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"Despite some clumsiness from this young band that is Enslaved, "Frost" is an exemplary album of Norwegian Black Metal."
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Following the tragic events of 1992/93, the DSP label disappeared with its creator Oystein Aarseth and Enslaved found itself on the street. But at the time, a young French label followed the example of the leader of Mayhem and launched itself in the world of extreme metal. This label is Osmose Production, and "Frost" is the beginning of a long and fruitful agreement between the two parties.
On this second opus, Enslaved further asserts the Viking influence of their Black Metal (the term itself is written in the booklet), shortening the tracks and drastically reducing the importance of the soaring folk parts characteristic of their first work. The tone clearly gets harder and the atmospheric eponymous intro hardly hides the warlike ambition of this album.
One of Enslaved's most brutal albums, "Frost" is undoubtedly a harbinger of the band's future artistic direction, except that here it is not the progressive elements that are to be emphasized, but the return to a Thrash style. Like on the track "Fenris" for example, whose syncopated rhythms and slowed down tempo leave no doubt. Black Metal is still the raw material of the trio and tracks like 'Loke' or the future classic 'Jotunblod' are models of what is Viking Metal in its most Norwegian form. Nevertheless, the turnaround is not total and tracks like 'Yggdrasil' or 'Isöders Dronning' are still impregnated with a folk spirit that reminds the future psychedelic elucubrations of a certain Opeth...
"Frost" sounds the death knell of the first Enslaved era and with it the first era of Black Metal as a whole. Just like Emperor, it will be necessary to wait until 1997 for the band to resurface in a totally different context. - Official website
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TRACK LISTING:
01. Frost - 02:52
02. Loke - 04:22
03. Fenris - 07:16
04. Svarte Vidder - 08:43
05. Yggdrasil - 05:23
06. Jotunblod - 04:06
07. Gylfaginning - 07:31
08. Wotan - 04:12
09. Isöders Dronning - 07:45
LINEUP:
Grutle Kjellson: Chant / Basse
Ivar Bjørnson: Guitares / Claviers
Trym: Batterie
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