News•December 15, 2023 8:47 AM ET•1,822 views

Borknagar release first single in four years and announce new album 'Fall'

Norwegian avant-garde and progressive Black Metal pioneers Borknagar announce their twelfth studio album, titled "Fall," set for a global release on February 23 through Century Media Records, their longstanding record label partners.

The first single and opening track, "Summits," is now available, accompanied by a visualizer clip created by Wanderley Perna/W Designer. Listen and view it below.

Pre-order Fall here.

Guitarist Øystein G. Brun shared the following:

We are extremely proud to present you all with our twelfth album entitled Fall, another chapter of our musical journey. In many ways, Fall represents a continuation of True North, but as always, we are pushing further and afar to seek even broader and more challenging horizons. Musically, we are loyal to our musical legacy, but we have most certainly walked through fire and ice to reach our highest peak yet. Although Fall represents a wide array of musical and lyrical ideas, the fundamental theme behind the album is based on the fascination and appreciation of the very outskirts of life. Those places, and those beings, in the vast periphery of our own existence that very few live to see or even learn to know about- but still are profoundly essential for our existence. With Fall, we seek to portray and cherish all that holds up and pushes boundaries — against the great fall.

From the day you are born, Nature will do everything in its power to get you back into the ground. The lonesome struggle of being you or the mighty struggle of all life in general, will eventually tear you down from the inside- or from the outside. But for the short glimpse of time we endure, we all seek the ultimate heights of our very own existence. Our first single "Summits" from the new album "Fall" scope in on this everlasting drama of life - where the drama unfolds - at the very outskirts of life.

"Fall" consists of eight tracks, totaling 54 minutes of playtime. It was mixed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios (known for his work with Opeth, Amon Amarth, Kreator). The album's cover artwork is created by Eliran Kantor (recognized for his work with Testament, My Dying Bride, Sodom), and can be viewed below.