Eld (English: Fire) is the third studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 17 March 1997, through Osmose Productions.

Eld
Studio album by
Released17 March 1997
Recorded1996 at Grieg Hall, Bergen, Norway
GenreBlack metal, Viking metal[1]
Length58:46
LanguageNorwegian
LabelOsmose
ProducerPytten, Enslaved
Enslaved chronology
Frost
(1994)
Eld
(1997)
Blodhemn
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[2]

Background edit

The man featured on the album cover is Enslaved vocalist Grutle Kjellson.[3]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson, except "Glemt" by Bjørnson

No.TitleLength
1."793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)" ("793 (The Battle of Lindisfarne)")16:10
2."Hordalendingen" ("The Man from Hordaland")5:19
3."Alfablot" ("Sacrifice to the Elves")6:33
4."Kvasirs blod" ("The Blood of Kvasir")7:51
5."For lenge siden" ("A Long Time Ago")8:08
6."Glemt" ("Forgotten")8:04
7."Eld" ("Fire")6:36
Total length:58:46

Personnel edit

Enslaved
Production
  • J.W.H. (Jannicke Wiese-Hansen) – logo designer
  • Pytten (Eirik Hundvin) – production, engineering
  • J. Traaen (Jørgen Træen) – engineering
  • Karl Henrik Nymo – sleeve band photography
  • S. Johnsen – sleeve booklet photography

References edit

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Eld – Enslaved: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ Hoeltzel, Steve (13 May 1997). "CoC : Enslaved – Eld : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ Christe, Ian (July 1997). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc: 48. Retrieved October 4, 2012.