History Music / Enslaved

They were formed in Norway back in 1991 by Ivar Bjornson and Grutle Kjellson (also known as Kjetil Grutle). Their name was taken from an early Music/{{Immortal|Bandl}} demo track, "Enslaved in Rot". While they began playing pretty typical BlackMetal, they began to add weirder structures to their music, as well as writing [[EpicRocking longer]] and [[ProgressiveMetal more complicated]] songs. They also deviated early on from the standard BlackMetal concerns (Satan, the occult, etc.) in favor of writing about Myth/NorseMythology. They rejected the label BlackMetal entirely, preferring to call their music "Extreme Metal".

They were formed in Norway back in 1991 by Ivar Bjornson and Grutle Kjellson (also known as Kjetil Grutle). Their name was taken from an early Music/{{Immorta|Bandl}} demo track, "Enslaved in Rot". While they began playing pretty typical BlackMetal, they began to add weirder structures to their music, as well as writing [[EpicRocking longer]] and [[ProgressiveMetal more complicated]] songs. They also deviated early on from the standard BlackMetal concerns (Satan, the occult, etc.) in favor of writing about Myth/NorseMythology. They rejected the label BlackMetal entirely, preferring to call their music "Extreme Metal".

They were formed in Norway back in 1991 by Ivar Bjornson and Grutle Kjellson (also known as Kjetil Grutle). Their name was taken from an early Music/{{Immortal}} demo track, "Enslaved in Rot". While they began playing pretty typical BlackMetal, they began to add weirder structures to their music, as well as writing [[EpicRocking longer]] and [[ProgressiveMetal more complicated]] songs. They also deviated early on from the standard BlackMetal concerns (Satan, the occult, etc.) in favor of writing about Myth/NorseMythology. They rejected the label BlackMetal entirely, preferring to call their music "Extreme Metal".