Yggdrasill (demo recording)
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Publication |
1992 |
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28/29 June 1992 |
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Audio cassette |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
34:22 |
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Enslaved, S. Sjøen |
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Studio (s) |
Micro Music |
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Yggdrasill is the second demo recording by the Norwegian Viking metal band Enslaved . It was recorded on June 28th and 29th, 1992, sound engineer and producer was S. Sjøen. Yggdrasill was released on cassette in the same year and was re-released in 1995 along with Satyricon's second demo recording The Forest Is My Throne and one bonus track per band. Yggdrasill was re-released alone in 2009 as a picture LP by Blut & Eisen Productions, also in 2009 as part of a wooden box released by Viva Hate Records together with the albums Frost , Eld , Blodhemn , Mardraum: Beyond the Within , Monumension and Below the Lights . In 2011 Peaceville Records released Yggdrasill on LP and 2012 on CD, each with the bonus title Enslaved from the split release with Satyricon.
Track list
- Heimdallr - 06:40 (Daimonion)
- Allfǫðr Oðinn - 07:50 (Daimonion)
- Intermezzo - 01:33 (not listed on the insert of the original)
- Hal Valr - 07:26 (Daimonion / Grutle)
- Niunda Heim - 07:39 (Daimonion)
- The Winter Kingdom Opus I: Resound of Gjallarhorn - 03:14 (Daimonion)
All texts by Daimonion.
layout
The cover insert shows a black and white picture of a lightning bolt, the split release with Satyricon shows a blue-toned photograph of the band instead.
Music genre
Enslaved's style has been described as black metal influenced folk metal with an epic song structure. Yggdrasill starts with the thrash- heavy Heimdallr , but the other pieces are more like the “neoclassical, epic sound that they perfected on ' Vikingligr Veldi '”. The ethereal tremolo melodies are less folky and more metal- heavy than on later releases. Keyboards are used for melodic weighting. Drummer Trym plays a kind of primitive proto-blast beat . The vocals are brutal for Enslaved standards and comparable to Quorthon on Blood Fire Death .
reception
Steve Hoeltzel of the webzine Chronicles of Chaos believes Enslaved's demo recording pales in comparison to their newer and more inventive material. The two best pieces, Heimdallr and Allfǫðr Oðinn , have both been re-recorded and sound much better in the new versions. He likes Enslaved , but like most of their early material, the demo recording suffers from an oversupply of length combined with a lack of ideas. He also called the production terrible. For Herjulf vom Vönger webzine , the recordings are “not particularly remarkable. The five tracks are for the most part pretty boring, unmotivated riff scrub with no atmosphere at all; besides, the keyboards just sound cheap. Overall, the pieces represented here rarely show the potential that Enslaved revealed with 'Frost' at the latest. The best song from 'Yggdrasill' is likely to be 'Niunda Heim'; Strangely enough, however, he never appeared anywhere later [...]. ”Seker from the Webzine Global Domination criticized the production, which made him sometimes have problems hearing the guitar riffs. The music is primitive, wild and still in an embryo-like state, but Enslaved's compositional skills and later development are already recognizable. He did not comment on the bass as it was not recognizable due to the production.
Individual evidence
- ^ Enslaved: News. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010 ; accessed on December 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Enslaved: Enslaved Wooden Box unleashed! Myspace, January 27, 2010, accessed December 3, 2012 .
- ↑ a b Seker: Satyricon / Enslaved: The forest is my throne / Yggdrasil. Global Domination, November 12, 2007, archived from the original on August 20, 2010 ; accessed on December 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Steve Hoeltzel: Satyricon - The Forest Is My Throne / Enslaved - Yggdrasill. Chronicles of Chaos, October 5, 1996, accessed December 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Herjulf: Enslaved / Satyricon # The Forest Is My Throne / Yggdrasill. Vönger Musikmagazin, April 7, 2005, accessed December 3, 2012 .