Enslaved will be dropping a deluxe edition of their sixteenth studio album “Heimdal” via Nuclear Blast on March 01st. The Norwegian progressive black metal band have added some bonus tracks to that newly expanded version, including the just released “Gangandi“, which you can stream below. Alternate versions of “Congelia” and “Forest Dweller” featuring Jo Quail will also appear on the deluxe edition.
Rounding out the experience is the inclusion of live audio of the band’s 2021 livestreaming event, ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience‘. That special concert saw Enslaved team up with Shaman Elephant to deliver a special live set.
Enslaved vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson commented of “Gangandi“:
“Gangandi was the last song we made before the recording sessions for Heimdal took place. I remember Ivar driving down to my place from Bergen on a Friday night to play a demo for a new song for me, and I went like, ‘Daaaaamn, this is something else!’ I absolutely loved it, but at the same time, I sensed that it was a little bit to the left of the rest of the material. When I started to figure out what to sing over it, I ended up writing a poem in cross rhyme in archaic western Norwegian, which even separated the whole effort even further away from the rest of the material.
So, ultimately, we ended up not including it on the album, other than as a bonus track on the most “exclusive” and limited vinyl versions.
That said, that doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy the song! Quite the contrary! We love this odd little hybrid of folk rock, early Mayhem, and King Crimson! It just ended up being the weird cousin of the rest of the songs. Kind of like Enslaved itself as a matter of fact.”
Pre-saves can be found at enslaved.bfan.link/heimdal-deluxe.ema.
With Svalbard &Wayfarer:
03/06 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
03/07 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
03/08 Manchester, UK – Club Academy
03/09 Glasgow, UK – Slay
03/10 Dublin, IRE – Opium
03/12 Helmond, NET – Cacaofabriek
03/13 Paris, FRA – La Machine
03/14 Geneva, SWI – PTR/’U’sine
03/15 Montpellier, FRA – Victorie 2
03/16 Milan, ITA – Legend
03/18 Prague, CZE – Futurum
03/19 Vienna, AUT – Szene
03/21 Cologne, GER – Club Volta
03/22 Leipzig, GER – Taubchenthal
03/23 Berlin, GER – Hole44
03/24 Warsaw, POL – Proxima
