of Windir as one of several bands paying homage on the album "Valfar, Ein Windir". "Likbør", from Windir's first album "Sóknardalr", was recorded by Weh (produced by Morten Hennum Nicolaysen, Morgan's older brother), and included on the tribute album.
Later in 2004, the third demo was recorded (on a sixteen-track this time), yet again with the help of the old friend Morten Hennum Nicolaysen doing the mixing. "The Coffee's Cold In The Morning, The Beer's Warm At Night" included ten songs. Late 2005 saw the classic "Hoof & Horn" recording, produced and mixed by Erik E. These three songs were so far the closest representation of what Weh was supposed to be in the first place, with a more dynamic feeling than the previous recordings. In the last days of November 2006, the four new songs took shape. "North" continues along the path trodden by "Hoof & Horn" a year earlier.
In October of 2007 Weh participated with the song 'And the Bells are Ringing Doom' for the online 'zine Lunar Hypnosis' third free mp3 compilation ‘Autumn Calls | Winter Awaits.’
The official website has all recordings to date available for download, save for the Windir cover. "
Origins (2xCD, Comp) Soulseller Records SSR032 2010 En Natt Kom Doed (CD, Album) Soulseller Records SSR048 2012 Folkloren (CD, Album) Soulseller Records SSR 064 2013 Ingenmannsland (CD, Album) Soulseller Records 2015
Tracks appear in compilations Likbor Windir - Valfar, Ein Windir (2xCD, Comp, Dig) Tabu Recordings TABU006 2004 And The Bells Are Ringing Doom Various - Autumn Calls | Winter Awaits (18xFile, MP3, Comp) Lunar Hypnosis Webzine 3 2007 The Seaward Song Various - The Origin Of All (CD, Comp) Lunare none 2009
Label: Soulseller Records – SSR048 Format: CD, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 16 Mar 2012 Genre: Rock, Pop Style: Acoustic
Tracklist
1 Oedegaarden 07:33 2 A Testament of Time 02:46 3 Demon av Natur 01:43 4 La Onde Guder Hvile 03:09 5 The Unborn 04:38 6 En Natt Kom Doed 04:10 7 What is Written 05:09 8 Helvete 03:35
Label: Soulseller Records – SSR 064 Format: CD, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 21 Jun 2013 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Neofolk, Acoustic
Tracklist
1 Alle Mørkets Makter 3:38 2 Dypt Går Det Siste Sår 6:21 3 Every Leaf And Branch Will Tremble 4:16 4 Long Days Of Winter 4:50 5 Let The Night Cover Me 4:44 6 Runer Og Alvekors 3:36 7 With Omens Of Sorrow 4:29 8 Solnedgangen 8:21
Label: Soulseller Records Format: CD, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 04 Dec 2015 Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country Style: Neofolk, Acoustic
Tracklist
1 Intethet 2 The Second Sight 3 Old Stars of the North 4 The Oath 5 Der Lå Et Hav Av Ild 6 Night After Day After Night 7 Ingenmannsland 8 The Great War
"There are long days of winter ahead; Sole mastermind Erik E presents mesmerizing new acoustic tunes that will make you daydream and plunge into darkness!
“Ingenmannsland” shares the dark lyrical themes with earlier releases, but differs from them by a somewhat colder sound while aspects of war are flowing through the album.
The new WEH album “Ingenmannsland” is out now via Soulseller Records on digipack CD and digitally." soulsellerrecords