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Isa (album)
''Isa'' is the eighth full-length studio album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements. Track listing Personnel Enslaved * Grutle Kjellson – harsh vocals, bass * Ivar Bjørnson – guitar * Arve Isdal – guitar * Herbrand Larsen – keyboards; hammond, piano, mellotron, clean vocals * Cato Bekkevold (from Red Harvest) – drums, percussion Additional personnel * Truls Espedal, Asle Birkeland – cover art * Abbath Doom Occulta - backing vocals - "Lunar Force" * Nocturno Culto - additional vocals - "Isa" and "Bounded by Allegiance" * Dennis Reksten (from El-Regn) - additional synthesizers * Ofu Khan (from Red Harvest) - vocals on "Ascension" * Stig Sandbakk - additional vocals on "Ascension" and "Return to Yggdrasill" Production * Production: Pytten Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer and recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a Norwegian extreme metal band formed by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson in Haugesund in June 1991. They are currently based in Bergen. The band's lineup has changed many times over the years, and Bjørnson and Kjellson have been the sole constant members. The current lineup also includes lead guitarist Arve Isdal, keyboardist/singer Håkon Vinje, and drummer Iver Sandøy. The band's music draws heavily on the Viking cultural and religious heritage of their home country of Norway for inspiration, and most of the band's lyrics relate to Norse mythology. Though they began as a traditional black metal band their sound has undergone significant changes over time resulting in a more progressive sound. In 2014, members of Enslaved were commissioned by the Norwegian government to create a musical piece in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian constitution. This was later released as a studio album called ''Skuggsjá'' in 2016. To date, the bands has releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heavy Metal Music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion (music), distorted guitars, extended guitar solos, emphatic Beat (music), beats and loudness. In 1968, three of the genre's most famous pioneers – Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple – were founded. Though they came to attract wide audiences, they were often derided by critics. Several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms during the 1970s: the raw, sleazy sound and shock rock of Alice Cooper and Kiss (band), Kiss; the blues-rooted rock of Aerosmith; and the flashy guitar leads and party rock of Van Halen. During the mid-1970s, Judas Priest helped spur the genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence,Walser (1993), p. 6 while Motörhea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pytten
Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer and recording engineer for many classic black metal albums, mainly by Norwegian bands, nearly all of which were recorded in the Grieg Hall in Bergen. Hundvin is the father of Mia Terese Hundvin (born 7 March 1977 in Bergen, Norway), a professional team handball player. Albums produced Aeternus *'' Beyond the Wandering Moon'' *'' ...And So The Night Became'' *''Shadows Of Old'' *''Burning the Shroud'' *'' Ascension Of Terror'' *'' A Darker Monument'' *''Hexaeon'' Borknagar *''Borknagar'' Burzum *''Burzum'' *'' Aske'' *''Det Som Engang Var'' *'' Hvis Lyset Tar Oss'' *''Filosofem'' *'' Belus'' *''Fallen'' *''From the Depths of Darkness'' *'' Umskiptar'' Corona Borealis *'' Cantus Paganus'' Dark Fortress *''Profane Genocidal Creations'' Demonic *''Lead Us Into Darkness'' Einherjer *''Dragons of the North'' *'' Far Far North'' Enslaved * ''Vikingligr Veldi'' * ''Frost'' (on which he also pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nocturno Culto
Ted Skjellum (born 4 March 1972), also known by the stage name Nocturno Culto, is a Norwegian musician best known as the vocalist, lead guitarist, and partial bassist (shared with Fenriz) of the influential black metal band Darkthrone. He has been with the band since 1988. He is also the vocalist of the band Sarke, and has a solo project called Gift of Gods. He currently works in Norway as a school teacher, and has a son and a daughter. He has also released a documentary film called ''The Misanthrope'' in which he deals with black metal music and life in Norway. Discography Note: All releases are with Darkthrone, unless noted otherwise. This does not include minor guest appearances. *1988 – ''A New Dimension'' *1989 – ''Thulcandra'' *1989 – ''Cromlech'' *1991 – ''Soulside Journey'' *1992 – ''A Blaze in the Northern Sky'' *1993 – ''Under a Funeral Moon'' *1994 – ''Transilvanian Hunger'' *1995 – ''Panzerfaust'' *1996 – ''Nemesis Divina'' (with Satyricon – rhyth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbath Doom Occulta
Olve Eikemo (born 27 June 1973), better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with Old Funeral alongside future Immortal member Demonaz. While working with Old Funeral, he also joined Demonaz's band Amputation which later became Immortal. He also plays bass in Demonaz's eponymous project. Although he is primarily a guitarist, he is also proficient as a bassist and a drummer, having recorded all drums for Immortal albums '' Pure Holocaust'' and '' Battles in the North''. Following his departure from Immortal in 2015, he announced that he would be forming a new band under the Abbath name. Early life Eikemo was born in Odda and grew up in Lysefjorden in Os just outside Bergen in Norway. As a young boy, he was an avid fan of hard rock band Kiss. His first heavy metal album was ''Creatures of the Night'', which made him fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Harvest (band)
