To coincide with the North American release of In Times - the new studio album by Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED - guitarist, songwriter, and founding member Ivar Bjørnson has shared more background information on the album’s last two tracks, “In Times” and “Daylight,” on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: http://youtu.be/0YSaRNYLQLo?list=PLB4brr7vf-P6VSsNBnW2AQ8cnjKtBBFuq.
ENSLAVED are currently on a headlining tour through the U.S. and Canada in support of lucky album #13, hailed as “[O]ur generation's Dark Side Of The Moon” by BraveWords.com: http://goo.gl/Smtf7I.
Remaining “In Times” tour dates with ENSLAVED with YOB and ECSTATIC VISION are:
3/11/15 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
3/13/15 Bar Deluxe - Salt Lake City, UT
3/14/15 Summit Music Hall - Denver, CO
3/16/15 Mill City Nights - Minneapolis, MN
3/17/15 Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL
3/19/15 Opera House - Toronto, ON - CANADA
3/20/15 Les Foufounes Électriques - Montreal, QC - CANADA
3/21/15 Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
3/22/15 Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
3/23/15 Baltimore Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
3/24/15 Sinclair - Boston, MA
Pre-sale ticket links are available on the official ENSLAVED Facebook page.
Recorded at Duper Studios and Solslottet Studio in Bergen, Norway with additional recordings sessions in the woods of Valevåg south of Bergen, Conclave & Earshot Studios, and Peersonal Sound Studios, In Times was produced by band members Ivar Bjørnson, Grutle Kjellson & Herbrand Larsen together with Iver Sandøy. Mixing was completed by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden. Artwork is by “sixth ENSLAVED member” Truls Espedal, who has painted all seven album covers since 2001’s Monumension.
In Times can be ordered from the new album landing page in an exclusive Mail-Order edition, various vinyl editions, and digi-pak formats: http://www.enslaved.no/.
The track listing for In Times is:
01 – Thurisaz Dreaming
02 – Building With Fire
03 – One Thousand Years Of Rain
04 – Nauthir Bleeding
05 – In Times
06 - Daylight
DID YOU KNOW?
• Founded 25 years ago, ENSLAVED took their name from the “Enslaved In Rot” demo track penned by fellow black metal countrymen IMMORTAL.
• Photographs of ENSLAVED members are included in the Peter Beste book, True Norwegian Black Metal.
• ENSLAVED has been nominated 7 times for a Spellemann Award (the Norwegian equivalent of the American Grammy) in the category “Best Metal Album.”
• 2012’s RIITIIR debuted at #8 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart & appeared on numerous “Best Albums of 2012” lists around the world.
• 2010’s Axioma Ethica Odini debuted at #16 on the American Billboard Heatseekers chart.
• 2008’s Vertebrae debuted at #11 on the American Billboard Hard Music chart and #49 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
• ENSLAVED has won four consecutive Spellemann Awards for the following four studio albums: Axioma Ethica Odini (2010), Vertebrae (2008), Ruun (2006), and Isa (2004).
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