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Enslaved Is A Metal Band From Bergen Norway. Their Style Has Changed Over The Years. Originally Being An Old-School Black Metal/viking Metal Act They Now Perform A Slightly More Experimental And Progressive Form Of Black Metal Which Has Elements Of 1970's Progressive Rock. The Name Was Inspired By An Immortal Demo Track Enslaved In Rot. Enslaved Was Formed In 1991 By Ivar Bjørnson And Grutle Kjellson. Joined By Drummer Trym Torsson They Did Their First Demo In The Summer Of 1992. While Working With The First Full Length There Came A Call From England Resulting In The Two 1993 Legendary Mini Albums Hordanes Land And Emperor These Two Mini-Albums Was Released As A Split-Record "Emperor/Hordanes Land". Due To Tragic Circumstances Enslaved’s Debut Album Vikingligr Veldi Was Held Back Until The Spring Of 1994. Enslaved Moved Their Label Base To French Osmose Productions And Frost Were Released Late In The 1994. Enslaved Were Now Known Outside The Black / Extreme Circles Of Northern Europe. This Led To The "Winter War Europe Tour ‘95" And The First Norwegian Black / Extreme Tour Ever In The US Canada And Mexico During ’95. The Tours Were A Great Success But Trym Torson Moved On To Join Emperor As A Drummer. Eld Was Recorded With Drummer Harald Helgeson In 1996 And Released The Year After. However Working With Harald Was No Permanent Solution So Dirge Rep Then Gehenna And R. Kronheim Were Hired Becoming Integral Parts During The Recording Of Blodhemn ’98 . Enslaved Released An Important Milestone In 2000 With Mardraum Beyond The Within Which Marked A Turning Point For The Band And Sent Shock Waves Through The Extreme Metal Scene With A Revolutionary Experimental And Innovative Approach To Their Genre. The Band Kept Adding Fuel To The Fire And Released Monumension In 2001 And Again The Band Was Shocked To See The Positive Response To Their "no Rules" Approach To Extreme Metal. Gigs Were Still Being Played In Norway Europe And The States In Front Of A Faithful And Ever Increasing Audience. After Returning From The UK In March 2002 R. Kronheim Had To Leave The Band. The Band Kept On Working With New Material In Which They Now Saw A Synthesis Between The Original Thesis The "Blacker" Enslaved And The Anti-Thesis Forming From Mardraum Onwards The Experimental Progressive And Gloomier Enslaved – Below The Lights Was Recorded In 2002 And Released The Year After And Presented The Perfect Blend Of Power Tradition Progressive Elements And Dark Psychedelia. The Process And Hard Work Had Taken Its Toll On Drummer Dirge And He Left The Band. A New Line-Up Were Put Together During And After The Recording Of Below The Lights Including Old-Timer Cato Bekkevold Red Harvest Founder Arve Isdal Aka. Ice Dale And Herbrand Larsen. With All The Changes Left Behind Enslaved Reached New Heights With Their Live Performance Also Adding Strong Visual Elements In The Shape Of Video Art And More. English Market Leader Kerrang! Rewarded Their Inferno 2004 Performance With A Full House 5 K!’s. The New Line-Up Recorded ISA During The Autumn Of 2004 And Was Released In Oct/Nov ’04 Feb ’05 In The US . The Album Received Raving Reviews In All Territories Except Finland Obviously And Put Enslaved At The Very Forefront Of Contemporary Extreme Metal. A European Tour With Fellow Norsemen Vreid Took Place In February And March 2005. The Tour Was Rewarded With Both Great Reviews And Great Turnouts. In Absentia During The Tour Enslaved Also Received Both The Norwegian Grammy And The Independent Alarm Price For ISA. The Band Released The Full Length Album Ruun In 2006 Which Received Great Critics World Wide And Enslaved Received The Norwegian Grammy Metal For The Second Time In A Row. Ruun Is An Extreme Progressive Metal Record With Growl-Vocals And Quite Different From The Bands First Records. Enslaved Released The Album Vertebrae In 2008 Which Gained Wide Critical Acclaim Including Terrorizer Magazine's Album Of The Year And Critic's Choice Album Of The Year Award For 2008. Many Of Their Techniques On The Album Particularly Harmonies Have Been Compared To Pink Floyd Although The Band Now Records In English Their Early Songs Were Mostly Recorded In Icelandic Or Old Norse With One Track On Their First Full-Length Album Being Performed In Ancient Norwegian. Lyrics From Frost To Mardraum Were Mainly In Their Native Norwegian. Most Of Their Lyrics Relate To Norse Mythology Or History. They Have Also Recorded A Collaboration With The Norwegian Noise Duo Fe-Mail Under The Name Trinacria. Current Members * Ivar Bjørnson - Guitar Keyboards 1991- - Desekrator Ex-Borknagar Ex-Phobia Obnoxious Ex-Gorgoroth As "Daimonion" Live Session Guitar For Taake * Grutle Kjellson - Bass Vocals 1991- - Desekrator Ex-Phobia Guest For V 28 Insanity * Arve Isdal - Guitar 2002- - Malignant Eternal Audrey Horne I * Cato Bekkevold - Drums 2003- - Demonic Ex-Ashes To Ashes Sirius Ex-Red Harvest Dunkelheit * Hakon Vinje - Keyboards Vocals 2017- Former Members * Trym Torson Kai Johnny Mosaker - Drums 1991-1995 - Emperor Zyklon Imperium Tartaros Shadow Season Paganize * Richard Kronheim - Guitar 1997-2002 - Ex-Subtitles Ex-St. Satan Ex-Kliftones Ex-Desekrator * Per Husebø Aka. Dirge Rep - Drums 1997-2002 - Gehenna Orcustus Gorgoroth Ex-122 Stab Wounds Desspo Hallelujah Neetzach Ex-Aura Noir Secht * Harald Magnus "Rivheim" Helgeson - Drums 1995-1997 - Thundra Zeno Morf Ex-Dwelling Souls Session For Evig Natt * Freddy Bolsø - Drums 2003 - Ex-Blood Red Throne * Herbrand Larsen - Keyboards Vocals 2004-2016 * Øyvind Madsen - Keyboards Live Only - Sulphur Vulture Industries Live For Black Hole Generator Discography Full-Length Albums 1994 - Vikingligr Veldi
1994 - Frost
1997 - Eld
1998 - Blodhemn
2000 - Mardraum Beyond The Within
2001 - Monumension
2003 - Below The Lights
2004 - Isa
2006 - Ruun
2008 - Vertebrae
2010 - Axioma Ethica Odini
2012 - RIITIIR
2015 - In Times
2017 - E Note That The Official Title Of The Album Is Actually The Elder Futhark Rune ᛖ Or Ehwaz Which Looks Like The Roman Letter M But The Album Title Is Often Written As E For Simplicity Including In Official Sources Demos 1991 - Nema
1992 - Yggdrasill Splits 1994 - Emperor/Hordanes Land Split With Emperor Live Albums 2009 - Live At The Rock Hard Festival
2017 - Roadburn Live DVDs Enslaved Also Has Two DVD Releases Primarily Consisting Of Concert Footage. 2003 - Live Retaliation
2005 - Return To Yggdrasill Trivia * Grutle Kjellson And Cato Bekkevold Are Avid Sport Fishing Enthusiasts In Fact The Two Met At A Related Event.
* The Band's Song Havenless From Below The Lights Was Featured In The Film "Metal A Headbanger's Journey".
* The Band Were Also Reported To Have Appeared In An Episode Of The American Cartoon Series South Park But This Later Transpired To Be A Practical Joke At The Expense Of The Norwegian Press. read less