new ihsahn album

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For Immediate Release
IHSAHN's angL set for release

Candlelight Records today confirms May 27 as the American release date for angL, the second solo album from former Emperor vocalist/guitarist Ihsahn. The album features nine new songs all written and performed by the highly respected musician. The album features guest performances by drummer Asgeir Mickelson, bassist Lars Koppang Norberg (both of the band Spiral Architect) and Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth).

Recorded and mixed by Ihsahn at Symphonique Studios in Notodden, Norway (the studio owned by Ihsahn and partner Heidi Tveitan), additional work was completed by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Amon Amarth) at Fascination Street Studios and Borge Finnstad (Mayhem, Borknagar) at Toproom Studios. Commenting about the record’s musical collaborations, “Asgeir (Mickelson) did such a great job on my last album (The Adversary, Candlelight 2006), that while in preproduction for angL I programmed a much more generic drum track to leave more creative license for him. It was on Asgeir’s recommendation that Lars (Koppang Norberg) contribute to the album. They both recorded at Asgeir’s studio (Multimono Studios) and it came together nicely.”

Working with Mikael (Akerfeldt), “Mikael and I go back as friends since the early nineties. We met up when Emperor headlined Wacken in 2006 and had a great time watching bands together. We talked then about doing something together at some point and in spite of busy schedules on both sides this luckily came to happen. Rough mixes of “Unhealer” with lyrics were sent to Mikael with the idea for both clean and growl vocals. He worked on it during his off-time recording the new Opeth album. I could not be any happier with the results.”

Writing for angL began early in 2007 and picked up momentum after the Emperor US performances early last summer. “I knew to a greater extent where I wanted to go with this album, though I feel all albums are a kind of struggle to overcome. Regardless of how many you make, it never gets any easier.” An aggressive schedule to complete the album, in addition to recording projects for Hardingrock (in which Ihsahn also contributes) and Starofash (released February 26), Ihsahn completed album tracking in early December. With mixing and mastering completed early this year, the musician is already starting promotion with for the album; efforts that will take up much of his time over the coming months leading up to album release.

Track listing for angL (not in running order) is: Alchemist, Elevator, Malediction, Misanthrope, Monolith, Morningstar, Scarab, Threnody and Unhealer.

~gR~

 

[waif]

Anyhow, nice. Isahn is a beast.

 

[Addo_Of_Nex]

"The Adversary" was decent, but nothing special at all. This might be decent.

 

[MasterOLightning]

I'm looking forward to the Star of Ash album more. The first one ruled.

 

[Belligerent]

Adversary was a kickass album. Looking forward to this.

 

[~Derek~]

It depends on what the songs are like if I buy this or not, because The Adversary had some really good songs on it, and if this album has the music like the best songs of The Adversary then I'll probably buy it.

 

[General Zaroff]

I'd rather he make a new Emperor album...

Eh, I haven't heard the first album.

Maybe I'll check it out then compare with the new one.

 

[Alteredmindeath]

Even though Emperor is no longer making music its good that Ihsahn continues making metal music it proves his heart is in it.

 

[Zephyrus]

I'd rather he make a new Emperor album...

I wonder what would have been the next step after Prometheus. I imagine it would have been a cross between Zyklon and Ihsahn's solo work. Symphonic Industrial Blackened Progressive Death Metal or something .

 

[Vossyrus]

I actually really liked Ihsahn's solo album though at first, I didn't care much for it. And after a few listens, I realized it really wasn't as far 'removed' from Emperor, as people made it out to be.

 

[Belligerent]

I actually really liked Ihsahn's solo album though at first, I didn't care much for it. And after a few listens, I realized it really wasn't as far 'removed' from Emperor, as people made it out to be.

.

 

[Lord Kur]

the adversary was really weak

 

[KevenZ]

^^ I think the same, it doesn't have the replay value of Emperor albums. At least not for me.

 

[Matt]

Isahn needs to join another band

 

[Zephyrus]

Isahn needs to join another band

such as Zyklon.




(hehe)

 

[Matt]

a good band

 

[Zephyrus]

They need to get Daemon back on vocals and go back to industrial black/death metal like on World Ov Worms .

 

[Matt]

Isahn needs to form a band similar to Nazgul (or join it and make the vocals better)

 

[Zephyrus]

Ihsahn is too prog-minded to keep his interests within straight symphonic BM.

 

[Matt]

That's why he has his solo band

I've always kind of wondered what his financial situation is also