The Archaic Course is Borknagar

Borknagar

Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...

's third studio album and their first to feature ICS Vortex

ICS Vortex

Simen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...

 (Simen Hestnaes) on vocals replacing Garm

Kristoffer Rygg

Kristoffer Rygg , also known as Garm, Trickster G. and recently also God Head is a Spellemannprisen nominated vocalist, musician and producer known as the frontman of Ulver and former vocalist for Arcturus...

 (who, according to Oystein Brun, "didn't want to scream anymore"), along with the addition of guitarist Jens F. Ryland. The album also features guest contributions from Enslaved

Enslaved (band)

Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...

 guitarist Ivar Bjørnson, although he was not listed as part of the band in the credits. This is also the last album to feature the original drummer and one of the founders of the band, Erik "Grim" Brødreskift

Erik Brødreskift

Erik Brødreskift was a Norwegian drummer, who played in several black metal bands during his career...

, before he died from a drug overdose.

Track listing

1. "Oceans Rise" (Brun) – 5:27
2. "Universal" (Brun) – 5:35
3. "The Witching Hour" (Brun/Bjørnson/Vortex) – 4:26
4. "The Black Token" (Brun) – 5:19
5. "Nocturnal Vision" (Brun/Vortex) – 4:35
6. "Ad Noctum" (Vortex/Brun) – 4:22
7. "Winter Millennium" (Brun) – 5:44
8. "Fields of Long Gone Presence" (Bjørnson) – 2:18

Credits

• ICS Vortex
  ICS Vortex
  Simen Hestnæs , also known as I.C.S. Vortex, or just simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the current vocalist of the avant-garde metal band Arcturus, the current vocalist and bass guitarist to the progressive black metal band Borknagar, and the former bass guitarist and backing...
  
   – Vocals; synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
   and effects on "Ad Noctum"
• Øystein G. Brun – Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Jens F. Ryland – Guitar
• Kai K. Lie – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Grim
  Erik Brødreskift
  Erik Brødreskift was a Norwegian drummer, who played in several black metal bands during his career...
  
   – Drum
  Drum
  The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
  
  s
• Ivar Bjørnson
  Ivar Bjørnson
  Ivar Bjørnson is a Norwegian composer/guitarist for the progressive black/viking metal band Enslaved. He is, along with Grutle Kjellson, one of only two founding members left in the current line-up, being only 13 years old at the time of the band's formation...
  
   – Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
  A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...
  
  and effects on all tracks except "Ad Noctum"

External Links

• Borknagar-The Archaic Course (1998 3rd Album at Borknagar.com)