Empiricism - Borknagar

Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Borknagar / Audio CD released 2001-11-12 at Century Media/EMI / Disc ... more

Empiricism - Borknagar ... #1 Tracklisting
1 Genuine Pulse
2 Gods Of My World
3 Black Canvas
4 Matter And Motion
5 Soul Sphere
6 Inherit The Earth
7 Stellar Dome
8 Four Element Synchronicity
9 Liberated
10 View Of Everlast

Newest Review: ... operatic folk singing style works perfectly towards the band's themes, rather than against as his predecessor Vortex tended ... more

... to. His opening lines in the excellent 'Gods of My World' - "The gods are great. I am the greatest!" - are very revealing if you opt to take them in an arrogant, personal manner, but most of this album is dominated by Vintersorg's dynamic clean singing which may be reason enough for some to avoid. It's a shame that his black metal rasp, used frequently in most songs, doesn't have the same force or intensity as his predecessors and sounds rather generic atop the lighter metal, but this continued alteration bet...more

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Empiricism - Borknagar: The Innermost Inning (528 words)
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Borknagar's first album with current vocalist Vintersorg continues to evolve their sound ever so slightly from the early releases, potentially attracting as many newcomers as alienating black metal fans through its lighter, more progressive metal direction. The black metal foundation is still prominent, but in a less harsh and more overtly melodic style than before, particularly coming after the more extreme 'Quintessence,' but by now the band's combination of heavier riffs with lighter touches has reached a natural synthesis somewhere in-between, lacking the compelling intensity of earlier albums but sounding incredibly distinctive. From a technical point of ... Read the complete review