Monumension
Encyclopedia
Monumension is the sixth full-length album by Norwegian
progressive metal
band Enslaved
and the first to feature lyrics sung entirely in English
, although some versions of the album include the Old Norse
track "Sigmundskvadet" as a bonus.
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...
and the first to feature lyrics sung entirely in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, although some versions of the album include the Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
track "Sigmundskvadet" as a bonus.
Track listing
- All Songs Written By Ivar Bjornson, except where noted. (2001 Les Editions Hurlantes)
- "Convoys to Nothingness" – 7:58
- "The Voices" – 6:07
- "Vision: Sphere of the Elements - A Monument Part II" – 4:58 (Roy Kronheim)
- "Hollow Inside" – 5:38 (Bjornson, Trygve Mathiesen)
- "The CromlechCromlechCromlech is a Brythonic word used to describe prehistoric megalithic structures, where crom means "bent" and llech means "flagstone". The term is now virtually obsolete in archaeology, but remains in use as a colloquial term for two different types of megalithic monument.In English it usually...
Gate" – 6:55 (Grutle Kjellson) - "Enemy I" – 5:16
- "Smirr" – 4:26
- "The Sleep: Floating Diversity - A Monument Part III" – 8:12 (Kronheim)
- "Outro: Self-Zero" – 3:08
- "Sigmundskvadet" [bonus] – 6:59
Enslaved
- Ivar BjørnsonIvar BjørnsonIvar 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...
– guitar, synthesizers, organ, piano, effects, choir on track 10 - Richard Kronheim – guitar, vocals, effects, choir on track 10
- Grutle KjellsonGrutle KjellsonGrutle 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...
– bass, vocals, choir on track 10 - Per Husebø (a.k.a. Dirge Rep) – drums, percussion, effects, choir on track 10
Additional Musicians
- Dennis Reksten - minimoog synthesizers, keyboards, vocoderVocoderA vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
, effects - Kai Lie: additional choir vocals on track 10
Production
- Produced By Enslaved & Pytten
- Recorded & Engineered By Davide Bertolini, Pytten & Herbrand Larsen
- Mixed By Enslaved & Jørgen Træen