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Norwegian psychedelic post-black metal band ENSLAVED will release its new album, "Axioma Ethica Odini", in Europe on September 27 and in North America on September 28. The CD's cover artwork was created by the Norwegian artist Truls Espedal, who has painted every ENSLAVED album cover since 2001's "Monumension".

 

"Axioma Ethica Odini" track listing:

 

01. Ethica Odini

02. Raidho

03. Waruun

04. The Beacon

05. Axioma

06. Giants

07. Singular

08. Night Sight

09. Lightening

 

"Axioma Ethica Odini" will be made available as a special edition in gatefold seven-inch format with the entire album on CD and a seven-inch vinyl single as a bonus, as well as a regular jewel case and double vinyl. The bonus seven-inch single will include new recordings of the songs "Jotunblod" and "Migration".

 

Commented ENSLAVED bassist/vocalist Grutle Kjellson: “On every new album cover, me and [rhythm guitarist/songwriter] Ivar [bjørnson] come up with the idea of what the cover art shall include in terms of elements, symbolism and so forth. After that, we contact Truls and tell him about our ideas for the cover art. Then we arrange a meeting where we sit down for a couple of hours making sketches. Truls also has the opportunity to come up with his own ideas of how we can transform our original ideas the best possible way. He has made a masterpiece this time as well! The cover art is simply amazing! Amazing…"

 

Added Espedal: "I'm always excited about working with ENSLAVED, which is the reason I feel that too much time goes by between releases — ha, ha! But once again I sat down with Ivar and Grutle, and their ideas were more complex and interesting than ever. Also, their expectations and confidence that I'm able to come up with something better than before pushes me to set the bar even higher. This time around, we set out to expand further what we have done on earlier works: mixing the figurative paintings with the 'symbolic' design even more. By doing this, I feel that we are able to convey a lot more atmosphere, story, and a visually more interesting cover throughout. Hopefully other people will think the same. Good times."

 

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"Axioma Ethica Odini" will be made available as a special edition in gatefold seven-inch format with the entire album on CD and a seven-inch vinyl single as a bonus, as well as a regular jewel case and double vinyl. The bonus seven-inch single will include the songs "Jotunblod (Doom)" and "Migration".

 

Commented ENSLAVED songwriter and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson: "ENSLAVED wanted to do something really special for the bonus edition of the new album, 'Axioma Ethica Odini'. It was decided to go ahead and record two very special songs, in a very special environment.

 

"The first song on the EP is 'Jotunblod (Doom)'. This is basically ENSLAVED 'covering' ENSLAVED.

 

"The original 'Jotunblod' can be found on the legendary 'Frost' album from back in 1994. The self-cover version, 'Jotunblod (Doom)', was initially specially made for the Roadburn festival 2010, where ENSLAVED were Artists in Residence (altogether the audience saw four ENSLAVED-related concerts that weekend).

 

"Why a doom version?

 

"This version was made to honor that festival and its goers for their open-mindedness on one side. On the other side: ENSLAVED wanted to challenge themselves by re-arranging one of their most iconic songs. The result was so effectual that the band wanted to make a one-off recording of the version; that is how it ended up as one side of this bonus 7" EP.

 

"The song is based on the chaotic forces of the Giants, the Jotuns, from Northern Mythology.

 

"While the original recording from 'Frost' is a somewhat obvious sound portrait of these forces (fast, chaotic and at the same time, complex and melodic), this doom version highlights another specter of the primeval forces: the heavy, from-the-core-of-the-Earth-type-sluggish and unrelenting march of chaos that can't be stopped.

 

"The other song on the 7" is another one that hasn’t been recorded before, but has been played live! 'Migration' is, plain and simple, song number six from the obscure collaboration between ENSLAVED and Norwegian metal-jazzers SHINING that took place at Molde International Jazz Fest in 2008.

 

"'Migration' represents the atmosphere that ENSLAVED brought to table in the collaboration. It represents both the escapism and extreme presence delivered in ENSLAVED's music and concepts: an existential paradox in itself.

"These two songs were recorded in the woods of Valevåg — a small village on the West coast of Norway that is the birth place of ENSLAVED's Grutle Kjellson. ENSLAVED got help from local farmers with driving their backline and recording equipment deep into the woods of Valevåg (close to Le Cimitiere de Marin, made famous by Norwegian composer Fartein Valen). The séance was recorded by Iver Sandøy (who co-produced the drums for 'Axioma Ethica Odini') and mixed in his Solslottet Studios.

 

"The thought behind releasing the album as a 7" EP with the album inside hails from ENSLAVED's undying vinyl and patriotism and is a tribute to the eternal principle of an album release being something special and important!"

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