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Borknagar - Urd



8.1 | 329 votes |
Release date: 23 March 2012
Style: Melodic black metal, Progressive black metal

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294 have it
43 want it


01. Epochalypse
02. Roots
03. The Beauty Of Dead Cities
04. The Earthling
05. The Plains Of Memories
06. Mount Regency
07. Frostrite
08. The Winter Eclipse
09. In A Deeper World
10. Age Of Creation [bonus]
11. My Friend Of Misery [Metallica cover] [bonus]

Additional info
Available formats: CD, limited Digipak CD, vinyl (black 180 gr), limited vinyl (green, grey or golden 180 gr).

Produced by Borknagar.
Recorded from June to November 2011.
Drums recorded at Toproom Studios, June 2011.
Guitars recorded at Silver Soundscapes, June - July 2011.
Keyboards, effects, and synthesizers recorded at Mezzanine Studio, October 2011.
Vocals recorded at Waves Studio and Toproom Studio, October - November 2011.
Harsh vocals engineered by Mattias Marklund.
Engineered by Borknagar and Børge Finstad.
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios - Örebro, December 2011.

Cover, layout and design by Marcelo Vasco
Photos by Örjan Fredriksson and Asgeir Mickelson.
Band photo design by Marcelo Vasco.

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Comments: 37   Visited by: 986 users
30.03.2011 - 02:03
.Nemesis.

Oh I love Borknagar! What the hell does TBA stand for?
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You try to awaken me, the flesh dripping with blood
My body is there, but my soul a perilous void
Aethereal existence coming off in ambient waves
I am nothing. I AM N1H1L.
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30.03.2011 - 02:15
.Nemesis.

Written by Guest on 30.03.2011 at 02:11

Written by .Nemesis. on 30.03.2011 at 02:03

Oh I love Borknagar! What the hell does TBA stand for?

TBA stands for To Be Anounced.

thanks
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You try to awaken me, the flesh dripping with blood
My body is there, but my soul a perilous void
Aethereal existence coming off in ambient waves
I am nothing. I AM N1H1L.
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22.07.2011 - 03:37
AXA

I cant wait ,,,,
awesome \../
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16.08.2011 - 16:21
BeastOfMetal456
Account deleted
I heard their debut, and I'm anticipated for this one.
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07.12.2011 - 09:52
zero

Vortex is back!!!!!
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12.02.2012 - 05:54
manthraxxx

Oh My God !!!! Angelic Vortex and Hellish VinterSorg !!!!
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15.03.2012 - 17:41
Rating: 6
PocketMetal

It is leaked guys , have to check it out .
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17.03.2012 - 15:07
thousandfold

Awesome album
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19.03.2012 - 12:31
Rating: 7
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Still need to get my hands on this one, for some reason I'm curious about it.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


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20.03.2012 - 23:18
Dreadur

Some killer songs on this one! Love Frostrite!
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26.03.2012 - 09:24
Rating: 8
Alecbirds

Three of my favorite vocalists in all of metal on one album.
This type of super-group doesn't come along often. Thankfully Borknagar avoid the cliche of bad super-groups, and they stay pretty consistent in quality.
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26.03.2012 - 19:58
Rating: 9
Lanthros

This album has allready met and matched The Olden Domain and topped Empericism for me. I just plain cant stop listening
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27.03.2012 - 02:07
Rating: 9
Awesomesaurus

Pure awesomeness.
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Always be a poet, even in prose.

A man who wants to lead the whole orchestra - must turn his back to the crowd.
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30.03.2012 - 23:38
Rating: 9
Bleak_Advent

Excellent album. Hopefully they continue in this direction.
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01.04.2012 - 16:37
Rating: 8
knightlightning

Nicely done imo
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02.04.2012 - 00:10
Rating: 8
FeskarN

This album is amazing. Never listen so much to this band before. Vintersorgs and Vortexs vocals are pure perfection.
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The Land Is Silent... Before The Storm!
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05.04.2012 - 10:56
Rating: 8
daemonic7

One of the best album this year!
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05.04.2012 - 23:20
Rating: 6
Draugen

There seem to be a lot of praise surrounding this particular album and while I like the more modern sound of Borknagar to some extent (especially Empiricism) I unfortunately fail to see the greatness of Urd.

Seeing as how I totally adored Vintersorg's Jordpuls released last year (very underrated imho) I had hoped that the positive aspects of that album would maybe influence Borknagar in some way as well. Now, I don't know how big a part Mr. Vintersorg plays in the band beside the vocal duties but still.

For the most part the songs have a tendancy to drag on way too much and never really get captivating enough. Past the first half of the album it went downhill and I gradually lost interest in it.

Urd ain't terrible in any way though, with the catchiness and vocal arrangements being two of its stand out components, it surely got its moments but in the end I just simply had hoped for so much more.
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10.04.2012 - 11:44
Nosfer

Keeps growing on me, not in the least because of Vortex...
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11.04.2012 - 09:51
Rating: 6
PocketMetal

I like Vortex's vocals but the problem about thsi album is being hollow , it's like listening to music just to waste time ... you don't "feel" anything , the atmosphere is really weak .
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12.04.2012 - 20:22
Fredd
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I'm a huge fanboy of Vortex, but I can't not notice that the songs here dont progress at all. I like the songs, but they all feel like they're missing their second halves.
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13.04.2012 - 00:17
InnerSelf
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Written by Guest on 12.04.2012 at 20:22

I'm a huge fanboy of Vortex


We should form a club
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He who is not bold enough
to be stared at from across the abyss
is not bold enough
to stare into it himself.
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15.04.2012 - 19:17
.Nick

The songs I heard of this were ok, but the Metallica cover was far worse than the original.
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19.04.2012 - 14:47
Vasil de Shumen

Very good album
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20.04.2012 - 21:07
Rating: 8
Dàibh

Written by manthraxxx on 12.02.2012 at 05:54

Oh My God !!!! Angelic Vortex and Hellish VinterSorg !!!!


Amen to that.
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08.05.2012 - 21:20
Rating: 7
BloodTears
ANA-thema
Sounds weak at first listen but I will give it a few more tries.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29

Like you could kiss my ass.


My Instagram
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08.06.2012 - 16:28
Rating: 9
R'Vannith
ghedengi
This is an excellent album, I've been listening to it a lot lately, its definitely got replay value.
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22.06.2012 - 20:16
Night Sight

Very bad,just this
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Alone in birth
Alone in the darkness
Alone in death
Alone in the daylight
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04.12.2012 - 22:41
Fredd
Account deleted
I like it now much more than i did 8 months ago. i agree with r'vannith, it has good replay value.
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30.01.2013 - 17:28
Rating: 9
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
In my opinion, it's Borknagar's best work since "Empiricism". This album sounds like a fruit of the alliance of five great musicians, each of them doing their best. I must admit, I see the return of ICS Vortex as very welcome - not only for his vocals and bass lines - actually, "Frostrite" is one of my favourite songs from "Urd". The others are "The Earthling", "Roots", "The Beauty Of Dead Cities" and "The Winter Eclipse".
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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