I just ordered these two albums. I've been wanting 'Till Fjalls' for a long time, and I used to have Borknagar's 'Empiricism' and loved it, so now I'm ordering a pre-Vintersorg (and pre-Vortex) one. Would you all say these were good choices?
My qualms about Vintersorg have been expressed in a most legendary fashion. You can check it out here http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123153&page=1 And yes, The Olden Domain is just fantastic, aside from a couple of embarassingly poor moments by Garm on some of the clean vocal spots. To be honest, I think that album is Oystein's best, as far as song-writing goes. The riffage is damn near perfect on that album; almost as perfect as The Archaic Course.