Ihsahn - TWICE BORN

[@LaurentTheMaster]

If the Simpsons were Metal Heads

[@nicolatrentin1005]

So i'm not the only one who think this

[@Jenniferaraya93]

Lmaaooo 😂

[@chim-choo-ree]

All I wanted for Christmas was a new Ihsahn album. 🎄

[@ericwilliams538]

All I want for Christmas is a new Emperor album!!😂 I'll settle for a new Ihsahn album though.

[@testrabbit]

Yeah, backstage passes, too! He's actually pretty cool. I met him at BB King's during an Emperor reunion tour. A dude had a frickin seizure in the pit there next to me when I saw them! He's great live, BTW if anyone's considering seeing him perform. Just think he's doing vox while hammering out the guitar stuff!💯

[@colonelinfernal5004]

Well it's actually two albums so that's even better right? 😎

[@Khaos427]

Ihsahn has always been so effective in creating tension with his mix of metal & orchestral arrangements. That opening is palpable dread.

[@Blazfemur]

I see you, Ihsahn. I know intoxication forest, i know mundane city-life reality. I see the struggle, the shift between the two. Newborn alcoholic here, i see the symbolism in my birth, but i know my admittance to my birth has to mean something. The witch is so tempting, and always there regardless of the forest or city. Always beckoning. I want her. She wants me. It would appear a perfect match on paper. Of the three videos, one being sober falling into the forest, this one being actual intoxication, the third leaving a question mark at the end. I also grasp "out of place," quite relatable. Thank you my friend. And while i know youre under contract to write exclusively about my life and its turmoils and obligations, youve more than upheld your end of the contract we swore. Happy birthday to me, this monday. Ill try and stay sober. Its been hard.

[@polyphony250]

Stay strong! If you want to explore the themes of the album on a deeper level, I encourage you to read about Dionysus, the "twice-born" Greek god. His mother was a mortal woman, but when his father Zeus revealed his divine nature to her, she was, as a mortal being, unable to withstand his presence and consumed by flames. Zeus saved the unborn Dionysus by sewing him into his thigh where he grew to fetal maturity. Dionysus is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre, according to wikipedia. Dionysus was raised in secret to protect him from Zeus jealous wife, at first unaware of his ancestry. I see in these videos a modern-day Dionysus plagued by visions, awakening.

[@dantredogborsa7048]

Stay strong!

[@SYLRMHA]

Isahn finally embraced his inner Devin Townsend

[@DeffoZappo]

Finally? He started doing arrangements exactly like this on Prometheus and even in some parts of ix and before.

[@SYLRMHA]

@@DeffoZappo "exactly"

[@champion6534]

Funny

[@ShawnChristmas]

These songs are INSANEEEEEEE🔥

[@a.k2156]

Ihsaneeeeee!

[@axelki5748]

Huge sound. Cinematic, almost.

[@pedestrian6862]

IX Equilibrium Atmosphere😮🔥

[@chickenbeek]

Said it well over a decade ago before, but imo Ishan is one of the greatest musical composers of the last 30 some years, regardless of any musical genre. ...Well, the genre if there was one to be attached it is Avant Garde. And that "genre" has elements from all corners of the earth or moment in time, and in any style, top tier sht.

[@lordgraga]

This music video series is the best I've seen for a long time, A M A Z I NG work.

[@h.p.dominocus]

I haven't heard his solo stuff in years and this is pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good. I like the pitch variation in the brutal vocals a lot. Hope he still sings though. His clean voice rocks pretty hard.

[@neilwinchell7468]

He does indeed, check out "South Winds" I think it showcases both of his vocal styles really well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGTbcmCaf5qfjMksi=0FTFu7MjqKlqQc3d

[@MoonOvIce]

Not sure on this album, but he has sang on all his solo albums.

[@Gatitasecsii]

This is absolutely nothing compared to his earlier masterpieces like After and Eremita.

[@Kurufinve5]

Amazing! Feels like Ihsahn is taking the listener on a mysterious musical journey, it already feels very conceptual and I'm sure there will be a lot of stuff to dig deep into and this is just awesome!!!

[@torbendallas4440]

Really like this one, and i belive we really needed this.

