Below the Lights

Below the Lights
Studio album by Enslaved
Released 14 April 2003
Recorded September-October 2002, Greighallen Studios in Bergen
Genre Black metal,[1] Viking metal, progressive metal
Length 46:17
Label Osmose
Producer Pytten, Jørgen Træen, Ivar Peersen, Grutle Kjellson
Enslaved chronology
Monumension
(2001)Monumension2001		 Below the Lights
(2003)		 Isa
(2004)Isa2004

Below the Lights is the seventh full-length album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. Beyond it being their last full-length for production company Osmose (they would move to Candlelight for their next studio album), a few lineup changes would take place. This would be the last album Enslaved recorded with Dirge Rep on drums (he also co-wrote two songs). They would also enlist a full-time keyboardist in Herbrand Larsen (who helped engineer the record), bringing the band personnel from four to five.

Critical reception

AllMusic's William York wrote a positive review of the album, writing that "for all its variety, this is still a fairly heavy, meat-and-potatoes album with plenty of emotional nuance as well. There are a few spots where Enslaved's ambitions get the better of them, but the experimentation is welcome in any case, and most of it does work. Below the Lights will likely stand out down the road as one of the top black metal releases of 2003."[2] In 2016, About.com named it the best Enslaved album to date, highlighting it for being "everything the band had been slowly building towards was fully realized", fully unleashing the band's potential, and "their crowning achievement."[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."As Fire Swept Clean the Earth"6:35
2."The Dead Stare"5:37
3."The Crossing"9:12
4."Queen of Night"5:59
5."Havenless"5:35
6."Ridicule Swarm"6:18
7."A Darker Place"7:01

Personnel

Enslaved

Additional Musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. ↑ Below the Lights at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "Below the Lights - Enslaved | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Top 5 Enslaved Albums". Retrieved 2016-07-30.
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