True North (Borknagar album) - Composition

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True North is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian metal band Borknagar. It was released on 27 September 2019 by Century Media Records. It is their first album without Andreas Hedlund since Quintessence.

True North

Studio album by

Borknagar

Released

27 September 2019[1]

Recorded

December 2018 – March 2019

Studio

Strand Studio (Oslo, Norway), Crosound Studio (Bergen, Norway), Mezzanine Studio[2]

Genre

Progressive metal, black metal, folk metal

Length

59:11

Label

Century Media

Producer

Borknagar

Borknagar chronology

Winter Thrice
(2016)

True North
(2019)

Critical Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Hammer (de)	[3]
Rock Hard (de)	8.5/10[4]

Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Thunderous"	Lars Nedland, Øystein G. Brun	Brun	8:34
2.	"Up North"	ICS Vortex	ICS Vortex	6:29
3.	"The Fire That Burns"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	6:38
4.	"Lights"	Nedland	Nedland	5:04
5.	"Wild Father's Heart"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	5:42
6.	"Mount Rapture"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	6:08
7.	"Into the White"	Nedland	Nedland	5:57
8.	"Tidal"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	9:32
9.	"Voices"	Nedland	Nedland	5:07
Total length:				59:11

Limited Edition Digipack
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Wild Father's Heart" (instrumental demo)	6:25
11.	"Up North" (demo)	6:38
Total length:		72:14

Personnel

Borknagar

ICS Vortex – lead vocals, choirs, bass guitar
Lars "Lazare" Nedland – lead vocals, choirs, keyboards, synthesizer
Øystein G. Brun – guitar, additional photography; mixing and mastering (tracks 10 and 11)
Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow – drums, percussion
Jostein Thomassen – guitar

Additional musicians

John Ryan – violin and cello (tracks 1, 5, 9)

Production

Jens Bogren – mixing (tracks 1–9), mastering
Marius Strand – recording and engineering (drums)

Artwork

Thor Erik Dullum – photography (cover art)
Marcelo Vasco – layout, graphic design
Christophe Szpajdel – logo

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	34

References

"Borknagar - True North - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
"Borknagar - True North". Discogs. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
Riedl, Katrin. "Borknagar TRUE NORTH, Alben des Monats". Axel Springer Mediahouse Berlin GmbH. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
Schiffmann, Andreas. "BORKNAGAR - True North". Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
"The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019". Loudwire. Townsquare Media. December 3, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
"Borknagar: True North" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
"Offiziellecharts.de – Borknagar – True North" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
"Swisscharts.com – Borknagar – True North". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

v t e Borknagar
Øystein G. Brun ICS Vortex Lars A. Nedland Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow Jostein Thomassen Ivar Bjørnson Erik "Grim" Brødreskift Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg Infernus Asgeir Mickelson Tyr David Kinkade Jens F. Ryland Vintersorg Baard Kolstad
Studio albums	Borknagar The Olden Domain The Archaic Course Quintessence Empiricism Epic Origin Universal Urd Winter Thrice True North

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True North — одиннадцатый студийный альбом норвежской блэк-метал-группы Borknagar, выпущенный 27 сентября 2019 года[1]. Loudwire назвал его одним из 50 лучших метал альбомов 2019 года[2].

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