Empiricism is the fifth studio album by Borknagar

Borknagar

Borknagar is a progressive black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band's style combines folk metal and black metal with progressive and melodic elements...

, and their first studio album to feature Vintersorg

Andreas Hedlund

Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...

 (known as the frontman of the band of the same name

Vintersorg

Vintersorg is a Swedish band from Skellefteå, formed in 1994 under the name Vargatron . Musically, Vintersorg has covered a wide number of heavy metal genres; while the band is mostly rooted in extreme metal styles, particularly black metal and Viking/folk metal, it has also expanded into...

) on vocals, along with the addition of Tyr on bass. This would mark the last album appearance of Jens F. Ryland on guitar until 2010.

The album was recorded at Fagerborg Studio and Toproom Studio during June and July 2001, and was mixed and produced by the band and Børge Finstad.

Track listing

• Arranged By Borknagar.

All songs written by Øystein G. Brun, except where noted.

1. "The Genuine Pulse" – 4:51
2. "Gods of My World" – 4:25
3. "The Black Canvas" (Brun, Nedland) – 5:18
4. "Matter & Motion" (Nedland) – 2:30
5. "Soul Sphere" – 6:40
6. "Inherit the Earth" (Brun, Mickelson) – 5:29
7. "The Stellar Dome" – 5:36
8. "Four Element Synchronicity" (Brun, Vintersorg) – 5:51
9. "Liberated" (Brun, Nedland) – 4:51
10. "The View of Everlast" – 4:28

Personnel

• Vintersorg
  Andreas Hedlund
  Andreas Hedlund , also known as Vintersorg and Mr. V, is a Swedish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist who has played in several heavy metal bands.-Biography:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Øystein G. Brun – Guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Jens F. Ryland
  Jens Fredrik Ryland
  Jens Fredrik Ryland is a Norwegian guitarist most notable for his work with the progressive black metal band Borknagar. He is known also for being the founder of the Inferno Festival in Oslo which he led its first two years.-Biography:...
  
   – Guitar
• Lars A. Nedland
  Lars Nedland
  Lars Are Nedland , known also as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer and keyboardist for acclaimed avant-garde black metal band Solefald. He is also keyboardist for the progressive black metal act Borknagar...
  
   – Synthesizer
  Synthesizer
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  , Hammond Organ
  Hammond organ
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  , Grand Piano, Backing Vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  
• Tyr
  Jan Erik Tiwaz
  Jan Erik Tiwaz, aka Tyr is the former bassist for the Norwegian black/folk metal band Borknagar. Tyr is known for his progressive playing style in black metal and his use of erb's . Tyr made of use erb's in his later work with Borknagar, namely a 6 string fretless on 'Origin' and a custom 8 string...
  
   – Bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Asgeir Mickelson
  Asgeir Mickelson
  Asgeir Mickelson is a Norwegian musician, artist, photographer and music reviewer. Although primarily a drummer, Mickelson has stated that he considers himself a musician above a drummer, and is also a guitarist and bassist....
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Produced & Mixed By Borknagar & Borge Finstad
• Recorded & Engineered By Borge Finstad
• Mastered By Ola Johansen

External links

• Borknagar-Empiricism (2001 5th Album at the Official Borknagar Website)
• "Empiricism" at Discogs