True North (Borknagar album)

True North is the eleventh studio album by Norwegian metal band Borknagar. It was released on September 27, 2019 by Century Media Records.

True North
Studio album by Borknagar
Released	September 27, 2019[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
Borknagar chronology
Winter Thrice (2016) True North (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Rock Hard (de)	8.5/10[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Thunderous"	Lars Nedland, Øystein G. Brun	Brun	8:34
2.	"Up North"	ICS Vortex	ICS Vortex	6:29
3.	"The Fire That Burns"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	6:38
4.	"Lights"	Nedland	Nedland	5:04
5.	"Wild Father's Heart"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	5:42
6.	"Mount Rapture"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	6:08
7.	"Into the White"	Nedland	Nedland	5:57
8.	"Tidal"	Nedland, Brun	Brun	9:32
9.	"Voices"	Nedland	Nedland	5:07
Total length:				59:11

Limited Edition Digipack

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Wild Father's Heart" (instrumental demo)	6:25
11.	"Up North" (demo)	6:38
Total length:		72:14

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

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4]	42
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5]	31
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6]	34

References

1. "Borknagar - True North - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
2. "Borknagar - True North". Discogs. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
3. Schiffmann, Andreas. "BORKNAGAR - True North". Rock Hard (in German). Retrieved January 12, 2020.
4. "Borknagar: True North" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
5. "Offiziellecharts.de – Borknagar – True North" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
6. "Swisscharts.com – Borknagar – True North". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 12, 2020.