Borknagar Urd 1. Epochalypse The impact of meteor collisions sprays rock over desert sand I've seen the subversion changing our conditions in the wildfire that scorches the land A region flooded by horizontal cataracts drowning in the debris flow A force that despoils every human artifact the deep and the shallow Chains of extinction in disruption's primordial hall I hear the roaring legion of ocean waves, trumpeting the downfall I taste the salt, the seasoning of time and smell the smoke of lightning's clime Chains of extinction in disruption's primordial hall I hear the roaring legion of ocean waves A sudden cloudburst mounts the sky lashing the shores of hope I feel the arctic cold as the elemental hazard unfolds... Years turn to decades, centuries to an era A worldwide crisis opening its caldera Chains of extinction in disruption's primordial hall I hear the roaring legion of ocean waves, trumpeting the downfall 2. Roots The roots thrust – into oblivion beyond the verge of space The erodent roots, the evolving loops thrusts, yet free roaming There is a horizon folded blinding leaves of the universe Throughout the inner core my quest, my lore Where the seeds recoil and return where the potency explodes to burn Where the roots weave into the branches where dimensions blend into infinity Where the seeds recoil and return where the potency explodes to burn There is a path running free quintessential chemistry Where the rivers recoil and return fallen stars explode and burn The branches reach into eternity beyond the verge of stellar time The evolving tree, the revolving spree anchored in me means floating free No time, no space can ever be my hive, my home I belong beyond the stellar dome Blinding leaves of the universe 3. The Beauty Of Dead Cities Concrete cracks, gives way to green forests fall come glass and steel The beauty of dead cities the splendor of nature Glass framed cities untamed gardens Wings in the meadow asphalt hardens Everything in its place the duality of the natural order An unforgiving faceless warder Powerful green forces gray away steel constructions lead life astray The beauty of dead cities the splendor of nature Nature regains its natural place cities absorb their needed space The duality of the natural order 4. The Earthling Children, behold the elders falling hear nature chime, the widow calling See that moldered face, once gazing throughout horizons, throughout seasons Men, behold the nature tolling hear the depravity of man See the sunshine blurring, once sharp and gleaming Throughout winters, throughout summers Nature, the venomous path of man the existential gravity, the blinder of light Mankind, bestride the glimpse of the Sun instinctively oppose, the harvester of light Elders, hear the mountains calling behold the certainty, the leaves of future falling See the downfall, in midst of the havoc throughout ages, throughout generations Nature, the venomous path of man the existential gravity, the blinder of light Mankind, bestride the glimpse of the Sun instinctively oppose, the harvester of light Dwelling the night towards further sight I am the earthling, bearer of the past I am the earthling, dwelling the presence I am the earthling, exploring the future vast I am the weaver of the Sun I am the earthling, I am the weaver of the Sun 5. The Plains Of Memories [Instrumental] 6. Mount Regency Behold the northern plains the entwined wintry mountains Seasons of the cold, haven of the bold the greatest column, the bearer of the sky The winds are stirring and blurring the seditious omen of erosion A frozen spear of disharmony the shattering yet celestial notion Through the forests, wandering Through the valleys, hasting Upon the mountain shoulder, bleeding The summit, the release of mind The winds are stirring and blurring the seditious omen of erosion A frozen spear of disharmony the shattering yet celestial notion The rough side of the mountain climb the bastion of existence Hail this mountain, cherish these paths the vast outskirts, the verge of existence Where the winds sweep, corrode and explode Behold the northern plains Behold the wintry mountains Hail this mountain, cherish these paths the vast outskirts, the verge of existence Where the winds sweep, corrode and explode The momentum of horizon the call of Mount Regency 7. Frostrite Moving through fields away from the great sea up to the barren and cold The wind gathers might as the last trees passes out of sight I plunge into the blight Frozen landscape see me, heal me Awe strikes where even the air bites and ice ceaselessly survives Blue shades on white announcing the rite taking place here tonight Fading to black then explode in attack hits the blazing northern lights Spellbound I fight the chaos, the colors painted in flight And I watch and I sink in the snow but in spite of this call from the other side I rise My mind at ease war harvest peace Blood, fire death cannot freeze My father's gods grant wisdom and odds this is their gift through the bond A spearhead, a zeal I know what is real to no one, nowhere I kneel Frozen landscape touch me heal me Awe strikes where even the air bites and ice ceaselessly survives 8. The Winter Eclipse A long gone presence unfolds through the eye of the winter eclipse Where the moments of history hold the shadows of a vast ancestral cast This path walked by generations eroded by man, illuminated by the Sun Ancestors and fathers, as fathers and sons the everlasting continuance Of time, space and diversity the bias of cosmic regency manifested by the vast complexity The winter seasons, the pain of sorrow The fallacy of chaos, the emptiness of hollow The cogency of reason, the reversion of future The maze of evolution, the ways of elucidation Ruinous and regenerative the hive of an oscillating existence Resounds through the halls of silence rebounds under the dome of origin Ruinous and regenerative the hive of an oscillating existence Of time, space and diversity the bias of cosmic regency manifested by the vast complexity through the winter eclipse This path walked by generations eroded by man, illuminated by the Sun Ancestors and fathers, as fathers and sons the everlasting continuance A long gone presence unfolds through the eye of the winter eclipse Where the moments of history hold the shadows of a vast ancestral cast 9. In A Deeper World Deify the universal coherence existence The progeny of subsistence bearer of man, the heirs of amend Soak into the stellar magnitude Rise towards the sky In a fiery union with nature as one with every creature Rove the windy mountains fall of man, drain in the sand Rise towards the sky In a fiery union with nature as one with every creature Rove the windy mountains fall of man, drain in the sand ...in a deeper world Deify the universal coherence 10. Age Of Creation [Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track] 11. My Friend Of Misery [Limited Edition Digipack Bonus Track][originally by Metallica] Øystein Garnes Brun ‒ Guitars Jens F. Ryland ‒ Guitars ICS Vortex ‒ Bass, Vocals Lazare ‒ Keyboards, Vocals Vintersorg ‒ Vocals David Kinkade ‒ Drums, Percussion