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Borknagar

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Profile:Borknagar is a melodic, progressive black metal-influenced band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein 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 a variant form of a character's name from a novel, and has no clear literal meaning.

Borknagar rose out of the ashes of the Norwegian death metal band Molested when then-member Øystein Brun became tired of the brutal aspects of the band's music. Øystein 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.

Current members:
Vintersorg (Andreas Hedlund) - Vocals - (2000-)
Øystein Brun - Guitar - (1995-)
Lazare (Lars Nedland) - Keyboard - (1999-)
Asgeir Mickelson - Drums - (1999-)

Former members:
ICS Vortex (Simen Hestnaes) - Vocals, Bass - (1997-2000)
Tyr - Bass - (2000-2003)
Garm - Vocals - (1995-1997)
Jens Ryland - Guitar - (1997-2003)
Ivar Bjornson - Keyboard - (1995-1998)
Kai Lie - Bass - (1996-1998)
Infernus - Bass - (1995-1996)
Grim (Erik Brødreskift) - (1995-1998)
URLs:http://www.borknagar.com/
Members:Andreas Hedlund, Asgeir Mickelson, Øystein G. Brun, Erik Brødreskift, Hard To Swallow, Infernus (2), Ivar Bjørnson, Jens F. Ryland, Kristoffer Rygg, Lars Nedland, Simen Hestnæs, Tyr (5)
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Releases:
Borknagar (CD, Album) Malicious Records 1996
Borknagar (LP, Pic, Ltd) Malicious Records 1996
Borknagar (Cass) Mystic Production 1996
The Olden Domain (CD) Century Media 1997
The Archaic Course (CD) Century Media 1998
Borknagar (CD) Century Black 1999
Quintessence (CD) Century Media 2000
Quintessence (LP, Album) Century Media 2000
Empiricism (CD, Album) Фоно 2001
Empiricism (CD, Album) Century Media 2001
Empiricism (CD, Album, Dig) Century Media 2001
Split (CD, Maxi, Promo) Century Media 2001
The Olden Domain (LP, Album, RE) Displeased Records 2002
The Archaic Course (LP, Album, RE) Displeased Records 2003
Borknagar (CD, Album) Displeased Records 2004
Borknagar (LP, Album) Displeased Records 2004
Epic (CD) Century Media 2004
Epic (CD, Album, Enh) Century Media 2004
Epic (LP, Album) Century Media 2004
Origin (CD) Century Media 2006
Origin (CD, Promo) Century Media 2006
Tracks Appear On:
Large Bonus CD 4 (CD, Promo) The Genuine Pulse Suburban Records  
Ablaze Compilation (CD) The Dawn Of The End Ablaze Magazine 1997
Blackend: The Black Metal Compilation Volume III (2xCD) The Winterway Metal Blade Records 1997
Feuersturm (2xCD) Grimland Domain Century Media 1997
Deftone 1/99 (CD) Oceans Rise Deftone Magazine 1998
Nuclear Blast Soundcheck Series - Volume 16 (CD, Smplr) Oceans Rise Nuclear Blast 1998
Darkness We Feel - Volume II (CD) Oceans Rise Century Media 1999
Disharmony Sampler (CD, Smplr) The Presence Is Ominous Century Media 2000
Off Road Tracks Vol. 31 (CD) The Presence Is Ominous Metal Hammer (Germany) 2000
10th Anniversary Box Set Collection (3xCD, Ltd, Dig + Box, Ltd) Oceans Rise Century Media 2001
Legacy 05/01 (CD) The Genuine Pulse Legacy Magazine 2001
Off Road Tracks Vol. 39 (CD) Rivalry Of Phantoms Metal Hammer (Germany) 2001
Off Road Tracks Vol. 49 (CD) The Genuine Pulse Metal Hammer (Germany) 2001
Hard N' Heavy Vol.42 (CD, Smplr) The Stellar Dome Hard N' Heavy 2002
In The Eyes Of Death III (CD, Comp) The Genuine Pulse Century Media 2002
Large Compilation CD #5 (CD) Future Reminiscence Suburban Records 2004
New Signs & Sounds 11/06 (CD, Smplr) Earth Imagery Zillo 2006

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