Borknagar "The Olden Domain"

The Olden Domain is the second studio album by the Norwegian band Borknagar, and their first to feature English lyrics. It also marks the beginning of the band's transition to its trademark progressive/folk/black metal sound featured on later records.

This would be the band's last studio album to feature Kristoffer Rygg on vocals. It is also their first album to feature Kai K. Lie on bass, replacing Infernus.

Om Hundrede Aar Er Alting Glemt is a song that Ivar Bjørnson dedicated to his father Bjørn. It means In a hundred years all is forgotten.

A different version for the song Ascension of our Fathers was released on the compilation Darkness We Feel released by Century Media Records in 1997. In this compilation, the song is called The Quest.

Recording information:

Recorded between 29th of May - 13th of June and between 4th - 8th of July 1997 at Woodhouse Studios, Hagen.

Mix conducted 10th - 12th of July by Eroc.