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Bergen, Norway (1995 – present)

Borknagar is a band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band began as a / band and quickly adopted a more style after their first album.

As such, the band’s most known style would be that of , with most of their albums taking from this style. Borknagar’s lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature, and the cosmos. Øystein Brun stated once that the name was inspired by a Scottish legend about a man who climbed Lochnagar, a mountain in Scotland.

Borknagar rose out of the ashes of the Norwegian death metal band Molested when then-member Øystein G. 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, Ivar Bjørnson from Enslaved, Garm of Ulver, Head Control System, and ex-Arcturus) 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.
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  • XevildollX

    Polish folk metal band Vecordia is searching for a female vocalist. If You're interested please write us / Polski folkmetalowy zespół Vecordia poszukuje wokalistki. Osoby zainteresowane prosimy o kontakt pod adresem: management@vecordia.pl Wydarzenie na facebooku - http://www.facebook.com/events/403678879666942/

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  • Eddiethehead_94

    I think Urd is the greatest effort Borknagar has ever put out.

    Saturday evening

  • ZadionApocalaya

    URD FUCKING RULES! I only have the Vintersorg-era albums, but Urd is *definitely* the best out of all of them. Between Urd and Sigh's new one, this year is already one hell of a year.

    last week

  • Dyomaeth

    Urd is probably their best. About time, after so many shitty albums I almost lost faith in this band.

    last week

  • OzzyMan

    'The Winter Eclipse' solo I uploaded :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhD0jzxKZNM

    16 days ago

  • aginggirl

    The best one!

    23 days ago

  • Neue_regel_

    Urd = their greatest since Empiricism. Some songs are totally majestic.

    23 days ago

  • OBLIVIONxSPAWN

    Urd is definitely an awesome album. I need to listen to it more.

    24 days ago
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Borknagar in Oslo on 04/20/12

20 Apr 2012 | from borknagar.com

Artist: Borknagar Date: Friday, April 20th 2012 City: Oslo Venue: Inferno Festival Address: Torgata 16 Country: Norway Age restrictions: No Minors Add to Google Calendar | Download iCal

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