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The Archaic Course

1998 studio album by Borknagar

The Archaic Course

Studio album by

Borknagar

Released

20 October 1998

Recorded

17 August – 5 September 1998

Studio

Woodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany)

Genre

Black metal, melodic black metal, folk metal

Length

37:46

Label

Century Media

Producer

Borknagar, Matthias Klinkmann

Borknagar chronology

The Olden Domain
(1997)

The Archaic Course
(1998)

Quintessence
(2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

The Archaic Course is the third studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. It is the first album to feature Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs on vocals following the departure of Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (who, according to Øystein Brun, "didn't want to scream anymore"), and the first with guitarist Jens F. Ryland. The album also features contributions from Enslaved guitarist Ivar Bjørnson, although he was not credited as part of the band in the album's liner notes. This is also the last album to feature drummer and founding member Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, who died of a deliberate drug overdose shortly after its release.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Oceans Rise"	Øystein G. Brun	Brun	5:27
2.	"Universal"	Brun	Brun	5:35
3.	"The Witching Hour"	ICS Vortex	Ivar Bjørnson, Brun	4:26
4.	"The Black Token"	Brun	Brun	5:19
5.	"Nocturnal Vision"	Vortex	Brun	4:35
6.	"Ad Noctum"	Vortex, Brun	Vortex	4:22
7.	"Winter Millenium"	Brun	Brun	5:44
8.	"Fields of Long Gone Presence/Outro" (instrumental)		Bjørnson	2:18
Total length:				37:46

Personnel

Borknagar

Simen Hestnæs (credited as "ICS Vortex") – vocals, synthesizer and sound effects (on "Ad Noctum")
Øystein G. Brun – electric guitar
Jens F. Ryland – electric guitar
Kai K. Lie – bass
Erik Brødreskift (credited as "Grim") – drums, percussion
Ivar Bjørnson – synthesizer and sound effects (all tracks, except "Ad Noctum")