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 /::     Artist  :: Borknagar                                              ::\
  ::     Album   :: Urd                                                    ::
  ::     Year    :: 2012                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Metal                       Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Century Media               R.date  :: 24.03.2012      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: 9981708                     Size    :: 131,7 MB      __::_
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         Website :: http://borknagar.com/

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  ::      01. Epochalypse                                        06:07     ::
  ::      02. Roots                                              05:55     ::
  ::      03. The Beauty of Dead Cities                          04:15     ::
  ::      04. The Earthling                                      06:51     ::
  ::      05. The Plains of Memories                             04:27     ::
  ::      06. Mount Regency                                      06:09     ::
  ::      07. Frostrite                                          04:50     ::
  ::      08. The Winter Eclipse                                 08:46     ::
  ::      09. In A Deeper World                                  05:40     ::
  ::      10. Age of Creation (bonus)                            06:20     ::
  ::      11. My Friend of Misery (Metallica cover) (bonus)      06:20     ::
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 /::                                                                       ::\
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      Avant-garde (definition): "Those artists, writers, and           ::
  ::      musicians whose techniques and ideas are markedly                ::
  ::      experimental or in advance of those generally accepted."         ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      It's a term that BORKNAGAR fans love to toss around when         ::
  ::      discussing the band, and with good reason. Since the             ::
  ::      beginning of their career in 1996,                               ::
  ::      guitarist/founder/mainman Шystein G. Brun has kept one eye       ::
  ::      on the future, constantly looking for ways to improve upon       ::
  ::      a growing and increasingly impressive discography. With the      ::
  ::      release of the full acoustic album "Origin" in 2006 –            ::
  ::      capping off a decade of experimentation – BORKNAGAR made it      ::
  ::      clear that no musical territory was taboo. It was a point        ::
  ::      driven home with the 2010 follow-up, "Universal", an album       ::
  ::      that went well beyond black metal criteria and reached into      ::
  ::      the realms of '70s dynamics. Somewhere along the way,            ::
  ::      BORKNAGAR had become a sort of 21st century Pink Floyd.          ::
  ::      With their new album, "Urd", the band has pushed forward         ::
  ::      once again, guaranteed to take even the most devout fan by       ::
  ::      surprise.                                                        ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      "It's been a musical journey for us since the very               ::
  ::      beginning", says Brun. "After the release of the acoustic        ::
  ::      effort "Origin" some of the media people were calling            ::
  ::      "Universal" a comeback album, but it's more like we went         ::
  ::      back to square one. So, if "Universal" was the first step        ::
  ::      on our new musical journey, "Urd" is the next one. I think       ::
  ::      "Universal" is a really solid album and I still like it,         ::
  ::      but we wanted to make more out of it. We wanted to make an       ::
  ::      album that was more diverse, with new elements in the            ::
  ::      music. We could have done "Universal" Part 2, sure, but we       ::
  ::      don't want to stagnate. We played to our strengths on the        ::
  ::      new album. It's always been the nature of this band to take      ::
  ::      a step further, and even take a step broader."                   ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      The musical journey quite naturally continues on "Urd" -         ::
  ::      via rollercoaster throughout the northern landscapes. At         ::
  ::      its core the new album picks up where "Universal" left off,      ::
  ::      but Brun wasn't shy about re-introducing the black metal         ::
  ::      elements BORKNAGAR is known for. Nor was the band afraid of      ::
  ::      twisting their sound with occasional symphonics, Deep            ::
  ::      Purple-flavoured keyboards, epic vocal harmonies, and even       ::
  ::      a wah-wah guitar solo on one track ('The Earthling'). It's       ::
  ::      fair to say that calling BORKNAGAR black metal falls far         ::
  ::      short of a worthy definition.                                    ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      Brun adds: "Since the second album "The Olden Domain" I've       ::
  ::      tried to... not really distance myself from black metal,         ::
  ::      but to make something more out of it. We have a black metal      ::
  ::      approach on some of the new songs - with screaming vocals        ::
  ::      or blastbeats - but it's also Pink Floyd-ish, a bit              ::
  ::      orchestral. We want to be more than just a musical term.         ::
  ::      There's no wah-wah pedal in black metal? Maybe so, but in        ::
  ::      1996 no black metal band had clean vocals, either (laughs).      ::
  ::      No black metal band used a Hammond organ. We introduced          ::
  ::      both of those things to our sound, and five year later           ::
  ::      everyone was doing it. For me it's about daring to push          ::
  ::      things just a little more than what people might expect-         ::
  ::      without losing ourselves."                                       ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      One of the most important aspects of "Urd" is the mix,           ::
