Borknagar - Borknagar

Now one of the major players in progressive black metal, Borknagar began as a conscious attempt by Øystein Brun to explore a nostalgic history of Norway through the medium of black metal, incorporating folk and classical elements. Gathering some of the finest musicians in the field for what inevitably became a black metal supergroup, Borknagar's debut album remains the purest expression of this vision, before progressive tendencies saw their equally valid later albums heading in different directions. To some extent this can be seen as a Viking metal album similar to the works of Bathory and Moonsorrow, but the alternation between traditional, highly proficient ...  Read the complete review