Borknagar

众所周知，挪威黑暗金属圈善于来回组合。BORKNAGAR正是典型的一个，他拥有耀眼的全明星阵容。1995年组建，成员来自多个挪威经典乐队：乐队核心 - 吉他手Oystein Garnes Brun （MOLESTED）、主唱是大名鼎鼎的 Garm（ULVER）；鼓手Grim（前IMMORTAL、GORGOROTH）；键盘手Ivar Bjornson（ENSLAVED）和贝司手Infernus（GORGOROTH）。后来还有Andreas Hedlund （HAVAYOTH），Asgeir Mickelson（SPIRAL ARCHITECT）。这一支乐队的出现打破了过去挪威旧有的黑暗金属传统，创造出了一种融合了黑暗金属、北欧民谣以及史诗风格的前卫黑暗音乐。时至今日，BORKNAAR依然保持这自己在难为黑暗领域发展的探索先锋地位，对於挪威的黑暗金属界有相当重要的影响。
 
成员：Øystein Garnes Brun - Guitar (1995-) (Molested, Cronian) Vintersorg (Andreas Hedlund) - Vocals (2000-) (Havayoth, Fission, Cosmic Death, Waterclime, Cronian, Otyg) Lazare (Lars Nedland) - Keyboards (1999-) (Solefald, Carpathian Forest, Age of Silence, Ásmegin) Jens F. Ryland - Guitar (1997-2003, 2007-) Tyr (Jan Erik Tiwaz) - Bass (2000-2003, 2006-) (Thornbound, Emperor, Vintersorg) David Kinkade - Drums (2008-) (Malevolent Creation, Divine Empire, Council of the Fallen, D.O.T.A.C., Insatanity, Arsis)
 
by Mike DaRonco & Steve Huey
A combination side project and supergroup of the Norwegian black metal scene, Borknagar members Oystein G. Brun (guitar, ex-Molested), Garm (vocals, also of Ulver and Arcturus), Ivar Bjornson (keyboards, ex-Enslaved), Infernus (bass), and Grim (drums; also of Immortal and Gorgoroth) started their own project in 1995. Not wasting any time, their self-titled debut came out early the following year on Malicious Records, and landed them a deal with Century Media Records soon thereafter. Kai Lie replaced Infernus for their second album The Olden Domain in 1997, and Borknagar undertook a full-scale European tour in support. With new vocalist I.C.S. Vortex (b. Simen Hestnaes) and guitarist Jens F. Ryland, Borknagar immediately jumped back into the studio to record and release 1998's progressive The Archaic Course without any breaks in between. Unfortunately, Grim died of a sleeping-pill overdose in October 1999; he was replaced by Asgeir Mickelson. For 2000's even more progressive Quintessence album, Vortex took over bass duties, and new keyboardist Lasare signed on.