ENSLAVED - Essence

Taken from the album, Ruun (2006)
Script by Ivar. Directing, editing and post production by Kamikaze Media

[@aliceheatherlogan]

Still to this day remains my favorite Enslaved song. So much emotion

[@blissluminosity]

I can't put to words my love for these guys...

[@aliceheatherlogan]

Me too. Their music speaks to my soul

[@Urathomable]

The nostalgia is strong in this one...

[@coreycrossman3447]

Enslaved is going to end up being my favorite band it's only a matter of time

[@RevelationNone]

A year later where we at? Suspense is killing me

[@osmanveldan6969]

one of the most original bands ever

[@TheHermit72]

one of very few bands in metal that has it's own spiritual essence.i will listen to you guys for as long as i live

[@Bstizzle1]

such a freakin awesome band. This is black metal in its purest form. Cant.. stop.. coming.. back..

[@armoredcorefan2719]

Perfect song and video for the winter

[@lvsitiwdr]

Very creative videoclip. I love eerie cold forests. Miss my time in Norway...

[@fantasmica]

Love this song!! I think this is my fav one.

[@Iyonyirobin]

This song is pretty much perfect to my ears... Couldnt wish for more really. The vocals, drums, bass and guitars are awesome

[@AnfalasHerdsman]

Beautiful

[@somnam1386]

Great song.

[@aldrichp]

Enslaved is one of the few bands that are really trying to write songs, and not just a blast beat over a really cool riff that goes nowhere and is wasted.

[@sinancevik6423]

perfect song

[@jesseonly]

amazing song

[@Kale1800]

Why does this video have only 28 hundred views? This is awsome, should have around 28 million =)

[@brunobasta8923]

The question is this By will alone Does my heart carry the strength To see you burn? When I do not wish to part To see them farewell Does my heart carry the strength To leave you behind? The eternal search for purity A fragile hope for the just and fair Order feeds from the corpses All beauty must die Where is the essence In beast or scripture? Where lies the laws In stars or temples? I cannot see myself Not your orbit I cannot see the others Not your eyes It lasts forever when you let it go Purity and Pain Where is the essence In beast or scripture? Where lies the laws In stars or temples? I cannot see myself Not your orbit I cannot see the others Not your eyes If I told you I'd get you through I'd have to let you fall down Not because of malice You needed to And I'll remember What we had It lasts forever when you let it go Purity and Pain

[@3dDuke]

Black Metal is by itself atmospheric

[@undeadbrood]

Great song, i have to see you guys live iv missed you twice! =(

[@LoveRagesWild]

This is of course, flawless...

[@GoatBorn]

Great band.

[@siluandintambov]

Awesome piece of art!

[@VailOfMist]

This is so beautiful

[@jshank]

Whoa didn't know this had a video. Best one Enslaved made.

[@NoggerHR]

Enslaved \m/ HAIL

[@smzartworks]

amazing video for amazing song!!

[@gustavodutraamaral2299]

Música foda . Parabéns Enslaved!!!

[@rockmetalband]

unique and great

[@MilbaAdams]

Greetings from seattle! \m/ Saw you guys a week ago, just wanted to say that I really appreciate all you guys do. It was very nice hearing your amazing set, I really wished it could be longer. I'm so happy you guys hung out afterwards and talked with my friends and I, it meant alot. Great music, great times. Come back very soon. \m/

[@Biermeister666]

Any posibility to re-upload the video in HD 720P?

[@ingrain63]

Thanks Enslaved!! :-))

[@yoglaiiiii]

I agree completely with this description....

[@darkangel3910]

great band

[@TheMoi]

best song off Ruun

[@corvuscornix6610]

❤️from🇵🇱

[@SamFisher338]

The drums sound great on this one.

[@kanaanasfour7381]

Excellent \w/

[@chubber70]

I dont really think you need to fit the sterotype to like this band or the style of music they make,i just like this cause it sounds great to me!! just krank it up and enjoy!!!

[@canaldaprincesacelestia9168]

Um som desse , deve ser ouvido no volume extremo.

[@freros3704]

re up in HQ pls! love you guys so much !!

[@sethpesajadamkadmon907]

Nostalgia...

[@febinfebi3881]

❤❤❤

[@stereotypical213]

because its real music. thats the most simplistic way you can put it.

[@katM1990]

hell yeah \mm/

[@Ethica]

You mean Agalloch got the Enslaved touch

[@TheHanabi99]

the winter comes...

[@pangGo]

FUKEN AWESOME!!!!!!!

[@majorblood87]

Enlsaved fuckin rules.

[@Seanus32]

@InFlames231 Superb comment! It's about the music, not any image

[@666Meshuggah]

@thegoodtruth i think metal and jazz musicians are the best

[@ronan.pellen]

[@3dDuke]

Truth, agreed. :)

[@tonywitchinghour9030]

🤘

[@romiepissdrunx]

HAIL!!!!!

[@3dDuke]

i agree

[@Belial666ization]

hail \m/

[@Die4tw0]

My friends called me insane when I shared with them taht I listen to Enslaved. I think I am allright .... Am I ? :)

[@lethargica2447]

Норм тема, я их нашёл из документалки о эктримальном метале на Banger TV , они были предпоследними, прямо перед моими любимыми ребятами - Gojira. 10 лет прошло... 10 лет назад ты написал этот коммент. Осознаёшь это, странное чувство, интернет - место где сохранены все следы современного человека.

[@lethargica2447]

Ого ты и Сагата слушаешь!) Меня он тоже очень впечатлил, жалко крайний альбом ушёл в рейвовый дискач, ему видней какую музыку делать, но первый и второй брозерхуд - это вышка отечественного трэп метала.

