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BorknagarBorknagar is a melodic, progressive black metal-influenced band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by ystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines symphonic metal and black metal with viking, medieval, and traditional folk elements. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature, and the cosmos. The name Borknagar is an anagram of "Ragnarok", with a B thrown in to make it pronounceable. Statistics Biography Borknagar rose out of the ashes of the Norwegian death metal band Molested when then-member ystein Brun became tired of the brutal aspects of the band's music. ystein formed Borknagar to explore a more melodic outlet of expression; he wrote all of the music and lyrics and gathered together an all-star group of black metal musicians to play in his band. Well-known musicians of the black metal scene (such as Infernus of Gorgoroth, Grim of Immortal and Gorgoroth, and Garm of Ulver) joined the project, bringing immediate attention to Borknagar. The band never even recorded a demo – they simply asked for a record contract on Malicious Records and were granted their request. Borknagar's majestic, melodic sound was instantly liked by many and received positive press attention. Borknagar has released six albums to date. Their self-titled debut album features lyrics in Norwegian; all subsequent albums have featured lyrics written in English by both ICS Vortex from Dimmu Borgir and Vintersorg from Otyg and his eponymous band. All of the band's records (excluding the original pressing of the debut album) have been released by the Century Media label. Borknagar has toured with various bands, including the well-known Cradle Of Filth. The next Borknagar album will be "an acoustic effort based entirely on the epic and progressive aspect of the band", according to mainman ystein G. Brun's statement on blabbermouth.nethttp://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=32887. Discography Studio releases - Borknagar - (1996)
- The Olden Domain - (1997)
- The Archaic Course - (1998)
- Quintessence - (2000)
- Empiricism - (2001)
- Epic - (2004)
Band members Current members - Vintersorg (Andreas Hedlund) - Vocals - (2000-)
- ystein Brun - Guitar - (1995-)
- Lazare (Lars Nedland) - Keyboard - (1999-)
- Asgeir Mickelson - Drums - (1999-)
Former members External links
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