ENSLAVED - Essence

[Blackfrost149]

Dont ask for girl help from black metal fans unless your going to torture and sacrifice her life to satan

[Belial666ization]

hail \m/

[MrBoobs457]

How am I only now getting into this band!

[Llandvaettir]

@MrBoobs457 Better late than never my friend - Its good to hit gold once in a while.

[MEANACE1300]

cool fucking video!

[TarjaKarrastra]

I added this song to my favourites after 0:18 seconds...

[deathmetalhippy]

who cares what others think, at the end of the day your still you.

[deathmetalhippy]

who cares what others thing, at the end of the day, your still you.

[jesseonly]

amazing song

[GoatBorn]

Great band.

[CryptsOfEternity94]

Enslaved is so epic.

[darkest1hourxx]

yeah i pretty much dress as what society would deem "normal"...short hair...clean cut, but i fucking love metal....who gives a fuck how you look when it comes to music?

[Atlantis265]

Sick video, Enslaved never ceases to amaze.

[majorblood87]

Enlsaved fuckin rules.

[northerain]

what the fuck kind of bullshit is this

[nadman14]

@northerain its black metal

[amusingisthedawn]

this music is so cerebral...there's no need for vocals...let alone the extreme metal vocals. i can deal with it cause ive listening to extreme music my whole life...but in this case, i would say it takes away from such an opus.

[Yfelsung]

There is a fashion discussion going on during an Enslaved video.

This fills me with rage.

[Moby104105]

Greetings from seattle! \m/ Saw you guys a week ago, just wanted to say that I really appreciate all you guys do. It was very nice hearing your amazing set, I really wished it could be longer. I'm so happy you guys hung out afterwards and talked with my friends and I, it meant alot. Great music, great times. Come back very soon. \m/

[chubber70]

I dont really think you need to fit the sterotype to like this band or the style of music they make,i just like this cause it sounds great to me!! just krank it up and enjoy!!!

[SamFisher338]

The drums sound great on this one.

[darkangel3910]

great band

[elmmetal]

great band

and

great song too

[chaisegilbert]

Black Metal was started as a anti-religious genre. The british band Venom was the first labeled as black metal back in the 80's and their music focused on Anti-Christian and Satanic themes. Im not starting a religious debate. Im also not arguing with anyone and saying they are wrong. Im just stating a fact that hadnt been brought up yet.

[666BlackMetalSoul]

Of course black metal has always been about anti christian, blasphemy, all that jazz. Anyone disagreeing is an idiot.

[LeaTelamon]

@chaisegilbert I think it's important to understand that early influences and an actual genre are not the same thing. The genre black metal was born during the early 90s in Norway because it is here there are clear stylistical changes both in terms of aesthetics and sound. That these bands drew influence from bands such as Venom is a different matter entirely. The name "black metal" was most likely coined thanks to Venom, but they WERE NOT black metal per se.

[unite909]

their the only tolerable band that commonly is thrown into a black metal category

[lvsitiwdr]

Very creative videoclip. I love eerie cold forests. Miss my time in Norway...

[jshank]

Whoa didn't know this had a video. Best one Enslaved made.

[Bstizzle1]

such a freakin awesome band. This is black metal in its purest form. Cant.. stop.. coming.. back..

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Purest form?lol

This is actually very original and atmospheric..Doesn't seem anything like pure BM

But who cares it's still awesome..

[Bstizzle1]

Yeah i meant more so the lyrics and vocals. The drums are fast but the music is very proggy trippy. I think thats why i think of it as pure BM like old sabbath. No theatrics and contests as to who is the most evil. and very spacey cool. I am into al ot of the evil stuff but i just like proggy death stuff the best i guess. Opeth, edge of sanity, that genre.

[IsraeliMetalhead]

@Bstizzle1 Oh...

I thought pure BM lyrics supposed to be satanic..(not that i saw the lyrics to this one) yeah but definetley BM vocals..

And yeah that phsycodelic thing about Enslaved is what I like about them..

[D2ezbmu]

1349- celestial deconstruction

Black Metal in its purest form......

Enslaved= Viking Metal

[3dDuke]

Black Metal is by itself atmospheric

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Not really.

It just started to be like this later in the 90's

First Black metal was pure Barbarian,raw and Thrashy music nothing more.

That Atmospherical thing started from bands like Darkthrone,Immortal and Burzum.

[3dDuke]

Well Mayhem 1991 album was very atmospheric aswell i think, what we are talking about here is norwegian black metal, black metal started with bathory and even some of their songs were atmospheric i believe.

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Hmmm Black Metal started with Venom and thenc ontinued by bands like Bathory sacrofago salem rotting christ etc'

Bathory's atmospherical stuff had nothing to do with Black Metal it was just a kind of Manowar influenced music he did,Epic Metal.

