Frost is the second full-length album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Enslaved

Enslaved (band)

Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...

. This album in particular is where the band started to incorporate viking metal

Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 influences to their sound; indeed, the name "Viking Metal" appears on the back page of the insert booklet, though the album's material was still speed-laden, violent black metal. This would be the last album to feature drummer Trym Torson

Trym Torson

Trym Torson , or just Trym, is a Norwegian drummer, formerly with Zyklon. Torson started playing in the Viking metal band Enslaved and was later invited to play in black metal band Emperor. He co-founded Zyklon together with Emperor member Samoth...

 before he joined Emperor

Emperor (band)

Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth and Ihsahn .-Biography:...

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Track listing

• All Songs Copyright
  Copyright
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   Osmose Productions.

1. "Frost" (Instrumental) (Bjornson) – 2:52
2. "Loke
   Loki
   In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...
   
   " (Bjornson, Kjellson) – 4:22
3. "Fenris" (Bjornson, Kjellson) – 7:16
4. "Svarte Vidder" (Black Plains) (Bjornson) – 8:43
5. "Yggdrasil
   Yggdrasil
   In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is an immense tree that is central in Norse cosmology. It was said to be the world tree around which the nine worlds existed...
   
   " (Bjornson, Navamal) – 5:23
6. "Jotunblod" (Blood of Jotun) (Bjornson, Kjellson) – 4:07
7. "Gylfaginning
   Gylfaginning
   Gylfaginning, or the Tricking of Gylfi , is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue. The Gylfaginning deals with the creation and destruction of the world of the Norse gods, and many other aspects of Norse mythology...
   
   " (The Tricking of Gylfi) (Bjornson, Kjellson) – 5:31
8. "Wotan
   Odin
   Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....
   
   " (Bjornson, Kjellson) – 4:12
9. "Isöders Dronning" (Queen of the Ice Desolates) (Bjornson) – 7:45

Personnel

• Grutle Kjellson
  Grutle Kjellson
  Grutle Kjellson is a Norwegian vocalist and bass player for the progressive viking metal band Enslaved. He is one of only two founding members left in the current line-up with Ivar Bjørnson being the other one. He is the man who appears on the cover of Enslaved's album Eld...
  
   – vocal, bass
  Bass guitar
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   & harmonica
  Harmonica
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• Ivar Bjørnson
  Ivar Bjørnson
  Ivar Bjørnson is a Norwegian composer/guitarist for the progressive black/viking metal band Enslaved. He is, along with Grutle Kjellson, one of only two founding members left in the current line-up, being only 13 years old at the time of the band's formation...
  
   – lead
  Lead guitar
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   & rhythm
  Rhythm guitar
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   guitars, keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , electronics
• Trym Torson
  Trym Torson
  Trym Torson , or just Trym, is a Norwegian drummer, formerly with Zyklon. Torson started playing in the Viking metal band Enslaved and was later invited to play in black metal band Emperor. He co-founded Zyklon together with Emperor member Samoth...
  
   – drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• With Eirik "Pytten" Hundvin: Fretless Bass on "Yggdrasil"

Production

• Arranged By Enslaved
• Produced & Mixed By Enslaved & Pytten
• Recorded & Engineered By Pytten & David Bertolini