Red Harvest is a Norwegian industrial metal band from Oslo. Their 2002 album '' Sick Transit Gloria Mundi'' was nominated for a Norwegian Grammy and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category. Formed in 1989, they have released eight albums, two EPs, one live DVD, a split album with Zyklon, and a compilation album. History Formed in 1989 as a Slayer tribute band, the band released their first demo ''Ocultica'' that year, followed up by a second, ''Psychotica'', before releasing their debut album ''Nomindsland'' in 1992, which had distinctly thrash metal influences and aesthetics. From 1994, the band moved towards an experimental hybrid of progressive metal, gothic rock, industrial, and doom metal on ''There's Beauty in the Purity of Sadness'', which spawned a video for the opening track "Wounds", gaining the band exposure on MTV despite its violent imagery. 1995's ''The Maztürnation'' and 1996's ''HyBreed'' allowed the band to reach a wider audience, resulting i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arve Isdal
Arve Isdal (born 28 August 1977, Bergen, Norway), also known as Ice Dale, is a Norwegian musician and producer, best known as lead guitarist for the progressive black metal band Enslaved. Career Isdal was initially influenced by hard rock bands like Kiss, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple; and progressive rock bands like Pink Floyd and King Crimson; before discovering heavy metal. He joined his first band, the extreme metal act Malignant Eternal, in the mid 1990s and appeared on their album ''Alarm'' in 1999. He joined Enslaved in 2002, and has since appeared on nine studio albums with the band, starting with ''Below the Lights'' in 2003. He is also a member of the hard rock band Audrey Horne, for whom he plays guitar and bass. In 2006, Isdal participated in the black metal supergroup I and played on their album '' Between Two Worlds.'' With some other members of Enslaved plus the noise-rock group Fe-Mail, Isdal formed the side project Trinacria in 2008, which in turn relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yggdrasill
Yggdrasil (from Old Norse ), in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds. Yggdrasil is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'' compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, and in the ''Prose Edda'' compiled in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson. In both sources, Yggdrasil is an immense ash tree that is central to the cosmos and considered very holy. The gods go to Yggdrasil daily to assemble at their traditional governing assemblies, called things. The branches of Yggdrasil extend far into the heavens, and the tree is supported by three roots that extend far away into other locations; one to the well Urðarbrunnr in the heavens, one to the spring Hvergelmir, and another to the well Mímisbrunnr. Creatures live within Yggdrasil, including the dragon Níðhöggr, an unnamed eagle, and the stags Dáinn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Duraþrór. Scholars generally consider ''Hoddmímis holt'', ''Mímameiðr'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grutle Kjellson
Kjetil Tvedte Grutle, better known as Grutle Kjellson (born 24 December 1973 in Sveio, Hordaland, Norway), is the bassist and vocalist of the Norwegian progressive black metal band Enslaved. Together with Ivar Bjørnson, they are the founding and the only constant members, as well as the main songwriters of the band. Biography In 1989, aged 17, Grutle and his 13-year-old friend, guitarist Ivar Bjørnson and other musicians, founded death metal band Phobia, but they left the project in mid-1991. At that time, both and drummer Trym Torson decided to form a band inspired by Norse mythology called Enslaved, in Haugesund. Kjellson and Bjørnson are the only permanent members of Enslaved since its inception to date. In 1996, Grutle together with Ivar, Infernus and Tormentor created the short-lived thrash metal band Desekrator, disbanded in 1999. In 2005, Grutle along with Ivar, Arve Isdal and other musicians created Trinacria. Grutle has a guest performance on the song "High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Bjørnson
Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977 in Etne), is a Norwegian composer/guitarist for the progressive black/viking metal band Enslaved. Biography Bjørnson is, along with Grutle Kjellson, one of only two founding members left in the current line-up of Enslaved, being only 13 years old at the time of the band's formation in 1991. Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson performed in a death metal band called Phobia in 1989. The two decided that they wanted to form a new band in a more black metal style, and after discovering their shared fascination with Norse mythology, this set the groundwork for Enslaved. Beyond his duties on guitar, he writes almost all of the music for Enslaved as well as much of the lyrics. He has said that "When we started Enslaved we wanted to have the same level of commitment to something spiritual as our contemporaries in black metal ave withthe Satanic side. The dark destructive part of black metal didn't see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of Norway. Bouvet Island, located in the Subantarctic, is a dependency of Norway; it also lays claims to the Antarctic territories of Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The capital and largest city in Norway is Oslo. Norway has a total area of and had a population of 5,425,270 in January 2022. The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden at a length of . It is bordered by Finland and Russia to the northeast and the Skagerrak strait to the south, on the other side of which are Denmark and the United Kingdom. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea. The maritime influence dominates Norway's climate, with mild lowland temperatures on the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Black Metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter. One of these experimental examples introduced to modern metal was djent. The music typically showcases the extreme technical proficiency of the performers and usually uses unorthodox harmonies as well as complex rhythms with frequent meter changes and intense syncopation. While the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved widespread success. Queensrÿche, Dream Theater, Tool, Symphony X,''AllMusic''Tool Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Shadow Gallery, King's X, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who achieved commercial success. Soon after the rise of the genre's popularity, other thrash and death metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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