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on. That was when we dug out the path for
the rest of our life. This has become our job,
our life 100 percent. I'm really glad we were
so eager and interested in making music. I'm
really proud of what we did back then.
IE: How did you approach the material on In
Times? There's a great blend of many elements and styles.
GK: That's the beauty of Enslaved. When we
start rehearsing or writing and arranging
new material, we have no idea how it will
end up. We just go with the flow and accept
each individual song. We have to respect and
treat it like it was its own organism, to just
try and make it evolve on its own. The only
conscious move we did this time was not to
think of the length or the construction of the
songs. It's coincidental that it ended up
sounding like our old stuff or mid-period
stuff. We listen to a great variety of music, all
of us. The songs you make is obviously colored by what you have been listening to and
I guess we've been listening to a lot of different stuff this time.
IE: Since your debut album, you and Ivar
have always handled production duties, as
you have again for this album. Do you like
wearing the producers hat in addition to
playing on the album?
GK: As I said earlier, Enslaved is our lives,
100 percent. We can have a co-producer,
which we haven't done for the last couple of
albums, but we like to be almost in full control ourselves. We don't want an external
producer to be in control of things. We might
be a little bit selfish. We trust ourselves,
maybe too much. That's one of the only formulas we'll stick to; do it ourselves, and have
some co-producing partners who give
healthy advice and discussions.
IE: How many new songs will be included in
the set list on your upcoming In Times tour?
GK: We are planning on playing three or four
new songs in the set. We don't know the set
length so we haven't decided which ones yet.
We will start rehearsals pretty soon. If it's six
songs (in the set list), then we will play at
least half of them, so I hope people are going
to be happy about those new songs.
Appearing at Thalia Hall, Chicago 3/17.
MOSH-WORTHY: Marduk Frontschwein
(Century Media), Night Demon Curse of the
Damned (Century Media), Melechesh Enki
(Nuclear Blast).
MOSH-WORTHY…LIVE: Helmet (Double
Door, 03/13), Torche, Nothing Wrong (The
Empty Bottle, 03/14), Mobile Deathcamp,
Armored Assault, Wrath (Red Line Tap,
03/19).
MENTION-WORTHY: Arizona thrash
newbies Warhead have just released their
new single, "Widowmaker," available for
streaming and free download at www.warhead.stereokiller.com. Australian thrashers
Desecrator has also released their new single, "Red Steel Nation" and is offering free
streaming at www.desecrator.net/music.
Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; Wedding Banned — Durty Nellies,
Palatine; Dark Turn/White Vinyl Sky/The Clowder/Panthatone
/Jordan-Morgan Landowne & James Neary (lounge) — Elbo
Room, Chicago; Cianide/Bones/Wretch/Deathcult — Empty
Bottle, Chicago; Catherine’s Night — FitzGerald’s, Berwyn;
Incite — Freaksters Roadhouse, Pontiac; Face N Time — Gaynor’s
Pub, Medinah; Just Enuff — Grand Victoria Casino, Elgin; Niko
Vertis — H.O.M.E., Arlington Heights; Speed O