Below the Lights
| Below the Lights | ||||
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Bergen | ||||
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| Length | 46:17 | |||
| Label | Osmose | |||
| Producer | Pytten, Jørgen Træen, Ivar Peersen, Grutle Kjellson | |||
| Enslaved chronology | ||||
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Below the Lights is the seventh studio album by Norwegian
Critical reception
AllMusic's William York wrote a positive review of the album, writing that "for all its variety, this is still a fairly heavy, meat-and-potatoes album with plenty of emotional nuance as well. There are a few spots where Enslaved's ambitions get the better of them, but the experimentation is welcome in any case, and most of it does work. Below the Lights will likely stand out down the road as one of the top black metal releases of 2003."[1] In 2016, About.com named it the best Enslaved album to date, highlighting it for being "everything the band had been slowly building towards was fully realized", fully unleashing the band's potential, and "their crowning achievement."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "As Fire Swept Clean the Earth" | Peersen / Grutle | Peersen | 6:35 |
| 2. | "The Dead Stare" | Peersen / Husebø | Peersen | 5:37 |
| 3. | "The Crossing" | Grutle | Peersen | 9:12 |
| 4. | "Queen of Night" | Peersen | Peersen | 5:59 |
| 5. | "Havenless" | Peersen | Peersen | 5:35 |
| 6. | "Ridicule Swarm" | Husebø | Peersen | 6:18 |
| 7. | "A Darker Place" | Peersen | Peersen | 7:01 |
"Havenless" contains excerpts from Aksel Sandemose's "Vi pynter oss med horn".
Personnel
Enslaved
- Grutle Kjellson – bass guitar, vocals
- Arve Isdal – guitar
- Ivar Bjørnson – guitars, keyboards, effectors
- Per Husebø (a.k.a. Dirge Rep) – drums
Additional musicians
- Gina Torgnes: Flute on "Queen of Night"
- Bjørgvin Tungrock Kor: Choir & Chantson "Havenless"
- Inge Rypdal: Lead Guitaron "A Darker Place"
- Dennis Reksten: Additional Synthesizers & Effects
Technical personnel
- Arranged By Enslaved
- Produced By Pytten, Jørgen Træen, Ivar Peersen & Grutle Kjellson
- Engineered By Pytten, Herbrand Larsen & Davide Bertolini
- Mixed By Ivar Bjornson, Grutle Kjellson & Jørgen Træen at Duper Studios in Bergen
- Mastered By Nicholas Ramaget, Pierre Dechamps (both at Digipro Studios) & Jørgen Træen (at Duper Studios)
- All Songs Published By Les Editions Hurlantes.
References
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ "Bands News". Osmose Productions. Archived from the original on 18 June 2003. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Top 5 Enslaved Albums". Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
