Borknagar is a band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Ã?ystein Garnes Brun. The band began as a black/viking metal band and quickly adopted a more progressive metal style after their first album. As such, the band's most known style would be that of progressive black metal, with most of their albums taking from this style. Borknagar's lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature, and the cosmos. Ã?ystein Brun stated once that the name was inspired by a Scottish legend about a man who climbed Lochnagar, a mountain in Scotland.
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Metal: Alternative, Metal: Thrash, Rock: Hard-Rock, Metal: Death,Black, Other, Metal