enslaved/finland

[genocide roach]

The new line-up recorded “ISA” during the autumn of 2004, and was released in Oct/Nov ’04 (Feb ’05 in the US). The album received raving reviews in all territories (except Finland obviously), and put Enslaved at the very forefront of contemporary Extreme Metal. A European Tour with fellow Norsemen Vreid took place in February and March 2005. The tour was rewarded with both great reviews and great turnouts. In absentia, during the tour, Enslaved also received both the Norwegian Grammy and the independent Alarm Price for “ISA”. The band will appear at various festivals throughout 2005, and an trans-American tour is in the making for the end of 2005.

reading through the bio on the enslaved page, i came across this. is there a specific reason they didnt recieve good reviews in finland? kinda seems like there is somthing im missing here

 

[byrne]

heh, no idea. doesnt make any sense.

i didnt think the album was all that special, although i truthfully havent really listened to it in that greater depth. i cant see why one country would completely reject the album though. its probably more an exaggeration, something like they didnt get great reviews from major magazines published in finland or something along those lines.

interesting statement though.

 

[Phrozenspite]

I could be wrong about it since i'm not too familiar with the region other than music and mythology but my guess is they're making fun of finland for having bad taste in music and metal (I.E Nightwish, HIM etc)

 

[Death Aflame]

seems like an inside joke. Great album nonetheless.

 

[KMADD]

I could be wrong about it since i'm not too familiar with the region other than music and mythology but my guess is they're making fun of finland for having bad taste in music and metal (I.E Nightwish, HIM etc)

Ugh I disagree Rotten Sound, Enochian Crescent, Behexen, Satanic Warmaster and The True Black Dawn are badass Finnish bands. And
their scene is very promising compared to the other Scandanavian countries
along with Russia's and Poland's scenes too.

 

[KMADD]

Oh sorry I didn't read your statement correctly my bad.
But Finnish folks are a little picky about their black metal I usually talk to Victor
and Wrath from Enochian Crescent on www.enochian-crescent.com and they have
some eccentric tastes in thier music.

 

[infoterror]

Most blackmetal now is so boring the fans can't tell between good and bad...

 

[no country for old wainds]

Prozak, your posts here are totally redundant and boring and useless, stick to posting topics in the philosophy forum.

Maybe the Finnish hate Enslaved for becoming shit?

 

[genocide roach]

ok, i know this is gonna start a big debate

but enslaved didnt get really good until later in their life. i love the viking stuff, but below the lights was amazing. they do the post BM stuff perfectly
~gR~

 

[Cythraul]

Prozak, your posts here are totally redundant and boring and useless, stick to posting topics in the philosophy forum.

Holy shit! I didn't know infoterror was Prozak. I just thought he was another one of his cronies.

 

[MourningProcess]

Man, I like some of Below the Lights, but some I dont.

I HATE the cardboard drum sound. Was this fixed on ISA?

 

[Cythraul]

Below the Lights was a waste of instruments, and my time.

 

[genocide roach]

why?

 

[Edgecrusher]

I loved 'Isa'