| Enslaved / Isa |
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| Album: | Isa | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Enslaved | Added: | 03/2005 | |
| Label: | Candlelight Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-04-24 | Pull Date: | 2005-06-26 | Charts: | Loud |
| Week Ending: | 5 Jun | 29 May | 22 May | 15 May | 8 May | 1 May |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 03, 2010: | public noize racket Reogenesis | 4. | Jun 02, 2005: | One Fraction Of Time Reogenesis | |
| 2. | Nov 21, 2007: | Brown Bloodstains Across Your Turkey Engorged Face Violet Dawning | 5. | May 26, 2005: | Baptism of Solitude Lunar Force | |
| 3. | Nov 17, 2007: | On The Warpath Ascension | 6. | May 19, 2005: | Bloodstains Across Atherton Lunar Force |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2005-05-02 | ||
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Psychedelic viking metal! Enslaved keep pushing themselves further outwards in new directions. They’ve always tossed in some odd parts on all 9 of their albums - this is their most difficult yet rewarding album. A DEFINITE headphones album. Isa (say “E- saw”) is the rune that = ice, delaying progress of something in wait of transformation. ((((1)))) Trippy, short intro that works only if your hearing the whole album. (((((2))))) Spiraling & repetitive, lots of stop/starts with Grutle’s intense vox, guest vox by Abbath (Immortal) ((((((3)))))) Steady rhythmic, strangely poppy chorus? Guitars are a bit like Voi Vod. ((((((4))))) Trippy, prog-laden heaviness, harsh & incredible melodic vocals + a lotta King Crimson influence. (I swear they nabbed something from “In The Court...”) (((((5))))) Tight, simple riffing with 70’s keyboards, (like Rush?) & forever changing tempos & moods. Give it a few spins-it’s a weird one. ((((((6))))) Sort of speedy, spinning tempo + mostly harsh vox & fantastic chorus. (((((7))))) Aggressive mid-paced & steady, multi-tracked vox + total Camel/Crimson melodic breakdown. (((((8))))) Instrumental with burly 6-7 note riff & spacey keyboards ((((((9)))))) Epic, very prog laden, melodic vox then descends into total snarling metal parts - gallop riffs & more spacey keyboards & all sorts of other stuff. (((10)))) Short, spacey outro. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Intro: "Green Reflection" | 6. | Violet Dawning | |||
| 2. | Lunar Force | 7. | Return to Uggdrasill | |||
| 3. | Isa | 8. | Secrets of the Flesh (Instr. | |||
| 4. | Ascension | 9. | Reogenesis | |||
| 5. | Bounded By Allegiance | 10. | Outro: "Communion" (Excerpt) |