In 2012, lead vocalist Terje Singh Sidhu got together with a rag-tag group of musicians to form some ’80s heavy metal worship called Sinsid. From Rogaland, on the western coast of Norway, this quintet has now written four full-length...

Sometimes a new band starts up and chooses a godawful name—like Illwind. I’m not just referring to associations with flatulence either—though that certainly doesn’t help. It’s just a difficult name to research, especially for a band with such a...