Eld (album)

Eld
Studio album by
Released17 March 1997
RecordedDecember 1996 - January 1997
StudioGrieghallen, Bergen, Norway
Genre [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]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[3]
Rock Hard7.5/10[4]

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

Background

The man featured on the album cover is Enslaved vocalist Grutle Kjellson.[5]

Track listing

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

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

  1. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Eld – Enslaved review". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ Hoeltzel, Steve (13 May 1997). "Enslaved – Eld". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ Mühlmann, Wolf-Rüdiger (23 April 1997). "Review Album: Enslaved - Eld". Rock Hard (in German). No. 120. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  5. ^ Christe, Ian (July 1997). "Metal". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc: 48. Retrieved October 4, 2012.