Borknagar are a Norwegian progressive metal group whose sound combines black and folk metal, with lyrics centered around themes such as philosophy, nature, mythology, paganism, and the cosmos. Since emerging in the mid-'90s, the avant-garde black metallers have released nearly a dozen full-lengths, with highlights arriving via their explosive eponymous 1996 debut, 2004's aptly named Epic, and 2016's chart-topping Winter Thrice. Three years later, the widely acclaimed True North appeared from Century Media. Following the pandemic, the band gathered to write in 2021, and played ...