Hordanes Land

Hordanes Land
EP by
ReleasedMay 1993
RecordedSeptember–October 1992
StudioLydloftet, Ølen, Norway
GenreBlack metal
Length30:49
LanguageNorwegian
LabelCandlelight
ProducerEnslaved, Kjetil Ulland, Knut Bjarne Bjørkhuag, R. Torsen
Enslaved chronology
Yggdrasill
(1992)
Hordanes Land
(1993)
Vikingligr Veldi
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
AllMusic
(re-release with Vikingligr Veldi)[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal5/10[3]

Hordanes Land is the debut EP by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released in May 1993, through Candlelight Records, and was also released as a split album a few weeks later with Emperor's self-titled EP.[1][4] It was a key release in the development of Viking metal.[2][5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slaget i skogen bortenfor/Epilog/Slaget" ("The Battle in the Forest Beyond/Epilogue/The Battle")Ivar Bjørnson, Ivan Pawle13:10
2."Allfǫðr Oðinn" ("All-Father Odin")Bjørnson7:50
3."Balfǫr (or Balfar)/Andi fara/Prologr" ("Journey by Fire/Departure of the Soul/Prologue")Bjørnson9:49
4.""Enslaved" (picture disc lp bonus track)" 6:10

Personnel

Enslaved
Production
  • Kjetil Ulland, Knut Bjarne Bjørkhuag, R. Torsen – producers, engineers

References

  1. ^ a b Knaebel, Nate. "Hordanes Land - Enslaved review". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Vikingligr Veldi/Hordanes Land - Enslaved review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  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. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (2007). Metal: The Definitive Guide. London: Jawbone Press. p. 212. ISBN 978-1906002015.
  5. ^ Müller, Robert (April 2011). "Das Phantom mit dem Hörnerhelm". Metal Hammer (in German). Axel Springer Mediahouse Berlin. p. 39. Retrieved May 12, 2015.