The Olden Domain
{{short description|1997 studio album by Borknagar}}
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{{Infobox album
| name = The Olden Domain
| type = studio
| artist = Borknagar
| cover = Borknagar-The Olden Domain.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 August 1997
| recorded = 29 May–13 June, 4–8 July 1997[https://img.discogs.com/dXU9__Uzfj0NY_P6I6S4k5cfX2U=/fit-in/600x591/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4847965-1507060032-4848.jpeg.jpg Borknagar - The Olden Domain on discogs.com] Retrieved 2 September 2018
| venue =
| studio = Woodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany)
| genre = Black metal, Viking metal, folk metal, progressive metal
| length = {{Duration|m=44|s=33}}
| label = Century Media
| producer = Borknagar
| prev_title = Borknagar
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = The Archaic Course
| next_year = 1998
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r315033|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}
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 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.
Track listing
{{tracklist
| total_length = 44:33
| all_writing = Øystein G. Brun, except "Om hundrede aar er alting glemt", written by Ivar Bjørnson
| title1 = The Eye of Oden
| length1 = 6:01
| title2 = The Winterway
| length2 = 7:52
| title3 = Om hundrede aar er alting glemt
| note3 = "In a Hundred Years Everything Is Forgotten"
| length3 = 4:12
| title4 = A Tale of Pagan Tongue
| length4 = 6:13
| title5 = To Mount and Rove
| length5 = 4:56
| title6 = Grimland Domain
| length6 = 6:19
| title7 = Ascension of Our Fathers
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 = The Dawn of the End
| length8 = 5:06
}}
Personnel
- Kristoffer Rygg (credited as "Fiery G. Maelstrom") – vocals
- Øystein G. Brun – guitars
- Kai K. Lie – bass
- Ivar Bjørnson – synthesizer, sound effects
- Erik Brødreskift – drums
= Production =
- Borknagar – production, arrangements
- Matthias Klinkmann – engineer
- Eroc – mixing
- Christophe Szpajdel – logo
References
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External links
- [http://borknagar.com/borknagar-discography/borknagar-the-olden-domain/ Borknagar-The Olden Domain] (1997 2nd Album at Borknagar.com)
- [http://www.discogs.com/Borknagar-The-Olden-Domain/release/380273 "The Olden Domain" at discogs]
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