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ENSLAVED have been nominated for "Best metal album" in 2003 at the Norwegian music awards for "Below The Lights"
But the band needs as many votes as possible so please go on www.alarmweb.org to the metal category,then mark ENSLAVED, then click on sign saying "STEM"
Everybody can vote !

ENSLAVED Below the Lights. - CD and Limited LP (1000 copies)

ENSLAVED press-release on "Below the Lights"
"It is with great pleasure we introduce to you the ENSLAVED album; "Below the Lights". It will be mixed and finished in every way mid-January 03 and will be released 03.03.03.
The album speaks for it self, but again we are proud to say we have gone further down the road of exploration. And on the other hand it is darker and contains more references to the early days of ENSLAVED in the sense of more ambience and structure to the songs. The progressive and experimental elements are still there, more raffined and subtle that ever. You will also find pieces of traditional Northern music, this time more incorporated in the ENSLAVED core material.
Melodic elements and complex harmonics is also a prominent feature on "Below the Lights". After returning from the UK in March this year (02) we all realized that R. Kronheims days in the band had come to an end. Extremely unhealthy and unsociable habits combined with strong personalities and different musical tastes on both sides made it impossible to continue. But hey! That didn't stop us, and with the added force of lead guitarist A. Isdal, we went on to make "Below the Lights". The quality of the arrangements and the level of musicianship should prove that the core of Enslaved more than survived the changes.
The coverart is once again under the brush of Truls Espedahl (who also made the artwork for "Monumension"). This time the artwork will follow the music and lyrics even closer, and a surreal, dark and magnificent piece of art will meet you in the shops 03.03.03.
After the finishing of the album, Dirge Rep decided to leave the band. The reason is quite simple; he is burned out according to himself. No point in arguing with that. Goodbye and thanx for the drumwork, brother-in-arms! We have a replacement for live and studio sessions in Freddy B., the drummer some of you might remember from the UK tour in March 2002 when Dirge sat at home with a broken foot!
Ps. Watch out for the live-DVD "Live Retaliation" to be released through MetalMind Productions. Order it or read about it at our webpage www.enslaved.no . Take note that www.enslavedunion.com will be removed and has been replaced by www.enslaved.no
See you on tour and remember to play "Below the Lights" at extreme volume levels. For even better results, try altered states of conciousness (knock yourself over the head, do yoga-jumping or stay awake for two weeks without food before you check out the album). If it doesn't fuck you up, we'll give you (fake monopoly) money back.
Thanx for your attention and for bringing us this far and further!
Ivar B."

THE NEW ALBUM:
ENSLAVED has just completed their 7th and yet untiteled studio album. The recordings went extremely well and where yet again produced by the band them selves, Pytten and Jørgen Træen. The mixing will take part in January and the final release is set to the 3rd of March next year. Heavy, loud, sophisticated and as mesmerizing as ever! As a treat the band reveals some track names here:
-"As Fire Swept Clean the Earth"
-"Ridicule Swarm"
-"Queen of Night"
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ARTFUL SUCCESS!
-Tuesday 24th Enslaved did a blistering performance at Landmark - Bergen Kunsthall. Enslaved was invited to perform as special guests at the opening ceremony of an art exibition featuring modern grotesque & horror art; "Laid Bare". Landmark is a highly profiled institution in the Norwegian art society, and coming from a background like Enslaveds, this was a rather unusual event for an Extreme Metal band. Was it successful? - indeed! The audience was spellbound from the first note of the performance. The stage is raging 5 meters above the ground, so everyone eventually ended up like they were staring at the sky. The show was a combination of multimedia effects with flames projectet on the walls of the entire hall and the band playing. Enslaved did a couple of new tunes in the 40 minutes long set, and for those of you looking forward to the next album, be warned. Majesty is coming your way!
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DVD!
-The coming weekend, the band will head for Poland to record a fullblown DVD extravaganza to be unleashed on you lot right after Christmas. In tandem with this, the band will perform a warm up show in Warzaw on October 5th with bands like Asgard, Dark Tranquility and Rotting Christ. Do not dare to miss it!!! Further details on releasedates, title and content will be posted shortly, so keep your eyes open!
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VIDEO?
-The band is currently in dialog with a movie director for a possible promoshot of one of the songs for the coming album. If this takes place, it will probably be released as bonus CD-ROM on the forthcoming album. More details as we have 'em.

To avoid some communications problems from now :
All bookings concerning ENSLAVED will now go through Bergen Music and Torgrim Øyre. Phone +47 55 31 66 03/ +47 922 96 442. @ : torgrim.oyre@broadpark.no.