![]() Ryland was added to the line-up, while keyboard player Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved) was essentially on his way out of the band, being already credited as guest player in the CD booklet.Īll these transformations may partly explain why Borknagar’s third full-length feels much more tentative, messy, and ultimately disappointing than its predecessor. He was replaced by ICS Vortex (real name Simen Hestnæs), who had already appeared on Arcturus’ La Masquerade Infernale and who came with the recommendation of Rygg himself. Singer Kristoffer Rygg left the band to concentrate on his mainstay bands Ulver and Arcturus. However, the line-up that entered Woodhouse in 1998 was quite different from that that recorded The Olden Domain in 1997. ![]() After releasing in 1997 a strong album like The Olden Domain - an eclectic blend of prog, black metal and Viking metal -, Øystein Brun and his bandmates entered Woodhouse Studios again in 1998 to record eight new compositions under the supervision of sound engineer Matthias Klinkmann, who had already worked on their previous record.
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