The Olden Domain

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The Olden Domain
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Studio album by
Released18 August 1997
Recorded29 May–13 June, 4–8 July 1997 [1]
StudioWoodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany) [1]
Genre Black metal, folk metal, progressive metal
Length44:33
Label Century Media
Producer Borknagar
Borknagar chronology
Borknagar
(1996)
The Olden Domain
(1997)
The Archaic Course
(1998)
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The Olden Domain is the second studio album by Norwegian progressive metal band Borknagar, and their first to feature English lyrics. It also marks the beginning of the band's trademark progressive/folk/black metal sound used in subsequent records.

Contents

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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Øystein G. Brun, except "Om hundrede aar er alting glemt", written by Ivar Bjørnson.

No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Production

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