Left-field metal luminaries Enslaved have revealed the next audiovisual gem taken from their forthcoming Cinematic Tour 2020 live releases. As part of their 30th anniversary revelries, the band has today premiered a live video for their single ‘Fenris’. A classic track from their early arsenal- though black metal to its core, ‘Fenris’ nevertheless hinted at their kosmische obsessions…
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Enslaved – Utgard
Reviewed: November, 2020 Released: October 2, 2020 Nuclear Blast Rating: 5/5 Reviewer: The Elitist Metalhead The release of a new Enslaved album is always an event to me. In their 29 year career, they have yet to release a bad album. In my eyes, this band can do no wrong. There…
ENSLAVED DISCUSS THE ARTWORK FOR “UTGARD” IN NEW ALBUM TRAILER
PRE-ORDER UTGARD NOW: nuclearblast.com/enslaved-utgard NEW ALBUM UTGARD – OUT 2ND OF OCTOBER Norwegian blackened avant-gardists ENSLAVED are set to release their 15th studio album, Utgard, on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast. In a trailer released today, guitarist Ivar Bjørnson discusses the artwork for Utgard and what it was like working with Truls Espedal again: youtu.be/9UM8HuaxivM Pre-Order Utgard here: nuclearblast.com/enslaved-utgard Utgard will be available in…
ENSLAVED REVEALS THIRD SINGLE, “URJOTUN,”ALONGSIDE PSYCHEDELIC VIDEO
NEW ALBUM UTGARD – OUT 2ND OF OCTOBER PRE-ORDER: www.nuclearblast.com/enslaved-utgard It is not about avoiding fear of the pitch-black darkness, but to go into the darkness itself… Norway’s premier progressive black metallers Enslaved have today released third single ‘Urjotun’from their upcoming studio album Utgard –out October 2nd via Nuclear Blast. The single, one of their most experimental…
ENSLAVED DISCUSSES THE BAND LINE-UP AND RECORDING OF THE NEW ALBUM “UTGARD”
IVAR DISCUSSES THE BAND LINE-UP AND RECORDING OF THE NEW ALBUM UTGARD PRE-ORDER UTGARD NOW: nuclearblast.com/enslaved-utgard Norwegian blackened avant-gardists ENSLAVED are set to release their 15th studio album, Utgard, on October 2nd via Nuclear Blast. In a trailer released today, guitarist Ivar Bjørnson discusses the current band line-up and the recording of the new album. Find…
ENSLAVED REVEAL SECOND SINGLE/VIDEO “JETTEGRYTA”
NEW ALBUM “UTGARD” OUT OCTOBER 2ND PRE-ORDER NOW: bit.ly/302E2lc It is not about avoiding fear of the pitch-black darkness, but to go into the darkness itself… Norway’s premier progressive black metallers ENSLAVED have released the second single ‘Jettegryta’ from their upcoming studio album Utgard. The single is accompanied by a frost-bitten video, in which an Icelandic pristine…
ENSLAVED ANNOUNCE CINEMATIC SUMMER TOUR
ENSLAVED announce their “Cinematic Summer Tour 2020” today! After a very successful innovative streaming event on April 1st from Verftet Online Music, the Norwegian Avantgarde metal heroes decided to take it one step further to enlighten our concert-less summer with a series of online events that are much more than just simple online stream…
ENSLAVED REVEAL MORE DETAILS ABOUT “UTGARD”
Norway’s avantgarde metal heroes ENSLAVED release their new album “Utgard” in fall2020. Today, the band already reveals new details about the upcoming record that dives the listener deep into the world ‘between’ as the musicians explain: “‘Utgard’ bears countless meanings to us; an image, metaphor, an esoteric ‘location’, a word on its own etc –…
ENSLAVED TO HEADLINE “FIRES IN THE MOUNTAINS” FESTIVAL 2020
IVAR BJORNSON ANNOUNCED AS FIRST GUEST CURATOR EVER ENSLAVED and “Fires In The Mountains” festival announce an unique collaboration for 2020: The band is not only announced for the first band playing the “Fires In The Mountains” festival next year. Guitarist Ivar Bjornson will also be the first guest curator ever organizing elements of the festival as…
FortaRock 2019 @ Goffertpark, Nijmegen, Netherlands
FortaRock Festival 1st – 2nd June 2019 Review & Photography by Ya Cheng This year marks my 3rd year attending FortaRock at Nijmegen in the Netherlands. It’s one of these festivals that’s not too big or too small, it’s packed with diverse bands and you always have a good time.…
Desertfest Antwerp 2018 – Day 2
Desertfest Antwerp 2018 – Day 2 13th October 2018 Review and Photos: Ryan Whitwell / Shotison Media
Desertfest Belgium – Have you got your ticket yet?!
Desertfest Belgium 2018 is taking place 12-14th October at TRIX, Antwerp’s finest rock venue in the northeastern district of Borgerhout. The line-up so far is looking brilliant, so to get you hyped for a weekend of stoner, doom, sludge, psych and everything in between, here is a brief rundown of…
Decibel Magazine Tour 2018 – Photo Review
Enslaved + Wolves in the Throne Room + Myrkur + Khemmis MacEwan Hall Ballroom Calgary, Alberta March 2, 2018 Photos by Monika Deviat On March 2, 2018 the Decibel Magazine Tour came through a very snowy Calgary, Alta., to take over the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. Our editor and the reviewer…
Listen to ENSLAVED cover Faith No More
As reported by Decibel… You all know that Norwegian legends Enslaved will co-headline the seventh annual Decibel Magazine Tour, which starts next month (tickets here). To celebrate, the band have made their triumphant return to the Decibel Flexi Series via an incredible cover of the 1992 Faith No More classic “Jizzlobber.” Obviously, this…
Interview with Ivar of Enslaved
Interview with Ivar Bjørnson of Enslaved by Kyle Moore ENSLAVED was never a part of the chaotic 90’s “Satanic” black metal scene, but sometimes you still get conflated with those groups – does that get annoying over time, and is there anything you can say that would disassociate ENSLAVED from…