[@levtahor7]

Sounds like a Danny Elfman + Ihsahn collaboration and I love it.

[@alessandromariani99]

Always thought that. Emperor sounds like a black metal version of Tim Burton's Batman soundtrack. It's a very interesting music.

[@jaydenrock]

This is exactly how I explained this album to my wife lol

[@erreip_]

Late to the ihsahn party. Home page recommended and loving this. 😊

[@polyphony250]

The protagonist is a modern Dionysus, the "twice-born" greek god. A strong hint of this is also dropped in the "Maenads" line in "Pilgrimage to Oblivion" (Maenads were female followers of Dionysus, often described as wearing fawn skins). If you are interested in understanding the themes of this masterpiece of an album, I recommend reading about Dionysus.

[@mshiker]

sounds great 🎉

[@magnuszetterqvist5936]

Damn! This will take some listening. Love it! Thanks!

[@andywitch666]

Absolute perfection !..! !..!

[@InvertedProphet]

Oh I am loving the feel of this. Absolutely killer.

[@jamesstarr6429]

Great

[@broncoxy]

this has a very theatrical, bombastic vibe to it, really cool!

[@ericwilliams538]

I had to look up "Bombastic" to understand what you meant!!😂😂😂

[@Kingslayer76]

Kinda reminds me of Enslaved a little. Absolutely fantastic Ihsahn.

[@snapomusic]

wooowww.. it's crazy, Ihsahn music writing become wild and this good 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@HexOmega]

PURE DARK ART 💀🙌🏻

[@RobertWeingher]

Ihsahn sounds as good as ever, thanks Ihsahn, rock on!!!

[@JoeDiducaPhotography]

This is insanely good!! Really great use of the orchestral parts to make it sound even more evil and heavy. Most symphonic black metal sounds too nice and happy but this is genuinely icy and twisted sounding.

[@luisricardosorianozarceno2712]

THE ORCHESTRATION 🤯

[@FatalityFalcon]

Oh hell yeah, new Ihsahn music is a perfect early Christmas gift 🤘

[@richardmoore3397]

Reminds me musically of a cross between Voivod and early Mr Bungle

[@danieleb6863]

Fantastic song

[@darkprague1334]

😮😮😮Out of nowhere, new Ihsahn!!!

[@MrJackrockerman]

This is the feeling..🙌❤️

[@Masterlessmusic]

This is super interesting. Really digging it. Can't wait to listen to the rest of it.

[@javmbz_schlithler]

I dreamed about a Ihsahn/Rainer Landfermann collaboration. Just putting it here. Can't wait for the whole album to drop, btw!

[@Hastenforthedawm]

Literally would be the most perfect epic combination

[@javmbz_schlithler]

@@Hastenforthedawm I know right!? Let's hope :P

[@simseven4967]

This is insanely great🤟🏻

[@Lascarnn]

I beg you, make new album!

[@carybo777]

Awesome stuff!

[@Astronomad667]

Intense, epic and conceptual

[@meatharbor]

I'm sure there's something profound one could say about how one of my first experiences with Ihsahn was watching the music video for The Loss and Curse of Reverence where he was doing stuff in a forest and, here I am, like, a quarter-century later, watching an Ihsahn video with yet another guy doing stuff in a forest. It may be the same forest, even. But I am no poet nor tree... science... guy...? I'm not smart or creative enough to figure out what that is. That's my point. I think.

[@BatBatov666]

KILLER MAN,killer song,Emperor would be also if you consider recording new album

[@superlavaman]

Excellent

[@wild_greebo]

I cant not hear The Simpsons in the preverse

[@andypike1234]

Devin Townsend vibe

[@yavordjermanov9531]

Ihsahn feat. Jens Bogren is the perfect metal solution!

[@vincentred1870]

Ow my. can't wait for the new album! :D

[@21stcenturymetal31]

Holy F... That's intense

[@andreistroe4140]

SUPERB. SEEN EMPEROR AT THE END OF JULY, IN SIBIU.

[@isolateddemon9438]

THIS GUY ALWAYS DELIVERS👹

[@JAlex22]

🤘🔥🤘Masterpiece!