[@Beanboy001]

5:11 classic black metal breakdown. reminds me of emperor

[@Bstizzle1]

Yeah i meant more so the lyrics and vocals. The drums are fast but the music is very proggy trippy. I think thats why i think of it as pure BM like old sabbath. No theatrics and contests as to who is the most evil. and very spacey cool. I am into al ot of the evil stuff but i just like proggy death stuff the best i guess. Opeth, edge of sanity, that genre.

[@3dDuke]

Well Mayhem 1991 album was very atmospheric aswell i think, what we are talking about here is norwegian black metal, black metal started with bathory and even some of their songs were atmospheric i believe.

[@chaisegilbert]

Black Metal was started as a anti-religious genre. The british band Venom was the first labeled as black metal back in the 80's and their music focused on Anti-Christian and Satanic themes. Im not starting a religious debate. Im also not arguing with anyone and saying they are wrong. Im just stating a fact that hadnt been brought up yet.

[@gothnickify]

@InFlames231 Well said! Never the less this band is awesom.

[@D2ezbmu]

1349- celestial deconstruction Black Metal in its purest form...... Enslaved= Viking Metal

[@Laurannah101]

@InFlames231 I get it too. My hair is red and medium cut, and i'm a nursing student so i wear scrubs every day... i always wore clothes that were comfortable. I wouldn't mind some combat boots though! Peace

[@LeaTelamon]

@chaisegilbert I think it's important to understand that early influences and an actual genre are not the same thing. The genre black metal was born during the early 90s in Norway because it is here there are clear stylistical changes both in terms of aesthetics and sound. That these bands drew influence from bands such as Venom is a different matter entirely. The name "black metal" was most likely coined thanks to Venom, but they WERE NOT black metal per se.

[@letthechaosreign]

thinkin the same thing

[@enjina]

February in Forests

[@toralita777]

Will there be allowed

[@Iyonyirobin]

Maybe not. Enslaved was there before Agalloch but bands arent always afraid to be inspired by later artists...

[@lunarstrain235]

they got the agalloch tuch here

[@AndyB1286]

@InFlames231: that's damn right. I listen to a lot of rock and metal but I've got short hair and don't look the slightest bit rock/metal really. Sometimes I think about going really goth or something with my appearance, but then I decide I'm happy with the way I look. And the most important thing is what's in someone's head and heart, cos if their personality sucks then what's on the outside doesn't count for shit.

[@AndyB1286]

@Die4tw0 : as long as the music works for you, it doesn't matter a fuck what anyone else thinks. Just as long as you don't go round murdering people or something, like some metal bands talk about in their lyrics, e.g. Six Feet Under. But the band members themselves don't actually put into practice what they talk about in their songs, it's just art.

[@Urathomable]

@GPazosL Some people become confused when I put on something like Radiohead or M83 because apparently listening to Darkthrone etc, means I must not like anything else.

[@DarkXxXJack]

This somehow sounds like a ballad to me..

[@yann1516]

👍

[@passionateintrovert]

One of my friends still thinks it's weird I look the way that I do and like a lot of extreme metal. No long hair or black clothing (minus black tshirts) goes against her stereotype. Not that I have anything against long hair or black clothing, but people should never have to fit any kind of mold.

[@yakkoyuuzou3816]

Pussy

[@cadaverbollixbollix1442]

Enslaved inspired me to move to Norway ;DDDD

[@marioslukas4905]

Come to Greece

[@devilred1971]

@InFlames231 just be yourself and you'll be glad you r you!!!

[@kjarrij]

hail enslaved

[@ghagzor]

enslaved is way before agalloch. discussion over

[@deadT11]

@InFlames231 is the most truest things ive ever heard i like heavy metal and i dont wear that kinda stuff i wear skinny jeans black tshirts etc. but i dont have very long hair...if anything people would think i was a skater but i dont skate :L

[@Darrylizer1]

Yes, that was hilarious.

[@Owlbeer]

This is black metal, but yes.

[@rachskald]

@amusingisthedawn While I personally disagree, I can understand your point. I often discovered great music where one (large, or tiny) element ruined the entire experience for me. I this case though, I feel the vocals are what elevates it beyond the music, which is, in itself, already pretty fucking great :)

[@Bilskirnir3124]

Why must every death/black metal song have an argument in the comment section about how it is satanic started off by some nitwit who doesn't know what he's talking about. Shut up, sit down, rock out.

[@somberlight]

@Die4tw0, i fail to see why their opinion matters in any way, shape or form. it's you who lives your life, not them through you.

[@Listhebaroness]

@AndyB1286 Pretty much everythng there is to be said.

[@victorb9503]

any interpretation on the lyrics?

[@summoning09]

Fuck the new Dimmu. This is real black metal \m/

[@markossantos3255]

😁😁

[@Paolur]

@Die4tw0 It's good to be insane!

[@j2oaks]

Where is Ivar?

[@Laurannah101]

@Die4tw0 Why are they your friends?

[@darkest1hourxx]

yeah i pretty much dress as what society would deem "normal"...short hair...clean cut, but i fucking love metal....who gives a fuck how you look when it comes to music?

[@MattyPS]

@Die4tw0 Nevermind them.

[@Incalor]

Opening scenes kinda resemble Honest Trailers' "STARES" gimmick...

[@БорисРожин-г7ж]

Бля офигенно

[@IncursorVerde]

@Nellsing Yeah same here, but fuck 'em my music is MY music!

[@chrisshura4827]

Black metal Pink Floyd 😎😎

[@nunocosta834]

Lol

[@garyenkelis2199]

Doggy!