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The Olden Domain | ||||
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Released | 18 August 1997 | |||
Recorded | 29 May–13 June, 4–8 July 1997 [1] | |||
Studio | Woodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany) [1] | |||
Genre | Black metal, progressive metal, folk metal | |||
Length | 44:33 | |||
Label | Century Media | |||
Producer | Borknagar | |||
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The Olden Domain is the second studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar, and their first to feature English lyrics. It also marks the beginning of the band's transition to their trademark progressive/folk/black metal sound featured on later records.
This would be the band's last studio album to feature Kristoffer Rygg on vocals. It is also their first album to feature Kai K. Lie on bass, replacing Infernus.
All tracks are written by Øystein G. Brun, except "Om hundrede aar er alting glemt", written by Ivar Bjørnson
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Eye of Oden" | 6:01 |
2. | "The Winterway" | 7:52 |
3. | "Om hundrede aar er alting glemt" ("In A Hundred Years Everything Is Forgotten") | 4:12 |
4. | "A Tale of Pagan Tongue" | 6:13 |
5. | "To Mount and Rove" | 4:56 |
6. | "Grimland Domain" | 6:19 |
7. | "Ascension of Our Fathers" | 3:54 |
8. | "The Dawn of the End" | 5:06 |
Total length: | 44:33 |
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