Monumension

by Enslaved

Monumension cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 19 November 2001
  • Label: Osmose
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 59:38
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Trond Veland, Dirge Rep, Roy Kronheim, Grutle Kjellson, Trygve Mathiesen

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Representing a profound creative pivot for the Norwegian pioneers, 'Monumension' acts as the bridge between their early Viking black metal ferocity and their acclaimed later progressive rock era. The album incorporates clean vocals, sprawling psychedelic structures, and vintage 1970s keyboard textures alongside their trademark blast beats and raspy shrieks. It is a highly experimental, transitional record that successfully pushed the boundaries of extreme metal.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, atmospheric, complex, folklore, sci-fi

Tracklist

  1. Convoys To Nothingness (7:58)
  2. The Voices (6:07)
  3. Vision : Sphere Of The Elements - A Monument Part Ii (4:58)
  4. Hollow Inside (5:38)
  5. The Cromlech Gate (6:55)
  6. Enemy I (5:16)
  7. Smirr (4:26)
  8. The Sleep: Floating Diversity - A Monument Part III (8:12)
  9. Outro: Self-Zero (3:08)
  10. Sigmundskavadet (6:57)

Credits

  • Silje Wengeland - calligraphy [handwritten lyrics]
  • Truls Espedal - cover [front & back cover]
  • Fredrik Saroea - illustration [outro - self zero illustration]
  • Dennis Reksten - synthesizer [minimoog], vocoder, synth [synths], effects [fxs]
  • Trond Veland - backing vocals
  • Trygve Mathiesen - lead vocals, lyrics by

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