Veteran Norwegian black metallers Enslaved have announced that they are back in the studio to record a brand new album.
In an update from guitarist Ivar Bjørnson, he announces that band have already started work in what will be the follow-up to 2012’s ‘RIITIIR‘. Read the update below:
“My favorite time of year is whenever we enter the studio with Enslaved to record a new album. Now the season of creative madness, endless days, and bleeding fingertips is upon us again… O joy!
“As before, it is the unholy trinity that forms the first line of attack: I (guitar), Grutle (Kjellson, bass & vocals), and Cato (Bekkevold, drums), are recording the foundations of the album live, while Ice Dale (lead guitar) and Herbrand (Larsen, vocals & keys) will add their instruments and voice in their own studios after these initial core sessions.
“Then I will add some wackiness at my home studio, before we all get together again to finish it. I feel that I have delivered basic material that is rock solid. I have poured my very life and heart into these compositions while the rest of the band have refined it, shaped it, and delivered it like their very lives depended on it.
“It has been challenging to keep up the pace with the way the songs wanted to go; life flows its ways and takes its turns regardless of your artistic ambitions. However, the music led the way through the fog and I just followed, and never doubting the oncoming album for a second.”
Sounds like a new Enslaved album is shaping up nicely, and we can likely expect the album early-mid 2015. We can’t get enough of progressive black metal excellence, and we are excited to hear again from one of the most consistent band’s in the black metal scene!