  ::      handled this time out by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street       ::
  ::      Studios in Sweden. Known for his work with Opeth and             ::
  ::      Katatonia, Bogren brought everything out of the original         ::
  ::      multi-studio production, right down to the tiniest nuance.       ::
  ::      Brun, meanwhile, took charge of the initial production.          ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      "The whole procedure we had regarding this album was             ::
  ::      brilliant", he reveals. "We recorded the different parts in      ::
  ::      different studios, and we had the time and the resources to      ::
  ::      do what we wanted. I didn't want to be just a musician for       ::
  ::      this album; I wanted to implement the producer's                 ::
  ::      perspective. I wanted to produce the songs more than we had      ::
  ::      done before. And knowing that we were doing the mixing with      ::
  ::      Jens Bogren, I knew that he would be able to give the album      ::
  ::      a huge sound but a very distinctive sound at the same time,      ::
  ::      so people could hear everything going on in the music. We        ::
  ::      had to make sure all our performances were really good           ::
  ::      because in a Fascination Street production you hear              ::
  ::      everything. Nothing gets buried in the mix, so we had to         ::
  ::      play everything properly this time (laughs)".                    ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      And Brun adds about finalizing "Urd": "The album was             ::
  ::      finished in mid December and all in all we spent about 6         ::
  ::      months to record, produce and mix it. In the "Bork-World"        ::
  ::      this isn't really long, but I can assure you that we have        ::
  ::      never before invested so much time, energy and effort into       ::
  ::      one single production. It has been a tough, yet inspiring        ::
  ::      ride. Since June 2011 I have constantly been working with        ::
  ::      this album, recording, editing and so forth – day and            ::
  ::      night. The same goes for my comrades, never before have we       ::
  ::      made an album where everybody in the band has been so            ::
  ::      heavily involved and dedicated as this time around. "Urd"        ::
  ::      is surely the peak of our musical journey so far and we are      ::
  ::      extremely proud to have made this giant of an album! It's        ::
  ::      massive, it's emotional, it's fast, it's slow, it's epic,        ::
  ::      and it's progressive - all the ingredients that we have          ::
  ::      crafted our musical world on! And not to mention the             ::
  ::      "golden threesome" on vocals (Vintersorg, Mr. Vortex and         ::
  ::      Lazare) really shines on this album - ".                         ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      Indeed, one of deadliest weapons on "Urd" is BORKNAGAR's         ::
  ::      ability to add surprising, interchanging colouring and           ::
  ::      flavour to the songs by having not less than three very          ::
  ::      gifted and distinguishable vocalists within their current        ::
  ::      line-up. Next to frontman Vintersorg (who carries the main       ::
  ::      vocal duties since 2001's "Empiricism" album), it's the          ::
  ::      input by keyboardist Lars A. Nedland (a.k.a. "Lazare",           ::
  ::      Solefald) and recently returned bass-player ICS Vortex           ::
  ::      (Arcturus, ex Dimmu Borgir) - who actually used to handle        ::
  ::      main vocals on the albums "The Archaic Course" (1998) and        ::
  ::      "Quintessence" (2000) - that lifts this release up to a          ::
  ::      whole new level of musical diversity and depth.                  ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      The new album's title ("Urd") is explained within the            ::
  ::      band's historical context as follows: "Our previous album        ::
  ::      was called "Universal" and where should we go after an           ::
  ::      album title with such a magnitude? Well, we decided to head      ::
  ::      back home to earth. We really wanted to get back to the          ::
  ::      core of the band, where it all started – the admiration and      ::
  ::      pondering about nature and mankind's place therein. "Urd"        ::
  ::      is the name of one of the norns that according to northern       ::
  ::      mythology stands under Yggdrasill and weaves the lifeline        ::
  ::      of mankind. "Urd" is representing the past, while                ::
  ::      "Verdande" is representing the present and "Skuld" is            ::
  ::      representing the future. You might very well say that this       ::
  ::      is an ancient expression of what we today know as DNA. And       ::
  ::      I have always been very fascinated by the fact that parts        ::
  ::      and bits of our DNA actually derive from the very beginning      ::
  ::      of time. All living creatures are somewhat connected to the      ::
  ::      very first organic cell. That is some of the story behind        ::
  ::      the album title- portrayed within the framework of the           ::
  ::      Bork- universe - ".                                              ::
  ::                                                                       ::
  ::      Brun sums "Urd" up as simply as he can; not an easy task         ::
  ::      given the depth and scope of a monstrous album: "It feels        ::
  ::      way more professional somehow, more mature. It's very            ::
  ::      satisfying to listen to because it correlates with my            ::
  ::      skills, my age, and my history as a musician. It feels like      ::
  ::      the perfect record at the perfect time. And I am pretty          ::
  ::      sure my bandmates feel just the same, as we all gave this        ::
  ::      one 100% of our skills, dedication and effort."                  ::
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