Hmm..I know their Mayhem's first demo was released in 1987 I don't think it sounded too atmospherical,and Black Metal was already there.

[3dDuke]

Huh? No venom is the kind of manowar influenced music, Bathory 1984 album sounds nothing like manowar with the growls and that kind of things

[AntiEmo666Punker]

i ahve nothing else to say than just.. idk man everytime i listen to this freaking band i got no words.. their music is so peace giving.. and idk.. it gives a kind of '' eargasm'' :P:P:P when u listen to it.. very good sounds

[Trombop09]

the best way to explain to people who dont understand metal is to make them listen to some more easy listening bands like Maiden Edguy Ensiferum Opeth Nightwish Korpiklaani Heidevolk In Flames Megadeth. They wont become metal fan but at least they understand a bit what is the genre and that its not only people who scream and dont know how to play music (metal = best musician ever)

[thegoodtruth]

i wouldn't say metal has the best musicians ever, because using distortion covers up alot of mistakes... @ trombop09

that is just a fact, i'm not trying to bash the genre lol i'm a huge metal fan myself! this song has a nice atmosphere to it, i don't know how to describe it but i keep comming back to listen to it...

[666Meshuggah]

@thegoodtruth i think metal and jazz musicians are the best

[3dDuke]

i agree

[IsraeliMetalhead]

Also Classical musicians.

[midgard02]

Metal, more so Viking metal for me is a way of life, a belief system, not just a fad/trend .

[MrDarkmatters]

Was it directed by Ivar as in Ivar bjornson the guitarist from enslaved or some other guy ?

[dmh091]

Good question: I always assumed it meant the guitarist but I may well have assumed wrong.

[aldrichp]

Enslaved is one of the few bands that are really trying to write songs, and not just a blast beat over a really cool riff that goes nowhere and is wasted.

[Lucsiferu]

WHERE IS THE ESSENCE?

[Nirvanic69]

its allright to listen Enslaved :D awesome band

[Die4tw0]

My friends called me insane when I shared with them taht I listen to Enslaved. I think I am allright .... Am I ? :)

[Punjabi192]

Extreme music for Normal People. Does that answer your question?

[yoglaiiiii]

I agree completely with this description....

[dmh091]

It might be a good description... but perhaps I would choose Pensive over normal. At least later Enslaved encourages you to reflect, or encourages me at least

[varulv234]

Do your friends listen to Metal too?

[AndyB1286]

@Die4tw0 : as long as the music works for you, it doesn't matter a fuck what anyone else thinks. Just as long as you don't go round murdering people or something, like some metal bands talk about in their lyrics, e.g. Six Feet Under. But the band members themselves don't actually put into practice what they talk about in their songs, it's just art.

[Lunarvrr]

@Die4tw0 no you're a fucking idiot

[Metal4Life007]

@Die4tw0

your friend must be a closed minded mainstream media tool.

[Paolur]

@Die4tw0 It's good to be insane!

[Laurannah101]

@Die4tw0 Why are they your friends?

[somberlight]

@Die4tw0, i fail to see why their opinion matters in any way, shape or form. it's you who lives your life, not them through you.

[sohaibthephilosopher]

@Die4tw0

''There's for sure a pleasure in being mad which none but madmen know "

Don't give a shit to society !

[MattyPS]

@Die4tw0 Nevermind them.

[MusicMarried]

unearthly beutyfull choros!

[thegoodtruth]

finaly some good metal that isn't satanic

[Punjabi192]

ReallY?!?!?! There is alot of metal that isnt satanic. What the hell are you saying. now black metal, that might be true.

[InFlames231]

Basically all the people who don't listen to any kind of metal think it's all satanic and noisey and pointless. Their loss.

[Punjabi192]

It truly is. They will never now why we love this music so much, because they stereotype it. Especially death metal. Its a great genre of music, and people think its really fast one note riffs, sounds like noise, and just sucks, but they never ever go in and find the real death metal bands.

[IsaMarini]

Yeah, it's true. Moreover, it's kind of hard for people to believe that you like metal if you don't "dress in black"...For instance, people hardly believe me when I tell them that I love death metal

[InFlames231]

One of my friends still thinks it's weird I look the way that I do and like a lot of extreme metal. No long hair or black clothing (minus black tshirts) goes against her stereotype. Not that I have anything against long hair or black clothing, but people should never have to fit any kind of mold.

[IsaMarini]

You're right

[FrescoDaMan]

Way to set the conformists straight.

