The new Enslaved album E is officially released today via Nuclear Blast; like we said, Friday the 13th isn’t turning out to be such an unlucky date after all! In this exclusive video clip, Grutle chats about his introduction to heavy music.
We’ve interviewed the band for issue 081, which is onsale later this month – more details will be posted in the next few days, but in the meantime, you can hear what he has to say here:
Full tracklist:
01. Storm Son (10:54)
02. The River’s Mouth (5:12)
03. Sacred Horse (8:12)
04. Axis Of The Worlds (7:49)
05. Feathers Of Eolh (8:06)
06. Hiindsiight (9:32)
Bonus tracks available on the digipak:
07. Djupet (7:39)
08. What Else Is There? (Röyksopp cover) (4:44)
The album is available in numerous formats, including:
Limited Edition Digipack CD/Tote Bag bundle or Limited Brown or NB Anniversary Green Etched Vinyl from the
Ltd Digipack CD or Gatefold Double Etched Vinyl (inc signed insert) from
Digital Album from iTunes
Official Merchandise from the
We’ve also included the video for the track ‘Storm Son’ here. Songwriter and guitarist Ivar explains that it “deals with the duality of man and nature, how important and basic that relationship is. Everything we do and create are imitations of nature; as we evolved from nature, that is how it must be – yet modern man thinks he and she is independent of nature, that we somehow are so superior that we do not have to take nature into consideration other than as a backdrop for shitty movies. Or festivals. Losing touch with nature is basically to lose touch with being human.”
Enslaved will be supporting Opeth on tour, as follows, but they will also play a special headline set in London on 24 November, listed below:
15/11 UK Manchester – o2 Ritz
16/11 UK Glasgow – Barrowlands
17/11 UK Belfast – The Limelight 1
18/11 IRL Dublin – The Academy
19/11 UK Nottingham – Rock City
21/11 UK Bristol – o2 Academy
22/11 UK Birmingham – o2 Institute
24/11 UK London – Islington Assembly Hall [special headline set]
You can buy live tickets at this location.
