Enslaved

We want to congratulate our buddies in High On Fire for winning a grammy for "Electric Messiah"! Well deserved! http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/high-on-fire-wins-best-metal-performance-grammy-for-electric-messiah/

Thank you, Nordic Metal Cruise! You were on fire!

Decibel Magazine has published their great story from the induction of "Frost" into their Hall of Fame - a great read including all three members who made the album!

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Very happy to announce that we will play at Summer Breeze Open Air 2019 in August! Tickets are available here: https://summer-breeze.shop/

See Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik with band performing an acoustic version of our song "Return to Yggdrasill", with lyrics in Norwegian translated by Einar Selvik as "Heim til Yggdrasil". Recorded live last spring at Moster Amfi, Norway as part of Nordvegen - Bergen International Festival 2018. They will hit the European roads together in a few days. Find all the tickets links and infos in the original publication below!

In less than 3 weeks we will be headlining the NMC19. Who's coming?

ENSLAVED 2019

Today our very own Håkon (aka Tiny Egg) is celebrating his birthday. We hope he has a great day and an insane evening. Hipp hipp o pota mus!

Important - Schedule change: we will perform our special "Frost" set at the Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest on SUNDAY APRIL 14th (instead of April 13th as initially announced). Find all the infos and tickets links in the article below!

THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING YEAR 2018! Dear fans, 2018 has been a year of change for Enslaved. I would say that Cato Bækkevold's departure and Iver Sandøy's arrival behind the kit is one of the milestones in our now soon 28 year long history. Now that Cato felt the time was right to retire from being an active musician, he leaves behind a legacy of having raised Enslaved a big step since he debuted with "Isa" in 2004. He left on the best of terms, and I am sure he will be a good friend for the rest of our wacky lives. Iver joining is such fantastic luck. He has been our co-producer since "Axioma Ethica Odini" and has filled in for Cato on several occassions since 2006. That he is a very highly skilled singer also helps. Understatement alarm. Next year we will do selected shows and festivals but primarily we will write new stuff. Stay tuned for news! Thanks to all of you who saw and listened to us in 2018! Keep talking to us at shows and online. We are listening too! Best, Ivar and Enslaved Picture by Stefan Raduta

We realize people have different reasons for celebrating this particular date. The "competing" tradition deals with celebrating the birth of a prophet far older than our own, so we respect that. We respect people celebrating the birth of an historic king: Lemmy Kilminster. But we have our OWN living legend, king and carpenter (industrial plumber actually; close enough) that we celebrate today. So join us in a big happy birthday to Grutle! Hipp hipp!

A little greeting here from us as the holidays are upon us. We hope you had a beautiful/ wild (depending on your preference) Winter Soltice this Friday, and we hope that your Yule celebrations are filled with peace, safety and good times in your preferred company. The wonderful Yule-tree decor in the photo is courtesy of our good friends and crew extraordinaire Victoria Zanghi and Bryan Nelson! Thanks all who follow us, thanks for listening - your support is invaluable!!!

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA IN MARCH 2019! We are extremely happy to announce our first ever visit to Central and South America as well as returning to Mexico! Escaping the Norwegian Winter couldn't be more exciting than finally playing for our fans in Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile and Brasil! See you there!

SPECIAL YULE SALE IN OUR STORES! Head to our European and North American stores for an exclusive discount on selected items, limited bundles and special 48H Flash Sale! Europe: enslaved.aisamerch.de/shop-en North America: enslaved.aisamerch.com

GREECE IN 2019 - AFTER 28 YEARS! Sons and daughters of Zeus! It has taken us 28 years and I can't even remember how many failed attempts we've had to pay you a visit. It is therefore with great joy we can inform you that we are finally hitting your shores in May 2019! Playing in Greece has always been a dream for us, and in the early days of our existence, we listened to a lot of Greek bands such as Rotting Christ, Varathron and Necromantia, and talked about how great would be the day we went down there and maybe share the stage with those guys. Well, it took a little longer than expected, but we are absolutely not less stoked about it! So, rockers and metalheads of Athens and Tessaloniki; let's make this some nights to remember! Infos and tickets links will follow soon, stay tuned! Hails, -Grutle

Our dear friend and artist Den Unge Herr Holm joined us during the Army of the North Star Tour. He made this great series of drawings during our set, while we were performing! Have a look at his fantastic art: www.instagram.com/denungeherrholm www.twitter.com/denungeherrholm

Back to where it all started!! Yesterday night me and Ivar went back to Gamle Slaktehuset Allaktivitetshus to donate our latest Spellemann (Norwegian Grammy) award. At Gamle Slaktehuset, which is a youth club in the small west coast town of Haugesund, we had our very first rehearsals together back in 1990. This was also our base until 1996, when we re-located the band to Bergen. Without Gamle Slaktehuset there would be no Enslaved, so it felt great to give a little something in return for all those great memories from our youth. Thanks to Helge Toft and the staff at Gamle Slaktehuset and to the young and upcoming bands Heimland, Sundrowned and Pain Chain for energetic and awesome Enslaved-cover performances! -Grutle

The golden horns are sounding, as we head back home... after a series of victorious weekends all over Scandinavia, the "Army of the North Star" tour 2018 is over. It has been an undivided joy to present a mix of old school and new dawn Enslaved material in our own neck of the woods. The turn-out has been amazing, with a response to match every single night. Hails to fellow explorers in Gaahls WYRD, VREID (OFFICIAL), Whoredom Rife, Skogen and One Tail, One Head (rest in unpeace). Thanks to #BergenBackline, audience, crew, local workers and last but not least tour hosts Beyond the Gates Festival! Picture by Jarle Hovda Moe

Prog Magazine came to see us in London last October and wrote something cool about it! Thank you! Find the full live review in the latest issue of the magazine, that's in stands now.

We are confirmed for FortaRock! Tickets go on sale at 11:00 CET on Saturday 1st December. See you there!

We have just added three new items in our European store! The "Storm Son" t-shirt and girls t-shirt design was created after the song's concept and lyrics; and the "Viking" design now exists also as a zipper hoodie, to keep you warm during winter! Check them out on https://enslaved.aisamerch.de

We are happy to announce our first summer festival 2019! We are headlining Kaltenbach Open Air!

Our good friend and Bergen-based artist Jannicke Wiese-Hansen, who designed the two first Enslaved logos has created a very limited series of prints, baptized "In Limbo", "Self-Mythos" and "The Doorway". All three are signed, numbered and can be purchased in our EU store: https://enslaved.aisamerch.de

What a great start into our Scandinavian Tour with a sold out show in Oslo! Takk! Pic by Torgrim. Thank you!