- The Archaic Course
Infobox Album | Name = The Archaic Course
Type = studio
Artist =Borknagar
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Released =October 20 ,1998
Recorded =August 17 –September 5 ,1998
Genre =Melodic black metal ,Progressive metal Folk metal
Length = 37:46
Label =Century Media Records
Producer =Borknagar ,Waldemar Sorychta
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6ckzu3rjan7k link]
Last album = "The Olden Domain " (1997)
This album = "The Archaic Course" (1998)
Next album = "Quintessence" (2000) |"The Archaic Course" is
Borknagar 's third studio album and their first to featureICS Vortex (Simen Hestnaes) on vocals (replacing Garm), along with the addition of guitarist Jens F. Ryland. The album also features guest contributions from Enslaved 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, before he died from a drug overdose.Track listing
#"Oceans Rise" "(Brun)" – 5:27
#"Universal" "(Brun)" – 5:35
#"The Witching Hour" "(Brun/Bjørnson/Vortex)" – 4:26
#"The Black Token" "(Brun)" – 5:19
#"Nocturnal Vision" "(Brun/Vortex)" – 4:35
#"Ad Noctum" "(Vortex/Brun)" – 4:22
#"Winter Millennium" "(Brun)" – 5:44
#"Fields of Long Gone Presence" "(Bjørnson)" – 2:18Credits
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ICS Vortex – Vocals;synthesizer and effects on "Ad Noctum"
*Øystein G. Brun –Guitar
*Jens F. Ryland – Guitar
*Kai K. Lie – Bass
*Grim –Drum s
*Ivar Bjørnson –Synthesizer and effects on all tracks except "Ad Noctum"
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