BORKNAGAR SET TO RELEASE “UNIVERSAL” MARCH 2, 2010
Borknagar, Norway’s progressive metal band is gearing up to release their eighth studio album entitled UNIVERSAL, out March 2nd in North America. The album will be available in four different formats including regular jewel case CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc), CD box with extras and gatefold LP with double vinyl.Borknagar’s founder and guitarist Øystein G. Brun comments, "We are extremely satisfied with the result! The album turned out even better than we dared to hope for when starting this journey with a complexity and atmosphere that will challenge the most sophisticated parts of mind. UNIVERSAL features all the elements that made Borknagar the band it is, and this album will be a huge piece of ear candy for those who have followed the band through the years. This is by far the most complete album Borknagar has created to date — musically and production-wise – and the world awaits its debut!”UNIVERSAL is a complex concoction of attitude and energy designed to appeal the most primal side of man!www.myspace.com/borknagarwww.indierec.netUNIVERSAL Track Listing:1. Havoc2. Reason3. The Stir of Seasons4. For a Thousand Years to Come5. Abrasion Tide6. Fleshflower7. Worldwide8. My DomainBorknagar, Norway’s progressive metal band is gearing up to release their eighth studio album entitled UNIVERSAL, out March 2nd in North America. The album will be available in four different formats including regular jewel case CD, limited digipack (including bonus disc), CD box with extras and gatefold LP with double vinyl.

Borknagar’s founder and guitarist Øystein G. Brun comments, "We are extremely satisfied with the result! The album turned out even better than we dared to hope for when starting this journey with a complexity and atmosphere that will challenge the most sophisticated parts of mind. UNIVERSAL features all the elements that made Borknagar the band it is, and this album will be a huge piece of ear candy for those who have followed the band through the years. This is by far the most complete album Borknagar has created to date — musically and production-wise – and the world awaits its debut!”

UNIVERSAL is a complex concoction of attitude and energy designed to appeal the most primal side of man!
http://www.myspace.com/borknagar

UNIVERSAL Track Listing:

1. Havoc
2. Reason
3. The Stir of Seasons
4. For a Thousand Years to Come
5. Abrasion Tide
6. Fleshflower
7. Worldwide
8. My Domain

En faisant cette chronique c'est comme si je me laissais aller à mon Requiem, car ayant donné un avis mitigé en l'ayant chroniqué il y a un moment, je me rends compte aujourd'hui de la bêtise de mes prêches passés, je vais donc tenter de me repentir auprès d'un groupe et surtout d'un CD qui ne me sort religieusement plus de la tête! .....

Norwegian avantgarde metallers BORKNAGAR have completed work on their new studio album with Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, PARADISE LOST, KATATONIA) in Örebro, Sweden. Entitled "Urd", the CD will be released on March 26 in Europe and March 27 in North America via Century Media Records.

The album's artwork was designed by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco, who has not only already worked on the band's previous "Universal" release but also with artists such as SOULFLY, BELPHEGOR, EINHERJER and KEEP OF KALESSIN.

Commented BORKNAGAR mastermind Øystein G. Brun: "The cover and design for 'Urd' is spot on when it comes to portraying the very core of the band. This time around we wanted an earthly expression through our cover and general design to support and empower the main themes on the album. You can almost smell and feel the texture of the old Norse wooden carvings — still there is a sophisticated and eclectic approach to the expression that entwines perfectly into the music. Marcelo Vasco enhanced our ideas into brilliance, he painted the face of the beast that is about to be unleashed..."