Enslaved - Yggdrasill (Full Demo)

[@TheRantingMarauder]

Enslaved has been fucking brutal since their first demo!

[@azathoth9206]

Thanks for posting this important piece of metal history.

[@northcabinent4222]

The most atmospheric and brutally recorded demo to come out of Norgê

[@Ferdasyn80]

One of the best demos of golden age of Black Metal. Pioneers in introducing keyboards to black metal. We're talking about mid-1992!

[@radiant_7354]

The keyboards in the opening to Hal Valr are so awesome. They remind of castlevania is the best possible way to

[@reignofterrorzion3211]

One Hell of a Demo!! 2 Thumb's up on this Great Masterpiece!

[@coldacre]

the best thing they ever released

[@darkestdarker3726]

No doubt about that.

[@collt091]

Yep

[@sothis1448]

That would be Vikingligr Veldi, sorry falses.

[@Twazuhsmalvenner]

Fucking right amazing shit right here for sure the history set forth here

[@maxgorbunov1554]

Synths in Heimdallr sounds like Mortal Kombat theme.

[@Hrimthur666]

I love this Demo. The split with Satyricon is just beyond compare :)

[@Rascaduanok]

I love how when the vocals start they drown out everything else. As though they recorded a live performance in the basement, with one microphone between them. Right in front of the vocalist!

[@grahamashton3899]

This is a lot better than the nema demo and the keyboards make it so in my opinion and the band would get better with each release

[@teemujaakkola3157]

Heimdallr (0:00) Allfǫðr Oðinn (6:40) Intermezzo (14:35) Hal Valr (16:10) Niunda Heim (23:40) The Winter Kingdom Opus I: Resound of Gjallarhorn (31:20)

[@basilisk-wp7if]

Best band of that time era

[@Nem87]

I don't think Enslaved has ever made a mediocre record, including the demo which is incredibly impressive for a band having 16! studio albums to date. Not to mention how old the guys were at the time.

[@kaoskewenvoyouma2712]

This has the better version of Allfǫðr Oðinn

[@tingtongnidnoi]

Norway -92, magic times.

[@darkestdarker3726]

Yes indeed, look at the demos alone... Emperor - Wrath of the Tyrant, 1992; Carpathian Forest - Bloodlust and Perversion, 1992; Enslaved - Yggdrasill, 1992; Fimbulwinter - Servants of Sorcery. 1992; Thorns - Trøndertun, 1992; Incarnator - Nordic Holocaust, 1992; Malfeitor - Pandemonium, 1992; Daemon - Ignis Fatuus, 1992 ... not to mention the legendary albums by Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal, Samael...

[@l.i.v.v4835]

@@darkestdarker3726 Fimbulwinter - Servants of sorcery is actually 1993, and Samael worship Him is 1991, before Darkthrone's A Blaze in the Northern Sky

[@mistermister984]

Samael are Swiss.

[@l.i.v.v4835]

@@mistermister984 yes but they made a Black Metal release that started the 2nd wave in 1991 before A Blaze in the northern sky that had even fenriz quoting "Samael were on one of the bands that were feeding the black metal flame in a period when almost no one else did. Samael had a more occult feeling to it and definately weren't in any black thrash tradition and didn't really have a lot of death metal either. I think it's strange, people took the Mayhem/Darkthrone/Burzum road, I wonder why didn't more more bands take the Samael road, because that was definately interesting." And even Euronymous regretted not releasing the album, no need to be Norwegian to make Black Metal before Burzum and Darkthrone

[@sothis1448]

@@l.i.v.v4835 Fenriz didn't even cite Samael as an influence to his music, perhaps they had moved on by 92-93. Samael while legitimate, is mostly Celtic Frost worship, it's for the best black metal explored more melodic and romantic themes and thus becoming more evocative as a result.

[@svartiske3283]

Oh wow, Trym is on this.

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

Man, I bet this original demo on cassette tape is worth a small fortune. A true classic. Forest is my Throne is really good too. I used to have both on the Satyricon / Enslaved demo split CD that came out on Moonfog. I bought it at a Satyricon show in Minneapolis in 2003. Satyricon's keyboardist was working the merch table at the time. Not 100% on this but I think was the blonde girl from the Mother North music video

[@iban1974]

Awesome demo!

[@jefferymurderwood]

Sick

[@valkin1977]

Enslavend en sus inicios era mas que satyricon. ..de eso no tengan dudas ...lo dice uno que lo vivió en los 90...

[@valkin1977]

Claro...👊

[@zergiokendo6663]

A mi siempre me han parecido mucho mejores...

[@Blakullawitch]

gorgoroth fue influenciado fuertemente por este album incluso cuando hicieron su primera aparicion en bergen en el 94 con Hat, ellos hicieron el cover de Heimdarll INCLUSO Grutle estuvo ahi y vio el cover en el bar con frost, infernus y el bajista, luego dimmu borgir fue influenciado por los sintetizadores de Enslaved; no se de donde dimmu saco el mourning palace con sonidos de Pizzcatos en el Teclado... Stian seguro escucho este demo

[@sothis1448]

Satyricon have never composed anything of value.

[@antichristiantormentowers6381]

🤘🌳

[@gilbertpvalencia]

ENSLAVED

[@nickf4651]

Damn they went from thrash metal to fast Burzum

[@sothis1448]

Burzum? Varg claims that they ripped him off, but I hear more Immortal and Mayhem honestly.

[@andyzuleta5344]

@@sothis1448 crazy , well before varg murdered euro , he was planning to use Enslaved in his label

[@sothis1448]

@@andyzuleta5344 They're an amazing talent so anyone would want them but I don't think this means they're related to Burzum, unless Varg was acting as a sort of mentor.

[@andyzuleta5344]

@@sothis1448 I never heard or read anything about varg calling Enslaved a clone band. I still wonder what other bands would be signed or discovered in death like silence records .

[@sothis1448]

@@andyzuleta5344 there are clips on KZbin, he is very disparaging to other black metal bands generally, he claims Enslaved copied Burzum and Emperor copied Immortal and Darkthrone, not totally untrue but not fair either.

[@stormright8823]

(Im)pure rawness, grieveness à la early Burzum,DarkThrone but with more ' musicality'.

[@containternet9290]

Burzum? Lol Ivar and Grutle hated Burzum. This has Mayhem and Bathory influences with a hint of Electronic music from the 70s.

[@Blakullawitch]

THIS IS WHERE GORGOROTH GOT ALL THEIR SONGS! listen to heaven falls or bergtrollets hevn, well how about 23:40, sounds like revelation of doom to me

[@williamsmith666]

Nah. Go back to Emperor"s self-titled EP to hear Gorgoroth's primordial ooze origin...

[@sothis1448]

@@williamsmith666 What? No. A secondary influence maybe.

[@sothis1448]

Gorgoroth were a legitimate and great band, they were friends with Enslaved and they're clearly inspired by them as latecomers to the scene but most of their music is highly unique. The Revelation of Doom link is tenuous, that's more of a typical proto-extreme riff. If anything Heimdallr was the inspiration for songs such as Huldrelokk.

[@sothis1448]

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[@Blakullawitch]

@@sothis1448 thanks for the google doc, whoever did that had a lot of spare time

[@zergiokendo6663]

Heimdallr me gusta mucho más en esta demo que en Vikingligr Veldi

[@jefferymurderwood]

As