{"id":432,"date":"2012-03-15T02:59:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T10:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=432"},"modified":"2012-05-02T16:16:46","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T10:46:46","slug":"interview-borknagar-mainman-discusses-new-album-urd-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2012\/03\/15\/interview-borknagar-mainman-discusses-new-album-urd-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Borknagar Mainman Discusses New Album &#8220;Urd&#8221; (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/borknagar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-433\" title=\"borknagar\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/borknagar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/borknagar.jpg 500w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/borknagar-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/borknagar-407x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Norwegian avant-garde black metal band Borknagar have been known to experiment with new sounds and styles on each of their studio albums, and their new album &#8220;Urd&#8221; is no exception. Set to release in Europe on March 26th and in North America on March 27th via Century Media Records, the album sees the band make further progress in their musical journey while still keeping the black metal element intact, thus presenting the best of both worlds, in terms of their musical style.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today on March 15th 2012, I caught up with\u00a0\u00d8ystein G. Brun,\u00a0the mastermind behind Borknagar&#8217;s music. We discussed the new album in detail, along with topics like line-up change, artwork, touring plans and a few others. Listen to the 20-minute conversation below, and check out Borknagar&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/borknagarofficial\" target=\"_blank\">facebook page<\/a><\/strong> for further info on how to order the new album.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/album_reviews\/2012\/03\/23\/album-review-borknagar-urd-9-out-of-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">Album review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><object width=\"300\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/media\/swf\/player\/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fmetalassault%2Fborknagar-interview-with-ystein-g-brun%2F&amp;embed_uuid=a3a0fd3d-3e59-4adc-b85d-c5320fa92352&amp;stylecolor=&amp;embed_type=widget_standard\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"300\" height=\"300\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/media\/swf\/player\/mixcloudLoader.swf?feed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fmetalassault%2Fborknagar-interview-with-ystein-g-brun%2F&amp;embed_uuid=a3a0fd3d-3e59-4adc-b85d-c5320fa92352&amp;stylecolor=&amp;embed_type=widget_standard\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" wmode=\"opaque\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 3px 4px; color: #02a0c7;\"><a style=\"color: #02a0c7; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/metalassault\/borknagar-interview-with-ystein-g-brun\/?utm_source=widget&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=base_links&amp;utm_term=resource_link\" target=\"_blank\">Borknagar: Interview With \u00d8ystein G. 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