Garm To Appear On New Borknagar Album

The one and only Garm (Kristoffer Rygg of Ulver), who provided vocals for the debut self-titled album from Borknagar, has returned to the fold and recorded vocals for the band's upcoming release.

Garm will appear on two tracks for the album, due to drop later this year via Century Media to follow the 2012 album "Urd" (reviewed here). Borknagar's Øystein G. Brun comments:

"These days, 20 years ago, Kristoffer and I hooked up for the very first time in Bergen to record vocals for the Borknagar debut album. Glorious days, indeed. Last night I was barely asleep as I got the first vocal samples from Kristoffer late yesterday evening and have been listening to the songs repeatedly since then. Still trying to get my jaw back in position and the goosebumps seem to have turned chronic on me.

"Being a former bandmate and a huge fan of his work ever since we parted ways back in the days, I certainly did expect a lot, but what he sent over this time around surpasses every expectations. Really!

"Kristoffer performs the lead vocals for one full song called 'Winter Thrice' and does additional vocals for another opus called 'Terminus.' Being a profoundly nostalgic person, this makes me reflect about how damn lucky I am to have been able to work with some of the finest vocalists in the world throughout the years. Musically, the upcoming album will be a celebration of just that.

"Along with the vocals of Vintersorg, ICS Vortex and Lazare, it should be needless to argue that this will be a very special album! Massively so!"

Source: Blabbermouth