{"id":352,"date":"2012-04-03T01:57:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/?p=352"},"modified":"2012-04-03T01:58:21","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T01:58:21","slug":"mini-review-borknagar-urd-i-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/archives\/352","title":{"rendered":"Mini-Review: Borknagar – Urd: I Like!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Urd!<\/p><\/div>I first heard Borknagar<\/b> back when their debut launched along with Sacramentum<\/b> in ’96. It was a good time for European metal and while I liked it, I never got into the band. Fast Forward to when Vintersorg<\/b> joined the band and my interest was rekindled. My love for Vintersorg’s<\/b> solo material waned once Cosmic Genesis<\/i> was released (though now I like the record) so I had a fleeting curiosity. I LOVED The Genuine Pulse<\/b>. I liked other material. For some reason, I looked forward to Urd<\/b>. <\/p>\n

\nDuring my first spin, I liked it. The Earthling<\/b> was a particularly catchy tune, the melodic instrumental that followed a great tune. It was during my second playthrough that it really caught me. The last few tracks were catchy and and memorable. The Winter Eclipse<\/b> is classic, fast, aggressive, double bass with raspy vocals. Again, this is what made me love European metal music. The middle section is classic Vintersorg<\/b>, it’s almost unbelievable. While the album has less black metal vocals, I enjoy the mix of Vintersorg’s folk-sounding approach and the traditional Borknagar<\/b> sound. This album may not be for everyone, as the band has really progressed in its long career. I find it a great album and would recommend it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I first heard Borknagar back when their debut launched along with Sacramentum in ’96. It was a good time for European metal and while I liked it, I never got into the band. Fast Forward to when Vintersorg joined the band and my interest was rekindled. My love for Vintersorg’s solo material waned once Cosmic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-worst","category-music","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":357,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352\/revisions\/357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slateman.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}