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“Thurisaz Dreaming,” the lead-off track from In Times, the thirteenth studio album by Norwegian progressive extreme metallers ENSLAVED, is available now for exclusive streaming on the Noisey.com site: http://smarturl.it/ThurisazDreaming
In his interview with Noisey.com, ENSLAVED guitarist & composer Ivar Bjørnson states: “When you’re measuring success or fulfilling ambitions from parameters that are just controlled by your own self and your feelings, then it’s pretty hard to be disappointed as long as you work.”
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 long-time collaborating artist and “sixth ENSLAVED member” Truls Espedal, who has painted all seven album covers since 2001’s Monumension.
Watch Truls’ creative process on the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFyu4ugMrXo&list=PLB4brr7vf-P6VSsNBnW2AQ8cnjKtBBFuq
In Times is currently available for pre-order 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
ENSLAVED return to North America in early March 2015 with YOB and ECSTATIC VISION. Dates are:
3/05/15 Brick By Brick - San Diego, CA
3/06/15 El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
3/07/15 Slim’s - San Francisco, CA
3/09/15 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
3/10/15 Rickshaw Theatre - Vancouver B.C. - CANADA
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.
In Times is the follow-up to 2012’s studio release, RIITIIR, which garnered ENSLAVED a seventh nomination for a Spellemann Award (the Norwegian equivalent of the American Grammy) in the category of “Best Metal Album.” ENSLAVED have won a Spellemann Award four consecutive times for the following four studio albums: Axioma Ethica Odini (2010), Vertebrae (2008), Ruun (2006), and Isa (2004).
Visit ENSLAVED online at www.ENSLAVED.no.
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