New Enslaved (Axioma Ethica Odini)

Enslaved's newest is set to release this September. Anyone else stoked for it? I was one of the few people who enjoyed Vertebrae thoroughly, though I do agree that they could have improved some parts.

Anyway, check out the first track on the album. It seems pretty awesome to me. I love the first half or so, and the guitar solo's pretty sweet, but I don't know about those clean vocals at the end. They seem to channel Muse and/or Coldplay, and I'm not sure how I feel about them.

Anyway, new Enslaved album, new track, discuss.

Once again a band that I should have checked a long time ago, but still haven't. Perhaps soon...

Thanks, that'll be helpful! I'll see to the band in the future - probably starting from the beginning.

Haha, yeah, I didn't expect them to be prog � la DT! Black metal bands slowly changing their style to something different (-> progressive) usually means quite interesting results (� la Ulver), so I won't be avoiding Enslaved's recent releases.

Speaking of Hawkwind, that is another project from the prog side that I am going to check out some day, I believe I could dig their stuff.

Yeah I think you might. Their first five studio albums are pretty excellent IMO. Repetitive psychadelic space rock. Really stoned and far out sci-fi lyrics.

Yep happens sometimes

As I wrote in the now playing thread, I'm currently listening to the debut album. Sounds quite good to my ears, love the repetition! At times reminding me of Emperor, mostly thanks to the synths and Trym Torson behind the kit.

One of the tracks off the new album was included on the tenth Prognosis CD (the compilation CD that always comes with the Prog magazine), and I think it's quite cool. I also like the fact that there's a black metal track on a prog rock compilation CD :-)

i loved the 'below the lights' and 'ruun' albums (which i have in my possession) - they represented the ballance between the earlyer 'eld'/'monumesion'/'mardraum' and long solos with lots of spacey feeling - but 'vertebrae' represented a huge downfall for me: it lacked the brutal parts of its predecesors, the atmospheric parts became dull, and i got bored by the album at my 4th or 5th spin in my player; it just seemed like they tried too hard to get the same balance, and they failed miserably

kogaionon wrote: i loved the 'below the lights' and 'ruun' albums (which i have in my possession) - they represented the ballance between the earlyer 'eld'/'monumesion'/'mardraum' and long solos with lots of spacey feeling - but 'vertebrae' represented a huge downfall for me: it lacked the brutal parts of its predecesors, the atmospheric parts became dull, and i got bored by the album at my 4th or 5th spin in my player; it just seemed like they tried too hard to get the same balance, and they failed miserably i don't really have any expectations from the new album, as i think it will follow the road taken by 'vertebrae'

Axioma definitely didn't follow the trend they've been on lately. It's certainly a logical step after Vertebrae, but it's darker and heavier. I could possibly say it's like a spacier Below the Lights with less folk influence.

Below the Lights is phenomenal as well.