Svartsot is a Danish folk metal band formed in 2005 in Randers.

On 17 December 2008 Michael Lundquist Andersen, Niels Thøgersen, Claus B. Gnudtzmann and Martin Kielland-Brandt announced they had left the band because of different opinions on how to run a band and how the music should sound.

The band's whistler, Stewart Lewis, is currently on a hiatus due to the continuing state of his wife’s ill health.

[2] Stewart Lewis was replaced for live shows, but was still considered a member of the band for some time.

Mulmets Viser garnered a fairly positive critical response, although several critics pointed out that the band's strict adherence to their particular formula resulted in the album gradually losing listeners' attention as it progressed.