Isa (Enslaved album) explained
| Isa |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Enslaved |
| Cover: | Enslaved isa.jpg |
| Released: | 20 October 2004
8 November 2004
7 February 2005 |
| Recorded: | July–August 2004, Grieghallen Studios, Bergen, Norway |
| Genre: |
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| Length: | 51:01 |
| Label: | Candlelight |
| Prev Title: | Below the Lights |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Ruun |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Isa is the eighth studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released on 20 October 2004 in Norway and 8 November 2004 in Europe by Tabu Recordings and on 7 February 2005 in the US by Candlelight Records.[2] [3] Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements.
Personnel
Enslaved
Additional personnel
- Truls Espedal, Asle Birkeland – cover art
- Abbath Doom Occulta - backing vocals – "Lunar Force"
- Nocturno Culto - additional vocals – "Isa" and "Bounded by Allegiance"
- Dennis Reksten (from El-Regn) – additional synthesizers
- Ofu Khan (from Red Harvest) – vocals on "Ascension"
- Stig Sandbakk – additional vocals on "Ascension" and "Return to Yggdrasill"
Production
- Production: Pytten and Enslaved
- Engineering: Pytten and Herbrand Larsen
- Mixing: Lars Klokkerhaug
- Mastering: Peter In de Betou
Notes and References
- Web site: The 10 essential post-black metal album . O'Boyle . Tom . May 14, 2019 . . March 2, 2020 .
- Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20041101033250/http://enslaved.no:80/ . Enslaved's homepage . Enslaved.no . 16 June 2023 . 1 November 2004 .
- Web site: ENSLAVED Film Promotional Video For 'ISA' . . 30 October 2004 . 16 June 2023 .
