Borknagar

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Borknagar
Borknagar (2014)
Borknagar (2014)
General information
Genre (s) Black metal , progressive metal
founding 1995
Founding members
Øystein G. Brun
Current occupation
Vocals, electric bass
 Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs (1997–2000, since 2010)
guitar
 Øystein G. Brun
Jostein Thomassen (since 2019)
Lars A. "Lazare" Nedland (since 1999)
Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow (since 2018)
former members
singing
 Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (1995–1997)
Electric bass
 Roger "Infernus" Tiegs (1995–1996)
Electric bass
 Kai K. Lie (1996-1998)
Electric bass
 Jan Erik "Tyr" Tiwaz (2000–2003, 2006–2010)
synthesizer
 Ivar Bjørnson (1995-1998)
Drums
 Erik "Grim" Brødreskift (1995–1998, † 1999)
Drums
 Justin Greaves (1998-1999)
Drums, studio bass, studio guitar
 Asgeir Mickelson (drums: 1999–2008, also studio bass & guitar: 2004)
Drums
 David Kinkade (2008-2011)
guitar
 Jens F. Ryland (1997-2003, 2007-2018)
Drums
 Baard Kolstad (2012-2018)
Vocals, studio guitar
 Andreas "Vintersorg" Hedlund (2000–2019)

Borknagar is a progressive metal band from Norway that was founded in 1995 as a black metal formation and originally consisted of members of the bands Molested , Enslaved , Gorgoroth , Arcturus , Immortal and Ulver .

history

Their first album Borknagar was still very much based on the raw sound of Black Metal of the early 1990s, but was still very independent in musical terms. The band developed consistently on the following albums. In the trade press, Borknagar's music is now sometimes referred to as "avant-garde black metal" or progressive metal . The voice of Andreas “Vintersorg” Hedlund , who took over the vocal part of Simen “ICS Vortex” Hestnæs (formerly Dimmu Borgir ) from the album Empiricism (2001) onwards, also set the style . Since 1999 the group has also had an organist in Lars Nedland von Solefald . Hestnæs returned to the band a few years later as bassist and second singer. On February 22, 2019, Andreas Hedlund announced that he was leaving for personal reasons after 19 years. Hestnæs will take over the main vocals from now on. On March 12th, Jostein Thomassen joined the group as an additional guitarist, who already plays with Rønnow in the bands Fracture and Profane Burial. In September 2019 the band's eleventh studio album, True North, was released, in which Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow also appeared as the new drummer.

The compositions of the group come from the founder and multi-instrumentalist Øystein G. Brun.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1996: Borknagar (CD / CDR / LP / MC ; Malicious Records)
  • 1997: The Olden Domain (CD / CDR / LP / 2xLP / MC; Century Media Records )
  • 1998: The Archaic Course (CD / CDR / LP / MC; Century Media Records)
  • 2000: Quintessence (CD / CDR / LP / MC; Century Media Records)
  • 2001: Empiricism (CD / CDR / LP / MC; Century Media Records)
  • 2004: Epic (CD / LP; Century Media Records)
  • 2006: Origin (CD / LP; Century Media Records)
  • 2010: Universal (CD / CD + CDR / CD + DVD / 2xCDR / 2xLP; Indie Recordings )
  • 2012: Urd (CD / LP / MC; Century Media Records)
year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
2016 Winter Thrice DE62 (1 week)
DE 		- -
CD / CDR / 2xLP; Century Media Records
2019 True North DE31 (1 week)
DE 		AT56 (1 week)
AT 		CH34 (1 week)
CH
CD / LP; Century Media Records

Compilations

  • 2008: For the Elements 1996-2006 (CD; Century Media Records)

Other publications

  • 2001: Borknagar / Novembre Split (CD; Century Media Records)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Band members ( Memento from August 20, 2001 in the Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH

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