Hey, new Enslaved video this morning! That’s pretty sweet. I gotta tell you though, I interviewed Ivar Bjørnson earlier this week about the Cinematic Tour box set the band put out, and, uh, a new release coming out this Fall didn’t come up. At all. Maybe it’s because he was on a sailboat at the time, but yeah, dude did a solid job keeping this one under wraps until the band announced it. I even asked about songwriting and if they had new stuff in the works to follow-up last year’s spectacular Utgard (review here). Shame I didn’t time the interview better though, because golly I’d sure like to talk about what the prospect of “Ruun II – The Epitaph” — a presumed sequel to the title-track of the band’s 2006 opus, Ruun (discussed here) — might hold.

So it goes. New song’s a ripper. Video’s gorgeous. Looking forward to more.

“Caravans to the Outer Worlds” is out Oct. 1 and Nuclear Blast has US and EU preorders up now for the 12″ release. The band also has an exclusive version, as you can see here:

CARAVANS TO THE OUTER WORLDS (EP) OUT ON OCTOBER 1ST!

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO ‘CARAVANS TO THE OUTER WORLDS’ ON YOUTUBE

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‘Caravans To The Outer Worlds’ is a story that wanted to be told, and this is music that demanded to be heard. Who are we to question that?

After Utgard, the path ahead cleared itself – and we followed; past, present and future melted together in an EP that marks one giant leap for us. Into…

Pre-Order various formats and pre-save digitally via https://bit.ly/3inmMkN. We have a limited Cloud Grey 12″ vinyl exclusively in our stores:

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“Caravans to the Outer Worlds» is a tale of departure, of leaving behind a barren and desolate world. After going knowingly and willingly into the unknown on «Utgard», the insights and new truths found there invoked archaic memories – of being part of a larger whole. It made those remembering come together in the shadows; preparing for the journey ahead. There are outer worlds to go to, new havens to rebuild in, to invoke a new dawn and to defend the new world for those of Sense and Earth. It is a tale that can be seen on the endlessly large scale of the cosmos and one that can be read from the infinitely distant strands of the Runic genomes.

This EP contains neckbreaking riffage that will point backwards to the raw beginnings of the band – the title track marking an explosive liftoff with melodic breakaways and proggy slingshots onto new orbits, while the omnious «Ruun II: The Epitaph» takes a somber dive into the murky and mysterious ocean of stars beyond the known. These two main pieces are framed by two intermezzos: «Intermezzo I: Lönnlig. Gudlig» and «Intermezzo II: The Navigator»; wrapping up the main stories with respectively what came before and what is to come…”

Caravans To The Outer Worlds – EP tracklisting:
1. Caravans to the Outer Worlds
2. Intermezzo I: Lonnlig. Gudlig.
3. Ruun II – The Epitaph
4. Intermezzo II: The Navigator

Enslaved is:
Ivar Bjørnson – guitar
Grutle Kjellson – vocals/bass
Ice Dale – guitar
Håkon Vinje – keys/vocals
Iver Sandøy – drums

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