Borknagar

Borknagar is a Black Metal Band from Bergen, Norway.
The music can be categorized as Viking Metal or Melodic Black Metal. Borknagar was founded in 1995 by Oystein G. Brun.
The lyrics deal with philosophy, pagan beliefs, nature and about the cosmos.
The band is untypical for Black Metal, because they don´t try to be evil in any way. The don´t use corpsepainting, blood, weapons etc. for pictures and lyrics free of satanism or anti-christianity.

The Name "Borknagar" doens´t mean anything.

Current Line-Up:

 Oystein G. Brun : guitars 

 Andreas Hedlund (Vintersorg) : vocals

 Tyr : bass 

 Lars Nedland : keyboards 

 Asgeir Mickelson : drums 

Ex-members:

 Simen Hestnaes (ICS Vortex),now Dimmu Borgir 

 Infernus, now Gorgoroth

 Ivar Bjornson, now Enslaved

 Jens F. Ryland 

 Kai K. Lie 

 Erik Brødreskift

 Discography:

1995: Borknagar

 1997: The Olden Domain 

 1998: The Archaic Course

 2000: Quintessence

 2001: Empiricism

 2004: 

Homepage:

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