I'm not really someone who has "favourite bands" as I typically listen to one or two albums from an artist/band and then move on, but I'll be damned if Enslaved aren't making a serious case to be one of my favourite metal bands. I never would have imagined a black metal band that used clean vocals and so many progressive elements could kick this much ass, but they make it work so well. RIITIIR was the first black metal album I ever heard back when I was like, 15 or so probably, and Thoughts Like Hammers made an immediate impression on me even though I really had no idea what black metal was at the time.
Anyway, for the past month or so I've been digging through their discography and I've yet to hear an album that's anything but stellar up to this point, and Ivar Bjornson is a god.
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