We can’t believe it’s already been a year since we released our album ‘Heimdal’. The ride of this release has been insane and we want to thank each and every one of you who joined us and supported us on this magnificent journey. As a token of our gratitude and in celebration of the one year existence of ‘Heimdal’, we are proud to announce we will be releasing the ‘Heimdal’ (Deluxe) digital album on March 1st 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records! Heimdal (Deluxe) will include the studio album in full, as well as bonus track ‘Gangandi’, alternative versions of two album tracks ‘Congelia’ and ‘Forest Dweller’, both featuring sublime performances from renowned cellist Jo Quail, plus the entirety of ‘The Otherworldly Big Band Experience’ – our stunning 2022 streaming event featuring fellow psychedelic Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant. Today, we will release our deeply mesmerising track ‘Gangandi’ as a preview to the deluxe digital album, which is accompanied by a video. ‘Gangandi’ was the last song we made before the recording sessions for ‘Heimdal’ took place. I remember Ivar driving down to my place from Bergen on a Friday night to play a demo for a new song for me, and I went like, “Daaaaamn, this is something else! I absolutely loved it, but at the same time, I sensed that it was a little bit to the left of the rest of the material. When I started to figure out what to sing over it, I ended up writing a poem in cross rhyme in archaic western Norwegian, which even separated the whole effort even further away from the rest of the material.So, ultimately, we ended up not including it on the album, other than as a bonus track on the most “exclusive” and limited vinyl versions.That said, that doesn’t mean that we don’t enjoy the song! Quite the contrary! We love this odd little hybrid of folk rock, early Mayhem, and King Crimson! It just ended up being the weird cousin of the rest of the dongs. Kind of like Enslaved itself as a matter of fact. |
Pre-save the ‘Heimdal’ Deluxe digital album HERE Check out the video of ‘Gangandi’ HERE |