Released 27 November 2001 Length 52:38 Release date 27 November 2001 Label Osmose Productions | Recorded 2000-2001 Artist Enslaved Producer Eirik Hundvin | |
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Monumension
(2001) Below the Lights
(2003) Genres Black metal, Viking metal, Progressive metal Similar Enslaved albums, Black metal albums | ||
Monumension is the sixth studio album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. It was released on 27 November 2001, through Osmose Productions. It is Enslaved's first album feature lyrics sung entirely in English, although some versions of the album include the Old Norse track "Sigmundskvadet" as a bonus.
Contents
Monumension was the last Enslaved album to feature guitarist R. Kronheim; Arve Isdal would replace him on Below the Lights.
Track listing
All tracks written by Ivar Bjørnson, except as noted.
Critical reception
From the reviews the album has received, Monumension has been generally well received.
AllMusic praised the album, calling it "astounding" and "truly daring". Chronicles of Chaos's review was generally favorable, though writing, "Monumension occasionally comes across as too over-the-top in terms of its experimentation, and the album as a whole lacks some focus and consistency."
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Convoys to Nothingness7:58
2The Voices6:07
3Vision: Sphere of the Elements - A Monument - Part II4:59