Borknagar
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Topic: Borknagar
Posted By: Drew
Subject: Borknagar
Date Posted: June 06 2006 at 11:55
| Any fans in here? Where are they from?? I went to their site, and found it to be of little help.... |
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: June 06 2006 at 12:12
Nevermind- did not know they were on this site/prog related 
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Posted By: walrus333
Date Posted: June 06 2006 at 17:09
I believe they are Norweigen, and include members of many great black metal bands such as Vintersorg (from Vintersorg ), Lars Nedland from Carpathian Forest and formerly Grim from Immortal (RIP  .)------------- If anyone knows where I can get a copy of some Flute and Voice (Indo-Prog/Raga Rock) albums please PM me! Many thanks! |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: June 06 2006 at 19:27
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Indeed. They started off as a fairly straightforward black/viking metal band with Krystoffer Rygg (Garm) from Ulver on vocals, Ivar Bjornson from Enslaved on keyboards, the aforementioned Erik Brodreskift (Grim) from Immortal on drums, Roger Tiegs (Infernus) from Gorgoroth on bass, and their one consistent member, Øystein G. Brun from Molested, on guitar. They gradually evolved their sound and lineup, Simen Hestnaes (ICS Vortex) from Dimmu Borgir/Arcturus had a stint as vocalist and bassist, they grew more ambitious and proggy. Their current lineup consists of the aforementioned Andreas Hedlund (Vintersorg) on vocals, the aforementioned Lars Nedland from Solefald and Carpathian Forest on keyboards and Sprial Architect drummer Asegir Mickelson behind the kit (he also played bass on their most recent album), alongside Øystein G. Brun who remains their guitarist. If you're into more ambitious viking/folk-type metal they're worth a listen, I'm not such a huge fan of either album I've heard from them (Quintessence and Epic). Tough to argue with their personnel roster though. |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: June 06 2006 at 21:15
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I only have one of their albums ("Quintessence"). I like the vocal arrangements, they're different from a lot of the Nordic metal crowd.
------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 12:38
Epic black metal  Love The Archaic Course and Epic! ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 17:00
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Great band! I have all their albums. The ones I like most are 'Quintessence' and 'Epic'. Lars Nedland's other band Solefald is highly recommended too. -------------  |
Posted By: hamham
Date Posted: June 07 2006 at 17:06
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Ah, Borknagar. If you enjoy them you might like an album called The Sham Mirrors by Arcturus. Excellent style of music :) |
Posted By: avestin
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 00:29
I agree with all of the above. ------------- http://hangingsounds.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow - Hanging Sounds http://www.progarchives.com/ProgRockShopping.asp" rel="nofollow - PA Index of prog music vendors |
AngelRat wrote:Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: June 08 2006 at 01:18
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I like Borknagar a lot, I just need to listen to them more.
-- Ivan ------------- sig |