Thursday, July 2, 2026

ENSLAVED: POST NEW TRACK "SPIRIT HELPER (FEATURING KEVIN KICKING WOMAN)"

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Norwegian Viking, progressive black metal warriors ENSLAVED have posted a visualizer for  "SPIRIT HELPER (FEATURING KEVIN KICKING WOMAN)", a stand alone single, unleashed 7/2/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS..  

 ENSLAVED have posted a lyric video for "FIRE MARENGO", a collaborative single with STORM WEATHER SHANTY CHOIR, unleashed 3/27/2026 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS. .   

ENSLAVED, via SPOTIFY, are streaming  the bands digital re-issue of  "HEIMDAL"  (DELUXE VERSION) , due to be unleashed 3/1/2024 via .NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.  


  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. 

 

 FROM ENSLAVED: 

We are honoured to reveal 'Spirit Helper', a unique and deeply powerful collaboration with Kevin Kicking Woman, an Elder of the Blackfeet Nation. Link to the video in story/bio.
Ivar Bjørnson comments: "Kevin shared a traditional morning prayer song with us - a deeply personal and spiritual piece that he generously entrusted to me and Enslaved as the foundation for a new composition. I immediately recognised the responsibility carried within that gesture. Rather than simply building around Kevin’s contribution, it became important for me to allow the music itself to adapt to the pulse, rhythm, and spirit already present within his song.
Over the following months, we worked to find a musical language where these worlds could coexist naturally - allowing Enslaved to remain fully itself while honoring the cadence, emotional core, and spiritual energy of Kevin’s prayer. The process was guided not only by the collaboration itself, but also by the encouragement, dialogue, and openness shown by the wider community surrounding the project. Gradually, the song revealed its own identity.
That process ultimately became “Spirit Helper.”
For us, the song represents far more than a collaboration between artists from different backgrounds. It reflects what can happen when people meet openly, listen carefully, and allow themselves to be changed by the encounter.
Ultimately, “Spirit Helper” is a song about connection - between past and present, traditions and people, and the spiritual and human worlds. For Enslaved, it stands as one of the most meaningful musical journeys we have undertaken."

 

 

VIDEO BELOW:ENSLAVED NEW TRACK"SPIRIT HELPER (FEATURING KEVIN KICKING WOMAN)" (VIA YOU TUBE, COURTESY OF ENSLAVED):  

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