The Olden Domain

The Olden Domain is the second studio album by the Norwegian 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.

The Olden Domain
Studio album by
Released18 August 1997
Recorded29 May - 13 June, 4 - 8 July 1997[1]
StudioWoodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany)[1]
GenreBlack metal, progressive metal, folk metal
Length44:33
LabelCentury Media
ProducerBorknagar, Waldemar Sorychta
Borknagar chronology
Borknagar
(1996)
The Olden Domain
(1997)
The Archaic Course
(1998)
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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

  • Borknagar - production, arrangements
  • Waldemar Sorychta - co-production
  • Matthias Klinkmann - engineer
  • Eroc - mixing
  • Christophe Szpajdel – logo
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