Isa (Enslaved album)

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Isa
Studio album by
Released20 October 2004 (Norway)
8 November 2004 (Europe)
7 February 2005 (US)
RecordedJuly–August 2004, Grieghallen Studios, Bergen, Norway
Genre
Length51:01
LabelCandlelight
Producer
Enslaved chronology
Below the Lights
(2003)
Isa
(2004)
Ruun
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic
[1]

Isa is the eighth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 20 October 2004 in Norway and 8 November 2004 in Europe by Tabu Recordings and on 7 February 2005 in the US by Candlelight Records.[3][4] Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements.[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by

Yggdrasill
"
  • Bjørnson
  • Kjellson
5:398."Secrets of the Flesh" 3:369."Neogenesis" 11:5810."Outro: Communion (excerpt)" 0:56Total length:51:01

Personnel

Enslaved

Additional personnel

  • Truls Espedal, Asle Birkeland – cover art
  • Abbath Doom Occulta
    - backing vocals – "Lunar Force"
  • Nocturno Culto - additional vocals – "Isa" and "Bounded by Allegiance"
  • Dennis Reksten (from El-Regn) – additional synthesizers
  • Ofu Khan (from Red Harvest) – vocals on "Ascension"
  • Stig Sandbakk – additional vocals on "Ascension" and "Return to Yggdrasill"

Production

  • Production:
    Pytten
    and Enslaved
  • Engineering: Pytten and Herbrand Larsen
  • Mixing: Lars Klokkerhaug
  • Mastering: Peter In de Betou

References

  1. ^
    AllMusic
  2. ^ O'Boyle, Tom (May 14, 2019). "The 10 essential post-black metal album". Metal Hammer. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. ^ "Enslaved's homepage". Enslaved.no. Archived from the original on 1 November 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  4. Blabbermouth
    . 30 October 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2023.