By: StuRating: 9.5/10Release: 27 September 2019Label: Century Media Records Where to start with a new Borknagar release? Let’s face it, the band have rarely put a foot wrong in their near 25-year career and are one of the finest examples of the Progressive Folk / Black Metal genre that you’ll … Continue reading →
By: Rein Venue: Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands Date: 24/4/2016 With their last album ‘Winter thrice’, Norwegian Viking / Pagan / Folk band Borknagar got the attention of the entire metal world. Before this album, they were deemed mediocre, not outstanding in any way. Unobtrusive, not bad, but not extremely good either. … Continue reading →
By: JeffRating: 10/10Release: 22 January 2016Label: Century Media Records I am done flipping thru my thesaurus to find superlatives for Borknagar, let us just say that twice they have been my album of the year (2000’s Quintessence and 2012’s URD). Unfairly, they will release their new album “Winter Thrice” in … Continue reading →
By: NickScore: 10/10Release: 26-3-2012 Borknagar. Up until recently I’d never heard of them. Still, this band is already founded in 1995, and with Urd they release their 9th studio album. Time to listen thoroughly to this record! Borknagar brings us ‘Avant-garde black metal’, a kind of black-metal which relies heavily … Continue reading →
