Norwegian avantgarde metallers BORKNAGAR's new video, for the Urd album track 'The Earthling', can be seen below:

Øystein G. Brun comments on the video as follows: “The lyrical core-theme of Borknagar has always been to portray the primal encounter between man and Nature, to project the poetry of Nature and to profess pondering about man’s existence therein.

Over the last couple of months we have been working with Twitchy Films to produce a video for the song 'The Earthling'. Thematically, this song really grips onto the backbone of the album Urd and the band in general. As with our music, we wanted to do something really unique and special - and not a typical metal video. You won’t see a raging metal band in dim lights with scary effects, but rather a video that sophistically portray the beauty, magnitude and power of the nature. Kjetil Kolbjørnsrud and David Solbjørg at Twitchy Films spent allot of time and effort to get the right shots and the perfect vibe. They spent hours and days in the Norwegian wilderness to make this video a reality. As you know, nature is untamable. Hands down for their efforts and the great work! Enjoy, folks!”

Still photos from the video can be seen below:

Check out more stills at this location.

Borknagar's Urd album is available everywhere via Century Media Records. The album artwork was designed by Brazilian artist Marcelo Vasco and can be seen below:

The tracklisting for the album is as follows:

'Epochalypse'

'Roots'

'The Beauty Of Dead Cities'

'The Earthling'

'The Plains Of Memories'

'Mount Regency'

'Frostrite'

'The Winter Eclipse'

'In A Deeper World'

Borknagar lineup:

Øystein G. Brun – Clean & Electric Guitars (CRONIAN, ex-MOLESTED)

ICS Vortex – Bass, Clean Vocals & Choirs (ARCTURUS, ICS VORTEX, ex-DIMMU BORGIR)

Vintersorg – Grim Vocals, Clean Vocals and Choirs (VINTERSORG, FISSION)

Jens F. Ryland – Lead Guitars (ICS Vortex)

Lars A. Nedland – Keys, Clean Vocals & Choirs (SOLEFALD, ex-CARPATHIAN FOREST)

Baard Kolstad – Drums

* Drums and percussion on Urd were performed by David Kinkade (SOULFLY, ex-MALEVOLENT CREATION).