True North (Borknagar album)

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True North
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Studio album by
Released27 September 2019 (2019-09-27) [1]
RecordedDecember 2018 – March 2019
StudioStrand Studio (Oslo, Norway), Crosound Studio (Bergen, Norway), Mezzanine Studio [2]
Genre Progressive metal, black metal, folk metal
Length59:11
Label Century Media
Producer Borknagar
Borknagar chronology
Winter Thrice
(2016)
True North
(2019)

True North is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. It was released on 27 September 2019 by Century Media Records. It is their first album without Andreas Hedlund since Quintessence .

Contents

Critical Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer (de)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard (de)8.5/10 [4]

Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Thunderous" Lars Nedland, Øystein G. Brun Brun8:34
2."Up North" ICS Vortex ICS Vortex6:29
3."The Fire That Burns"Nedland, BrunBrun6:38
4."Lights"NedlandNedland5:04
5."Wild Father's Heart"Nedland, BrunBrun5:42
6."Mount Rapture"Nedland, BrunBrun6:08
7."Into the White"NedlandNedland5:57
8."Tidal"Nedland, BrunBrun9:32
9."Voices"NedlandNedland5:07
Total length:59:11
Limited Edition Digipack
No.TitleLength
10."Wild Father's Heart" (instrumental demo)6:25
11."Up North" (demo)6:38
Total length:72:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 34

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