Metal Reviews

As I recall, there were only a limited number of physical releases of the album. Mostly LPs, but I believe they did a Metal Hammer exclusive pressing on CD. I need to hunt that down, now that I think about it.

I saw Enslaved open for Opeth when they were touring for the Verterbrae album. They leaned pretty heavily on the newer material but did slip in a couple of old tracks for the faithful. The band was cool enough to hang out after the show to sign and take pictures at their merch booth. They were a quiet group but very cordial. Ice Dale seemed to be enjoying himself quite a bit.

Oh there is always someone in the band that is enjoying themselves a little too much I do find some of Enslaved's lyrical content profound (most especially their more recent outputs) and I also think they have experimented with psychedelics, or at least, Grutle has a vast imagination, and Ivar (he looks like a hermit at this point, which explains his reserved-ness) for that matter, too, and all for the better. I believe both of them are solitary men of nature.

Overall, Rotting Christ and Enslaved remain to this day a top-notch act, even with all the impurities in their back-catalogue. So few bands have perfect catalogues and who really desires perfection, anyhow, when its absence is the central element for progress?

After my quality conversation with Joshua, he whetted my appetite even more typically than that of my usual unquenchable thirst for hearing Enslaved. Thanks, buddy.

My great affection for this recording is unyielding.

Let us rejoice in the majesties of the natural habitat.

The last time I played this album my EQ was out of joint. I have managed a much improved EQ and hence a better sounding album, specially with these sort of recordings. I find a flatter EQ with just a slight boost in right register to work best with my headphones.

One of the most terrifying BM recordings I have heard and also one of the heaviest. I marvel at what state of mind Vindsval was in when he wrote it.

A much longer recording to drift further into the night. This album is powerfully emotional and counteracts the violence of the previous recording.

Still sounds interesting.

Well, I can't listen to Enslaved all the time. And I quite like Gojira. Always willing and open to try contemporary bands.

I like this a bit better than the previous Gojira I was playing. Good for variety in taste but certainly not something I will play very often though still necessary in-between-nesses for what it is worth. Variety cannot be the norm but only the delicate exception.

Definitely has kept my interest.