IVAR BJORNSON, guitarist of Norwegian Viking, progressive black metal
warriors ENSLAVED was interviewed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET on the assembly of the bands new release "HEIMDAL".
ENSLAVED unleashed "HEIMDAL'", 3/3/2023 via
NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.
ENSLAVED unleashed "CARAVANS TO THE OUTER
WORLD"(EP),, 10/1/2021 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. .
ENSLAVED unleashed "UTGARD-THE JOURNEY WITHIN CINEMATIC TOUR 2020", 6/25/2021 BY NORSE MUSIC.
ITP V.021 REVIEW: ENSLAVED: "UTGARD":
https://spak-individualthoughtpatterns.blogspot.com/2021/05/itp-v021-review-enslaved-utgard.html
FROM ENSLAVED:
*** ALBUM INSIGHT: BEHIND THE MIRROR ***
If you’ve already listened to the new album, you will have heard the resounding horn on the opening track. Find out more about this unique instrument and its meaning in the song below!
“Heimdal is also the god of dawn, and he announces the dawn with his horn,”Ivar explains.“So what you hear on the intro for ‘Behind The Mirror’ is the sound of leaving the land, approaching that dawn that lies behind a bank of fog, and you hear the horn
of Heimdal. And you row into that, into the new day where you don’t know what’s behind there.”
“The horn was blown by Eilif Gundersen from Wardruna,”says Grutle,“and it’s super-loud. So you can imagine how that must have sounded when they were using those horns in their ceremonies and for warning of battles. It must have been so frightening, so massive, so divine. It feels like reconnecting to your esoteric, unknown past.”
FROM BLABBERMOUTH:
https://blabbermouth.net/features/black-metal-cross-country-skiing-and-norse-mythology-ivar-bjornson-shares-how-enslaved-assembled-heimdal?fbclid=IwAR0GEch71fFlbCmQDNSHlAKRKnxuq2wuIl3UzRBRhLmN11XFI3e4WfG9OuQ
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-