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    Posted: December 03 2008 at 20:29
One of the most awesome and overlooked Prog Metal bands in my humble opinion
 
I Love them to death, and the lyrics are beautiful, very untypical for Prog Metal I think. They make me want to pick up a science textbook. LOL
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2008 at 22:21
I only have "Empiricism" and "Origin" ... been meaning to pick up the rest of their discography.  Good band.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2008 at 01:34
My favourite album is Empiricism. One of my favourite metal albums of all time. I love Quintessence too. (Epic was a slight disappointment - not bad by any means, but not as good as Empiricism. Origin, I can't get into that album.)
Indeed they write very interesting lyrics, they can go a bit over the top with it at times but that's probably what makes it good. :)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2008 at 14:08
The Olden Domain is their best album.  Love  this band to death. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2008 at 19:59
I have Quintessence and Empiricism.  Both are quite excellent.  They have some interesting vocal arrangements on Quintessence.
 
Check out Lars Nedland's other band Solefald sometime, they are very different.
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2008 at 20:16
Originally posted by moe_blunts moe_blunts wrote:

The Olden Domain is their best album.  Love  this band to death. 


yes.  If only for the performance put on by Garm on vocals.....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2008 at 15:35
Originally posted by Sunny In Jeddah Sunny In Jeddah wrote:


What is the blond guy in the middle so pissed about?LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2008 at 23:12
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by Sunny In Jeddah Sunny In Jeddah wrote:


What is the blond guy in the middle so pissed about?LOL
 
He's not happy about the matching outfits.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2009 at 02:27
They're good. I have Epic and The Olden Domain.

I really want to get Origin though. Out of those two I think I like TOD better which is a very underrated album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 01 2009 at 03:11
Epic got me into Borknagar in the first place but I have all their albums. Epic is still my favorite, but I like The Archaic Course as well and Empiricism is pretty good too. They are not my favorite band though and I much prefer Enslaved if I listen to music in this genre.
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