Enslaved Announce ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience’ Stream for Dec. 21
Enslaved‘s new EP, Caravans to the Outer Worlds, leads off the next Quarterly Review, which starts Dec. 13. To support the release, the band have newly announced a collaboration with psych-proggers Shaman Elephant and the video-arts specialists Kolibri Media for what’s been dubbed ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience.’ Will it be Enslaved‘s Sgt. Pepper’s moment? Probably depends on the set they play, but if anyone was going to do that for black metal-rooted music, it would be Enslaved. I’m not even sure who the competition is at this point, not that I was ever an expert.
Dec. 21 is the air date for the stream, and of course you’ll recall that earlier this year, the long-running Norwegian outfit put together a box set of their prior streams as the 2020 Cinematic Tour DVD/CD and DVD/LP offering for fans (eternal gratitude to Mike H.). No clue of they’ll do something similar here, but wouldn’t it kind of be a waste to not? Shit, if you’ve got Iver Sandøy in the band, record everything.
Info came down the PR wire:
ENSLAVED ANNOUNCE “THE OTHERWORLDLY BIG BAND EXPERIENCE” STREAMED EVENT ON DECEMBER 21ST
NEW EP “CARAVANS TO THE OUTER WORLDS IS OUT NOW
May those of Sense and Earth gather for the new dawn…
Enslaved’s new EP Caravans To The Outer Worlds was released unto the universe last month. It is a tale of departure, about leaving behind a barren and desolate world, traveling boldly into the future. It signaled the end of an era for the psychedelic Norwegians, hinting at new pastures.
In celebration of the EP’s release, tied in with the upcoming Winter Solstice (a Pagan holy day marking the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun), Enslaved are proud to announce an extraordinary streaming event. ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience’ will take place on Tuesday December 21st. Fellow psychedelic Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant will be joining Enslaved onstage.
The Otherworldly Big Band Experience
Tuesday December 21st @ 12:00PM PT / 3:00PM ET
Tickets are now on sale now via https://enslavedstore.com/collections/big-band-stream
The stream will be available to watch until the end of December 24th
Stream FAQ + support info is HERE: https://enslavedstore.com/pages/faq-support
Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson gave some insight, “Soon, the sun will turn – once again marking the transition from one year to another and the onset of brighter days ahead. We are many who wish to see this coming Winter Solstice mark a lasting turning away from dark days behind us. We have kept it up all along; virtual tours, rehearsing, writing, and releasing an album and an EP. You heard us when we said, “this will not stop us!” – the Enslaved Community has grown stronger through the crisis. Now we will close this cycle with a grandiose virtual concert, and hope for you to join us from all over the world.
“The Otherworldly Big Band Experience” is about wanting to show even more of what ENSLAVED is: ENSLAVED is also an idea. It is a live band that is teeth-grittingly metal, has rock’n’roll in its DNA, while maintaining and expanding on its position as a groundbreaking progressive metal act. All while exploring the boundaries of Norse Mythology and Rune-lore, Psychology and History.
We have recruited both an extension to the line-up with the young and talented Bergen prog rock band, Shaman Elephant. We have worked together with some of the most talented moviemakers and visual wizards around – also young and from Bergen: Kolibri Media. Add the Enslaved live crew to the mix and you have got magic, no less.
We have aspired to create a concert film that reflects this expanded representation of ENSLAVED and cannot wait to show you all. It is bigger than any project we have done before, and it is unlike anything else you have seen in this kind of music. You will see and hear songs that have never been performed before. Songs you might have heard will sound and look like you haven’t seen and heard before. There is new material, and material as old as the band. One constant binds it all together: it is ENSLAVED.”
Enslaved is:
Ivar Bjørnson – guitar
Grutle Kjellson – vocals/bass
Ice Dale – guitar
Håkon Vinje – keys/vocals
Iver Sandøy – drums
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