[@isabelledelon3810]

Gorgeous

[@juanlopezcazte4292]

Greath song 🤘🤩🤘

[@7riX7er]

TO BE IHSAHN . . .

[@brentlockman7195]

the emperor just continues to do his thing, and to do it awesomely. more of this please. 😋

[@theepicslayer7sss101]

i have an unusual request: having Closed Captions, AKA subtitles for the lyrics of the songs to be put in the videos, be it Celine Dion or Cannibal Corps i never hear the lyrics. (spoken dyslexia?) since this is story driven, it would be a perfect addition. also i still wonder what you are saying in the background from 4:54 to 5:14 of the song "The Loss and Curse of Reverence"... i can only make out "From an Other World" at 5:11... i guess the only one who knows is you but anyhow... that new stuff is scratching an itch that was nearing decades!

[@BakaTheStruggler]

Ayy, new Simpsons theme goes HARD! Lol, but for real, though, Ihsahn kicks major ass!

[@GeomorgusNihili]

I see Ihsahn, I press like

[@ivanstigliano9773]

The Best🖤

[@Retrofun69]

Excelent song

[@vagner_tenzen]

Ihsahn is genius!

[@davemcdonald5004]

awesome

[@ganid1889]

I can see Bart doing his shit in his skate.

[@drakonolus7922]

Dark as a Black as a Rivet. This Man it's sinonime of all Dark it's matter about ......

[@helenhunt5414]

🔥Epic🔥

[@IanBundy_art10Zen]

Brilliant....

[@JohnSmith-lk8cy]

Just checking the Arctangent line up.

[@OlegDargor]

Огнище 🔥

[@deliathorja442]

Very nice!

[@shtirlitz1974]

IHHHNNSAAHHHNE!

[@siegfriedwashburn3484]

Veigard hold the line!🤘

[@gaborbende9554]

As it should be.🖤

[@jabond21nintenjoe64]

I was not expecting to have my ass kicked like this today but this is fantastic!

[@antonpazs]

misreaded

[@MASTERRIFFS]

☠️cool☠️emperor😁

[@molotovbatradio]

🔥🔥🔥

[@dguerra1969]

😮 Nice

[@velinam.6593]

Готино парче. Жалко, че е толкова кратко ❤

[@dwrapsixa]

Πολύ καλό!

[@blanco2024]

Οντως

[@benmech]

Sounds like we’re a year off from a full-length Emperor album?

[@eon14873]

They're not doing any more albums

[@DigitalHardrock]

Am I listening to Ihsahn or Septicflesh? :D Great song though!

[@Avertia]

Cool song. Understand what people mean when they say the intro sounds like the Simpsons though 🎉

[@HronisArva]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KarlaSantos-zy8jz]

🤘🔥

[@kalas-kurt]

✨💜🤘

[@daviddevilliers2828]

It remind me Devin Townsend

[@makifk]

çok iyi

[@hvitekristesdod]

🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@mdtmusic1279]

00:24 The Simpsons😉

[@Need4Needle]

AHAHAHA i can't unhear that lol

[@Need4Needle]

I can't unhear now ahah

[@Cosmicforeigner]

❤

[@Joko515]

does this mean tourdates are coming?

[@shadow6909]

Fucking Genius

[@midianpoet]

GREAT ! Ihsahn rulez. Is better and better ,looking to new album !" Again - strongly recommended listening -Yeah,yeah die,die- Death metal opera in Deep C - from Waltari. This song is a nature continue of their album ...instantly classic !

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

🤘⸸⛧⸸🤘

[@spockhozzer7207]

Why is Jason Newsted drinking in the woods?

[@stevemuzak8526]

All I wanted for Christmas is YOU (in Ihsahn death voice)

[@tornoutlaw]

31€ to ship the Boxset (orchestral and normal version) to Germany? No thanks!

[@Metal_666]

Why do I stupidly think it's gonna sound like emperor

[@aprioris.knowledge2765]

Simpsonscore

[@aprioris.knowledge2765]

Simpsons ahh beat

[@AdAstra78]

Pretty cool. Still not close to his creative peak in the mid-late nineties, but the orchestral elements add a welcome degree of intricacy.

[@hv1225]

Meh.