Isa (Enslaved album)

Isa is the eighth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 20 October 2004 in Norway and 8 November 2004 in Europe by Tabu Recordings and on 7 February 2005 in the US by Candlelight Records. Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements.

Track listing

Personnel

Enslaved

• Grutle Kjellson – harsh vocals, bass
• Ivar Bjørnson – guitar
• Arve Isdal – guitar
• Herbrand Larsen – keyboards; hammond, piano, mellotron, clean vocals
• Cato Bekkevold (from Red Harvest) – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Truls Espedal, Asle Birkeland – cover art
• Abbath Doom Occulta – backing vocals – "Lunar Force"
• Nocturno Culto – additional vocals – "Isa" and "Bounded by Allegiance"
• Dennis Reksten (from El-Regn) – additional synthesizers
• Ofu Khan (from Red Harvest) – vocals on "Ascension"
• Stig Sandbakk – additional vocals on "Ascension" and "Return to Yggdrasill"

Production

• Production: Pytten and Enslaved
• Engineering: Pytten and Herbrand Larsen
• Mixing: Lars Klokkerhaug
• Mastering: Peter In de Betou

References