The Archaic Course

by Borknagar

The Archaic Course cover art

Introducing ICS Vortex on lead vocals, the Norwegian ensemble's third album significantly shifted their sound away from traditional black metal toward sweeping, progressive folk-metal grandeur. The intricate guitar work and soaring, operatic vocal performances established a highly melodic, epic template that heavily influenced the future of avant-garde extreme metal.

Genres

  • Progressive Metal
  • Folk Metal

Tracklist

  1. Oceans Rise
  2. Universal
  3. The Witching Hour
  4. The Black Token
  5. Nocturnal Vision
  6. Ad Noctum
  7. Winter Millenium
  8. Fields Of Long Gone Presence