ENSLAVED: New Audio Interview Available

December 6, 2008

Western Australian metal radio show "Anger Management" has uploaded an audio interview with guitarist/songwriter Ivar Bjørnson of the Norwegian masters of progressive/experimental metal ENSLAVED. Check it out on the media player on "Anger Management"'s MySpace page (click on "Enslaved Interview 24th Nov" to launch audio). As part of a fairly lengthy chat, Ivar answers questions on rumors of a forthcoming Australian tour and gives his comments on the church burnings and unrest in the black metal scene during the '90s.

"The Watcher", the new video from ENSLAVED, can be viewed below. The clip was shot in Gothenburg, Sweden with Revolver Film Company director and Norwegian award-winner Patric Ullaeus (DIMMU BORGIR, KEEP OF KALESSIN, IN FLAMES).

Commented the band: "When we got the chance to work with Patric and Revolver, we grasped it with all ten hands. His works are very impressive. We were first exposed to him through DIMMU's latest video — the whole thing was very professional and remained 'tasty' within the fantasy framework. Our previous videos have been do-it-yourself and we have never worked with special effects on such a high level before. The video is built upon a dual development: the band performing the song in parallel with a story line. The story is based upon [lead singer/bassist] Grutle's lyrics for 'The Watcher' and the story is written out in a co-operation between Grutle and Ivar from the band, and director Patric Ullaeus. Without spoiling the surprise, the video story follows the lines of the lyrics — the individual's struggle for truth and liberation, about revealing the real chains of existence and breaking them."

"The Watcher" comes off ENSLAVED's latest album, "Vertebrae", which sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Hard Music chart and at No. 49 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

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