By Norse are very happy to announce today the re-issue of Enslaved historical album “Hordanes Land”, to be released on March 2nd on CD Digipack and Digital, and April 20th on LP!
You can pre-order “Hordanes Land” on CD Digipack, limited Green LP with embossed logo and title on cover (Enslaved webstores exclusive), limited White LP with embossed logo and title on cover (By Norse Music webstore), regular Black LP, exclusive bundles and digital now here:
BY NORSE MUSIC STORE
ENSLAVED EUROPEAN STORE
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DIGITAL
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First released in 1993 as a mini 12” LP, “Hordanes Land” was also released a few weeks later as a split CD album with Emperor and is considered a key release in the development of Viking metal.
The By Norse Music re-issue features exclusive liner notes and quotes by major figures of the Black metal scene such as Fenriz (Darkthrone), Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ), Lee Barret (Candlelight) and Hrymr (Helheim) among others, a reassembled layout respectfully done by Marcelo Vasco, the original songs entirely remastered by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet Studio (Bergen, Norway) and the bonus track “Enslaved”, from the Enslaved split with Satyricon “Yggdrasill”, released in 1992.
“Hordanes Land” will be available as:
- Green LP with embossed logo and title on cover and a 3 fold-out inlay – Enslaved webstores exclusive, limited to 333 copies worldwide
- White LP with embossed logo and title on cover and a 3 fold-out inlay – Limited to 666 copies worldwide (By Norse Music webstore and retail)
- Black LP featuring a 3 fold-out inlay
- CD Digipack featuring a 20-pages booklet
- Digital
All formats include the bonus track “Enslaved”
Enslaved co-founder and guitar player Ivar Bjørnson comments: “We have decided to have Iver Sandøy re-master “Hordanes Land” because of the great job he did with “Vikingligr Veldi” finally being released on vinyl in 2016 (also on ByNorse Music). His philosophy is not so much to remake anything with the remaster; but to emphasize and highlight the strengths of the original mastering. The original album is a milestone and a document from a historical moment in modern Metal, so the spirit and atmosphere needs preservation – not alteration.”
