It was recorded at The Abyss Studios in January 2000 and mixed by Peter Tägtgren. It lives up to its name; is the album that saw the band develop their own individual style and now reissued on vinyl by Black Sleeves. It's a fantastic Picture Disc edition limited to 475 world wiide copies!! "Quintessence is worlds beyond Borknagar's previous album on nearly every level. The Archaic Course was good on its own mark, but Quintessence lives up to its name; it is the album that saw the band come into their own individual style. Not only have the band pushed themselves on a level of heaviness and musicianship, but have gotten consistently more progressive, experimental, and daring in their craft." -metal-archives.com, 2007