True North (Borknagar album) explained

True North
Type:	studio
Artist:	Borknagar
Cover:	True North - Borknagar.png
Released:	^[1]
Recorded:	December 2018 – March 2019
Studio:	Strand Studio (Oslo, Norway), Crosound Studio (Bergen, Norway), Mezzanine Studio^[2]
Genre:	Progressive metal, black metal, folk metal
Length:	59:11
Label:	Century Media
Producer:	Borknagar
Prev Title:	Winter Thrice
Prev Year:	2016
Next Title:	Fall
Next Year:	2024

True North is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Borknagar. It was released on 27 September 2019 by Century Media Records. It is their first album without Andreas Hedlund since Quintessence.

Critical reception

Loudwire named it one of the 50 best metal albums of 2019.^[3]

Personnel

Borknagar

• ICS Vortex – lead vocals, choirs, bass guitar
• Lars "Lazare" Nedland – lead vocals, choirs, keyboards, synthesizer
• Øystein G. Brun – guitar, additional photography; mixing and mastering (tracks 10 and 11)
• Bjørn Dugstad Rønnow – drums, percussion
• Jostein Thomassen – guitar

Additional musicians

• John Ryan – violin and cello (tracks 1, 5, 9)

Production

• Jens Bogren – mixing (tracks 1–9), mastering
• Marius Strand – recording and engineering (drums)

Artwork

• Thor Erik Dullum – photography (cover art)
• Marcelo Vasco – layout, graphic design
• Christophe Szpajdel – logo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Borknagar - True North - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives . metal-archives.com . January 12, 2020.
2. Web site: Borknagar - True North . Discogs . January 12, 2020.
3. Web site: The 50 Best Metal Albums of 2019 . . . March 7, 2021 . December 3, 2019.