Enslaved at Getaway Rock Festival 2011
Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson of Enslaved
Enslaved are, to put it simply, the best band on the planet right now. Their last few albums, in particular, are absolute works of art. They mix the heavy with the softer sounds in such a delicate and breathtaking way that words can’t describe their creations. Their songs are complex and age well. Probably on the third or fourth listen their songs sound best, but they don’t get tiring after dozens or hundreds of listenings either.
Grutle Kjellson of Enslaved at the Getaway Rock Festival
Today I will visit their home base of Bergen, Norway for the first time. It rains most days in Bergen, but I hope the weather is good today.
Enslaved played inside the Gasklockorna, a building more than 100 years old that was once used for storage of the city’s supplies of gas and reminded me a bit of the Roman Pantheon.