January 27th, 2023
Today, Enslaved revealed a new song from their upcoming album Heimdal. Forest Dweller is a churning, psychedelic journey through archaic Norse folklore.
One might ask what lessons we can divine from our celestial ancestores? We might never understand their true intentions, but their echo will live on regardless.
Grutle comments: “To me ‘Forest Dweller’ was the most immediate song on the album, at least in its earliest form as an instrumental demo. I spent quite some time to get into some of the other songs of the album, but this one seemed somehow logical, well logical by Enslaved standards that is. I had an idea for a lyric, and Ivar’s amazing and diverse riffs on this one made it easy to pan out the scripture. I made a rough plan on what to sing over it, and we actually ended up using some of those recordings on the album!
The song sorf of showcases our representative samples of inspiration: Led Zep, Genesis, Destruction, Iron Maiden and David Bowie, to mention a schizophrenic tapestry of influences. It mirrors in the lyrics as well, which deals about both darkness and light in connection to the nature of Heimdal.”
Enslaved
Listen to 'Forest Dweller' here: https://enslaved.bfan.link/forest-dweller.ema
Watch the 'Forest Dweller' video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwfHfQX6WSw
One might ask what lessons we can divine from our celestial ancestores? We might never understand their true intentions, but their echo will live on regardless.
Grutle comments: “To me ‘Forest Dweller’ was the most immediate song on the album, at least in its earliest form as an instrumental demo. I spent quite some time to get into some of the other songs of the album, but this one seemed somehow logical, well logical by Enslaved standards that is. I had an idea for a lyric, and Ivar’s amazing and diverse riffs on this one made it easy to pan out the scripture. I made a rough plan on what to sing over it, and we actually ended up using some of those recordings on the album!
The song sorf of showcases our representative samples of inspiration: Led Zep, Genesis, Destruction, Iron Maiden and David Bowie, to mention a schizophrenic tapestry of influences. It mirrors in the lyrics as well, which deals about both darkness and light in connection to the nature of Heimdal.”
Enslaved
- Ivar Bjørnson
- Grutle Kjellson
- Ice Dale
- Iver Sandøy
- Håkon Vinje
Listen to 'Forest Dweller' here: https://enslaved.bfan.link/forest-dweller.ema
Watch the 'Forest Dweller' video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwfHfQX6WSw