[AndyB1286]

@InFlames231: that's damn right. I listen to a lot of rock and metal but I've got short hair and don't look the slightest bit rock/metal really. Sometimes I think about going really goth or something with my appearance, but then I decide I'm happy with the way I look. And the most important thing is what's in someone's head and heart, cos if their personality sucks then what's on the outside doesn't count for shit.

[GPazosL]

@AndyB1286 Pretty much everythng there is to be said.

[Urathomable]

@GPazosL Some people become confused when I put on something like Radiohead or M83 because apparently listening to Darkthrone etc, means I must not like anything else.

[Nellsing]

@InFlames231 Totally. I don't look headbanger at all. lol I put on some metal music, and people are just like "I never knew you were so angry." Like, WTF?

[iEnjoiursister]

@Nellsing

Me too!

and what i hate more are the people that listen to the music to fit in. Have a purpose to what you listen to! I look nothing like someone that would listen to this by sterotype.

[IncursorVerde]

@Nellsing Yeah same here, but fuck 'em my music is MY music!

[Jottunn]

@InFlames231 It's weird that he is still your friend, couse people connects to the other people by their worldview , what they like and other common thing. And I think that musik its one of the fist things that combines people. I have short hair and dont wear black cloth, I wear what I like and dont look at other. I listen to metal musik but non of my friends think Im weird , couse they do the same :)

[InFlames231]

@Jottunn It's actually a "she", and I am still friends with her because she is fun to be around and generally enjoyable. We don't agree much at all with music. And I do agree about music being one of the strongest connecting points people have when first meeting. Music has that universal quality and can also represent basically the entire spectrum of human emotion, depending on what you are listening to at any given time. So it's easy to see how music can initiate that commonality for 2 people.

[deadT11]

@InFlames231 is the most truest things ive ever heard i like heavy metal and i dont wear that kinda stuff i wear skinny jeans black tshirts etc. but i dont have very long hair...if anything people would think i was a skater but i dont skate :L

[gothnickify]

@InFlames231 Well said! Never the less this band is awesom.

[devilred1971]

@InFlames231 just be yourself and you'll be glad you r you!!!

[Laurannah101]

@InFlames231 I get it too. My hair is red and medium cut, and i'm a nursing student so i wear scrubs every day... i always wore clothes that were comfortable. I wouldn't mind some combat boots though! Peace

[thebfg77]

This is black metal, but yes.

[3dDuke]

Truth, agreed. :)

[NoggerHR]

Enslaved \m/ HAIL

[pangGo]

FUKEN AWESOME!!!!!!!

[Incesim666]

Theres something very gothic about these newer albums. Enslaved however have always been fucking awesome.

[metalhead684]

I believe this video is on the Pagan Fire compilation.

[romiepissdrunx]

HAIL!!!!!

[Kale1800]

Why does this video have only 28 hundred views? This is awsome, should have around 28 million =)

[stereotypical213]

because its real music. thats the most simplistic way you can put it.

[SancharKhan]

And I think its more better to being Underground then Become popular. If you lookin to a popular Metal!!! band you can look CoF, Db... No metaL culture, no idea just satanic, vampyric words and hard riffs...

[stereotypical213]

yeah. i don't know how popular people live with themselves .. i mean .. how can you live your life being like everyone else and being a sheep?

meh .. thats besides the point .. and plsu .. theres nothing we can do about it

-_-

enslaved kick ass.

[j2oaks]

Where is Ivar?

[TheMoi]

best song off Ruun

[6FiveNails6]

I'm glad I re-listened to Ruun, I wasn't that into it the first time, but the second time, it was amazing to hear black metal done this way rather than the raw sound of Mayhem, Immortal, or Gorgoroth. This has a beauty to it as well as creates a cold and unforgiving atmosphere, truly amazing.

[fftl36cfafi]

vertbrae is even better.

[letthechaosreign]

thinkin the same thing

[666beneath]

Yes enslaved is my fav band and its true that that mayhem and gorgoroth have raw sound but Immortal has different.

[6FiveNails6]

Immortal's sound is as raw as can be. Have you even listened to Pure Holocaust?

[666beneath]

hey guy have you listened to Enslaved albums from 1994??? Vikingligr Veldri, Frost... Pure holocaust is '93... Listen album Immortal - Sons of the northern darkness from 2002

[gregonamus]

Got them all, all very good albums.

[kjarrij]

hail enslaved

[METALwhore696969]

great song

[undeadbrood]

Great song, i have to see you guys live iv missed you twice! =(

[fantasmica]

Love this song!! I think this is my fav one.

[alexskardeborg]

beautiful, just beautiful. keep on with the good work guys <3!

[samezzz]

amazing video for amazing song!!

[siluandintambov]

Awesome piece of art!