Enslaved - Vertebrae

[FRUGiHOYi]

This album is amazing. Is it a concept album? Can anyone tell me what it's about or the meaning behind some of the songs?

I just got into Enslaved and they are now one of my favorites! I think I like Vertebrae and RUUN the best, but besides those two I only have Isa which is also great. Which one do you recommend I get next?

 

[Defiance]

^ Frost is my personal favourite, maybe because it was the first one I heard. The new one (Axioma Ethica Odini) is close to a masterpiece, better than Vertebræ.

 

[Naglfar]

Below the Lights is probably their most formidable album... I think they won a Grammy or something for it.

I don't know what to say as to what's my favorite Enslaved album, although it's probably Below the Lights or Mardraum. The only one I don't like is Ruun, which feels a bit plodding and uninteresting. Vertebrae is a good album but I'm not a fan of the production.

Their early stuff is quite good, including their portion of the Emperor / Enslaved split disc.

The new album is also REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY good, probably their best one since Isa (which has my favorite Enslaved song, Return to Yggdrasill).

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

Oh yeah I meant the new one, Axioma, is one of if not my favorite! It's definitely better than Vertebrae.

 

[Helge-Uwe]

Vertebrae is huge and Axioma falls hardly shy of that.

Enslaved and the Borkies were the perfect closing (indeed they were the highlights) of Wacken 2009.