''The Archaic Course'' is the third studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band

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. It is the first album to feature Simen "ICS Vortex" Hestnæs on vocals following the departure of Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (who, according to Øystein Brun, "didn't want to scream anymore"), and the first with guitarist

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. The album also features contributions from Enslaved guitarist

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, although he was not credited as part of the band in the album's liner notes. This is also the last album to feature drummer and founding member Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, who died of a deliberate

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shortly after its release.

Track listing

Personnel

;Borknagar *

Simen Hestnæs Simen Hestnæs (born 4 March 1974), better known by his stage name ICS Vortex or simply Vortex, is a Norwegian musician. He is the vocalist of the similarly named band ICS Vortex, the avant-garde metal band Arcturus and the doom metal band Lamen ...

(credited as "ICS Vortex") –

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and

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(on "Ad Noctum") *Øystein G. Brun –

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– electric guitar *Kai K. Lie – bass *Erik Brødreskift (credited as "Grim") –

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– synthesizer and sound effects (all tracks, except "Ad Noctum") ;Additional personnel *

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– logo

References

External links

Borknagar-The Archaic Course
(1998 3rd Album at Borknagar.com) {{DEFAULTSORT:Archaic Course, The Borknagar albums 1998 albums Century Media Records albums