Borknagar is a band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun The band began as a black metal/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 Øystein Brun stated once that the name was inspired by a Scottish legend about a man who climbed Lochnagar, a mountain in ScotlandBorknagar rose out of the ashes of the Norwegian death metal band Molested when then-member Øystein G Brun became tired of the brutal aspects of the band's music Øystein formed Borknagar to explore a more melodic outlet of expression; he wrote all of the music and lyrics and gathered together an all-star group of black metal musicians to play in his band Well-known musicians of the black metal scene (such as Infernus of Gorgoroth, Grim of Immortal and Gorgoroth, Ivar Bjørnson from Enslaved, Garm of Ulver, Head Control System, and ex-Arcturus) joined the project, bringing immediate attention to Borknagar The band never even recorded a demo – they simply asked for a record contract on Malicious Records and were granted their request
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