Monday, August 7, 2017

ENSLAVED: SET TO UNLEASH "E"

Norwegian blackened/progressive extreme metal warriors ENSLAVED  have revealed the art work, track listing and release date for the bands anticipated new offering "E", due to be unleashed 10/13/2017 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.





















ENSLAVED unleashed "ROADBURN LIVE" (2 LP LIVE RELEASE),  4/22/2017 (RECORD STORE DAY) and 5/19/2017 via BY NORSE MUSIC, BURNING WORLD LABEL and ROADBURN RECORDS.

ENSLAVED unleashed  "IN TIMES" 3/6/2015 on NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS





FROM ENSLAVED:
***NEW ALBUM "E" PRE-ORDERS UP NOW!***
We are excited for October 13th, 2017 as you might have realized! You can pre-order your "E" webstore exclusive LP (limited to 300 worldwide!), exclusive bundles and new merchandise now here:
Europe/World: aisamerch.de/enslaved/en
North America: https://enslaved.aisamerch.com/pre-orders
Or get your hands on the special physical editions of the album here:
http://nblast.de/EnslavedE
Pre-order the digital version here:
http://nblast.de/EnslavedDigital

Stay tuned for the first single and video 'Storm Son' to be unveiled this Friday!
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***We are happy to announce the release of our new studio album "E" for October 13th, 2017. ***
The cover artwork was once again hand-painted by our friend and artist Truls Espedal and this time around we are also very happy to announce a few guest musicians on board for the songs "Hiindsiigh"' and '"Feathers Of Eolh", including our dear friend of Wardruna Einar Kvitrafn Selvik as well as flutist Daniel Mage and jazz saxophonist Kjetil Møster.
Ivar explains about the title E:
"The concept of the album lies in both its meaning as a letter in the latin alphabet, and it’s runic reference: the rune "Ehwaz", that is depicted as an "M" when drawn as rune (just to make sure it gets really confusing) – the runes are drawn to look like what they literally mean. Ehwaz (pronounced and used as what's known as E, but drawn as an “M”) looks like and means 'horse'. Which is closely linked to its esoteric meaning; which is 'trust' and 'co-operation'. One of mankind's oldest and deepest pairings/collaborations with any "outside" entities is with the horse. When they were first tamed and utilised there must have arisen the notion of some esoteric link between the two; now we could move swiftly, escape faster and even eat and drink from the animal (both horse milk and horse blood), and of course show off and brag before our enemies and peers with the most spectacular horses.
So, no, it is not about horses! It is about the symbioses that surrounds us; which are vital to our existence, to our development – on all scales: man and vessel (for instance horse, yes), a person and its significant other, child and parent, musician and instrument, chaos and order, subconscious and conscious, Oden and Sleipnir – wisdom and communication. There are many levels and variations of this concept on the album; the duality of man and nature, present and past personalities within one self, the conscious fear and the subconscious drive. And other symbiosis."

The track list contains these majestic anthems:
01. Storm Son (10:54)
02. The River’s Mouth (5:12)
03. Sacred Horse (8:12)
04. Axis Of The Worlds (7:49)
05. Feathers Of Eolh (8:06)
06. Hiindsiight (9:32)
Bonus tracks available on the digipak:
07. Djupet (7:39)
08. What Else Is There? (Röyksopp cover) (4:44)

Stay tuned for the first single "Storm Son" to be unveiled this Friday!

Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-