Norwegian metal avant-gardists ENSLAVED have some big news for their fans: the band have just entered the studio and are currently working on new material for their upcoming album. This new gem will be released once again via Nuclear Blast Records and has a tentative release date of May 2020.
Band founding member and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson stated about the recordings: "The days are growing darker in the Northern hemisphere...
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 a whole. The “Fire In The Mountains” festival takes place before the Grand Tetons at Heart Six Ranch in Moran, Wyoming...
There is ample reason to celebrate: ENSLAVED have once again joined forces with Nuclear Blast, to spread the music of the Norwegian avant-garde metallers all around the globe. With that, band and label renew a collaboration that has been ongoing for around ten years and two years ago produced the universally lauded album E.
Band founding member and guitarist Ivar Bjornson stated about the re-signing: "It is with great pleasure...
Black avantgarde Norwegians ENSLAVED recently toured across Europe and the United Kingdom alongside co-headliners HIGH ON FIRE and support band KRAKOW. We caught up with Ivar from Enslaved and Frode from KRAKOW at the bands' sold out London show to see how the tour has gone and to find out who is willing to dish the dirt on each other's bands. Find out what happened
Norwegian black metal avant-gardists ENSLAVED are proud to announce a co-headline UK/EU tour with Californian sludge-tinged riff masters HIGH ON FIRE, who are fronted by Matt Pikealso of SLEEP. The string of dates set for this autumn will run from late September through to mid-October, and are set to include 14 shows across 7 countries.
ENSLAVED frontman/bassist Grutle commented: "Salute dear friends and foes! We are happy to announce some...
NSLAVED unleashed their new album »E« on October 13th via Nuclear Blast. The album debuted at #12 on the Norwegian charts as well as #6 US Billboard Heatseekers and landed at #80 in Germany. These are the chart positions that have already been revealed:
In exactly one week from today, black avantgarde Norwegians ENSLAVED will finally unleash their new album »E« and prove that for a band with more than 25 years of history, they are still reinventing themselves. While the 10-minute-long opening track 'Storm Son' gave fans a taster of what to expect from the new album, the single 'The River's Mouth' reveals a heavier and more harsh side of the 14th full-length...
On October 13th, black avantgarde Norwegians ENSLAVED will unleash their 14th album »E«taking the band to fresh and more progressive shores. Today they unveil the third album trailer, in which guitarist and songwriter Ivar Bjørnson guides you through the recording studio where »E« was created, while singer and bassist Grutle Kjellson explains the band’s working relationship with co-producer Iver Sandøy. Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYTMZVWMeNw
After two unique release shows in Norway, ENSLAVED will embark on a big headline tour through mainland Europe. Their new album »E«, out on October 13th, will see them strive for a more progressive sound, while still honouring their roots, and this obviously screams for a unique new stage set up, a special light show and other surprises that the true avant-garde Norwegians will bring to the scenes of Europe...
On October 13th, true avant-garde Norwegians ENSLAVED will herald a new era of their career and melds mesmerising prog with jarring extreme metal on their highly anticipated new album »E«. After discussing the seemingly simplistic album title in a previous trailer, the band now unveils a second album trailer. In this clip, singer and lyricist Grutle Kjellson discusses finding their new keyboarder and clean vocalist Håkon Vinje, after the departure...
