Enslaved Unveils Deluxe Edition Of “Heimdal” – Premieres New Bonus Track “Gangandi”

Enslaved Unveils Deluxe Edition Of “Heimdal” – Premieres New Bonus Track “Gangandi”

Enslaved will mark the one-year anniversary of their latest album, “Heimdal,” with a deluxe version set to release on March 1. The deluxe edition includes a bonus track titled “Gangandi,” alternative versions of two album tracks (“Congelia” and “Forest Dweller”) featuring cellist Jo Quail, and the complete recording of The Otherworldly Big Band Experience – a streaming event featuring Enslaved and fellow Norwegian prog band Shaman Elephant from 2022.

Check out “Gangandi” streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.

Explains Enslaved vocalist and bassist Grutle Kjellson:

“‘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 songs. Kind of like Enslaved itself as a matter of fact.”

Enslaved is set to embark on their first club tour in Europe since 2018 this March, with Svalbard and Wayfarer joining them as openers:

3/6 – UK London, Islington Assembly Hall

3/7 – UK Leeds, Brudenell Social Club

3/8 – UK Manchester, Club Academy

3/9 – UK Glasgow, Slay

3/10 – IE Dublin, Opium

3/12 – NL Helmond, Cacaofabriek

3/13 – FR Paris, La Machine

3/14 – CH Geneva, PTR/l’Usine

3/15 – FR Montpellier, Victoire 2

3/16 – IT Milan, Legend

3/18 – CZ Prague, Futurum

3/19 – AT Vienna, Szene

3/21 – DE Cologne, Club Volta

3/22 – DE Leipzig, Taubchenthal

3/23 – DE Berlin, Hole44

3/24 – PL Warsaw, Proxima