Checking in from Duper Studios in Bergen, Ivar Bjørnson, guitarist, composer, and founding member of Norwegian progressive extreme metallers Enslaved offers the third instalment in the seven-part “Diary of Mad Men” series shedding insight into the band’s as-yet-untitled thirteenth studio album, set for an early 2015 release.
This will be a killer album. I am already willing to stake a lot on that. As the last time with RIITIIR, the first line of defence / attack is made through me, Grutle [Kjellson, vocalist & bassist] and Cato [Bekkevold, drummer] recording our guitar, bass, and drums live in the big Duper room, complete with the ceiling covered in old wooden doors for max room effect. I have to it I’m starting to feel the effect of working around the clock (there are also things to be done at the home studio, office, and around the house in-between the sessions), but it doesn’t matter how tired the body gets as long as the mind is on fire!
About this new release, band have previously stated: “The high level of energy in the songs reflects both an inspired and an ever-harder working band that keeps pushing their own and their associated genres’ limits.”
Main recordings for the new album are taking place at Duper and Solslottet Studios in Bergen, Norway with additional recordings done at Conclave & Earshot Studios (presided over by Enslaved Larsen and Ice Dale), and Ivar Bjørnson’s Peersonal Sound Studios.
