History Music / Enslaved

* GenreRoulette: ''The Sleeping Gods'' EP. On top of a relatively normal sounding prog-black metal track ("Heimvegen"), there's an ambient track ("Synthesis"), a folk metal track ("The Sleeping Gods"), and even an instrumental ''PostPunk'' song that almost sounds like a cover of Music/TheCure ("Nordlys").

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: 9 or 10 most of the time (9 more often on the newer albums, 10 more often early on), though they do have the occasional song that drops to 8. Also, they have numerous synth intros that would be a 1. And, of course, the rules go completely out the window on their longest and most complex songs, much like with Music/{{Opeth}}...

* BadassBeard: Ivar Bjornson has one that truly makes him look like a Viking.

* BilingualBonus: Their early songs are mostly in Norwegian (a few of them are in Icelandic or ancient Norwegian). It still shows up occasionally, such as in "Sigmnudskvadet" and "Havenless".

* ProgressiveMetal: Especially on the later albums, but it's been an influence on their music since at least ''Hordanes Land'' if not earlier. The only albums not to contain much progressive metal influence are ''Frost'', where most of the songs are kept within the 4-5 minute range (although there are three that pass seven), and ''Blodhemn'', which contains an atypical (although perhaps not surprising, given [[Music/{{Hypocrisy}} who was producing]]) amount of MelodicDeathMetal influence.

* SopranoAndGravel: The band alternates clean vocals with the traditional HarshVocals of black metal. On early releases, Grutle Kjellson would do this himself with other band members providing occasional backing vocals; on more recent releases, Herbrand Larsen is the main clean vocalist while Grutle continues to do the rasps.

The next few albums continued in the same general vein as ''Monumension'', save for getting ''another'' new drummer (Cato Bekkevold) and replacing Kronheim with new guitarist Arve Isdal for ''Below the Lights'', and adding a keyboardist and second vocalist (Herbrand Larsen, who performed most of the clean vocals while he was in the band) for ''Isa''. The lineup remained consistent from ''Isa'' through ''In Times'', as has the quality and style of the band's work; Larsen departed in 2016, to be replaced by new keyboardist/vocalist Håkon Vinje for ''ᛖ''. They also appeared prominently in the ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'' documentary, exposing them to yet more fans.

Their most recent album was ''ᛖ'' (2017). In short, Enslaved have been around for more than two decades now, and continue to deliver [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic some pretty awesome]] work.

* Cato Bekkevold, drums, percussion (2003-present)

* Håkon Vinje - keyboards, vocals (2017-)

Their most recent album was ''ᛖ'' (2017). In short, Enslaved have been around for more than two decades now, and continue to deliver [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome some pretty awesome]] work.

The band members have been involved in a fair number of side projects as well. Most of the band collaborated with Norwegian noise duo Fe-Mail under the name Trinacria; they produced the album ''Travel Now Journey Infinitely'' (2008). Members of Enslaved also collaborated with their fellow countrymen Shining (not the Swedes) for a series of compositions called the Armageddon Concerto. This has yet to be released in its entirety, but some of the material from the concerto appears on Shining's album ''Blackjazz'', and Grutle Kjellson delivers guest vocals on two tracks. To confuse matters further, Enslaved has also released a split with [[Music/{{Shining}} the Swedes]]. Ivar Bjørnson was a member of Borknagar for awhile and currently has a neofolk-influenced collaboration with Music/{{Wardruna}}'s Einar Selvik entitled Skuggsjá, which released its debut album in March 2016. Arve Isdal was a member of a supergroup with Music/{{Immortal}} members entitled I, which released the album ''Between Two Worlds'' in 2006.

The next few albums continued in the same general vein as ''Monumension'', save for getting ''another'' new drummer (Cato Bekkevold) and replacing Kronheim with new guitarist Arve Isdal for ''Below the Lights'', and adding a keyboardist and second vocalist (Herbrand Larsen, who performed most of the clean vocals while he was in the band) for ''Isa''. The lineup remained consistent from ''Isa'' through ''In Times'', as has the quality and style of the band's work; Larsen departed in 2016, to be replaced by new keyboardist/vocalist Håkon Vinje for ''E''. They also appeared prominently in the ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'' documentary, exposing them to yet more fans.

Their most recent album was ''E'' (2017). In short, Enslaved have been around for more than two decades now, and continue to deliver [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome some pretty awesome]] work.

* ''E'' (2017)

Their most recent album was ''In Times'' (2015). In short, Enslaved have been around for more than two decades now, and continue to deliver [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome some pretty awesome]] work.

* Trym Torson, drums, percussion (1991-1995)

* Hakon Vinje - keyboards, vocals (2017-)

The next few albums continued in the same general vein as ''Monumension'', save for getting ''another'' new drummer (Cato Bekkevold) and replacing Kronheim with new guitarist Arve Isdal for ''Below the Lights'', and adding a keyboardist and second vocalist (Herbrand Larsen, who performed most of the clean vocals while he was in the band) for ''Isa''. Ever since ''Isa'', the lineup has remained consistent, as has the quality and style of the band's work. They also appeared prominently in the ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'' documentary, exposing them to yet more fans.

* XMeetsY: Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/{{Pink Floyd}}.

* XMeetsY: Music/{{Bathory}} meets Music/{{Opeth}}.

The next few albums continued in the same general vein as ''Monumension'', save for getting ''another'' new drummer (Cato Bekkevold) and replacing Kronheim with new guitarist Arve Isdal for ''Below the Lights'', and adding a keyboardist and second vocalist (Herbrand Larsen, who now performs most of the clean vocals) for ''Isa''. Ever since ''Isa'', the lineup has remained consistent, as has the quality and style of the band's work. They also appeared prominently in the ''Metal: A Headbanger's Journey'' documentary, exposing them to yet more fans.

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* BadassBeard: Grutle Kjellson has one that truly makes him look like a Viking.

* GenreRoulette: ''The Sleeping Gods'' EP. On top of a relatively normal sounding prog-black metal track ("Heimvegen"), there's an ambient track ("Synthesis"), a folk metal track ("The Sleeping Gods"), and even an instrumental ''PostPunk'' song that almost sounds like a cover of Music/TheCure.