Axioma Ethica Odini
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Axioma Ethica Odini is the eleventh album by Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 progressive
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 viking metal
Viking metal
Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its galloping pace, keyboard-rich anthemic sound, bleakness and dramatic emphasis on lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age...

 band Enslaved
Enslaved (band)
Enslaved is a progressive black metal band formed in June 1991 in Sveio, Norway, and currently based out of Bergen, Norway.-History:Enslaved was formed in June 1991 by Ivar Bjørnson and Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old, respectively. The band name was inspired by an Immortal demo...

. It was released on September 27, 2010 via Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings
Indie Recordings is a Norwegian independent record label specialising in heavy metal. The label was founded in 2006 by brothers Espen and Erik Solheim Røhne, who previously founded Tabu Recordings. Indie Recordings has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway...

 in Europe and on September 28, 2010 via Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...

 in North America.

Track listing

  1. "Ethica Odini" - 7:59 (Lyrics: Grutle Kjellson; Music: Ivar Bjornson)
  2. "Raidho" - 6:01 (Lyrics & Music: Bjornson)
  3. "Waruun" - 6:42 (Lyrics & Music: Bjornson)
  4. "The Beacon" - 5:38 (Lyrics: Kjellson; Music: Bjornson)
  5. "Axioma" - 2:20 (Lyrics: Kjellson/Bjornson; Music: Bjornson)
  6. "Giants" - 6:37 (Lyrics: Kjellson; Music: Bjornson)
  7. "Singular" - 7:43 (Lyrics & Music: Bjornson)
  8. "Night Sight" - 7:36 (Lyrics & Music: Bjornson)
  9. "Lightening" - 7:51 (Lyrics: Kjellson; Music: Bjornson)


Bonus 7 inch:
  1. "Jotunblod (Doom)"
  2. "Migration"

Reception

Album of the month October by Germany's Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...

 
Album of the year 2010 Best Heavy Metal CDs at About.com

Personnel

  • Grutle Kjellson
    Grutle Kjellson
    Grutle Kjellson is a Norwegian vocalist and bass player for the progressive viking metal band Enslaved. He is one of only two founding members left in the current line-up with Ivar Bjørnson being the other one. He is the man who appears on the cover of Enslaved's album Eld...

     (penname: K. Grutle) - bass, vocals, additional synthesizer
    Synthesizer
    A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

  • Ivar Bjørnson
    Ivar Bjørnson
    Ivar Bjørnson is a Norwegian composer/guitarist for the progressive black/viking metal band Enslaved. He is, along with Grutle Kjellson, one of only two founding members left in the current line-up, being only 13 years old at the time of the band's formation...

     (aka
    Pseudonym
    A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

     I.S. Peersen) - lead & rhythm guitars, synthesizer
  • Arve Isdal
    Arve Isdal
    Arve Isdal , also known as "Ice Dale", is a Norwegian musician and producer. He is best known for being the guitarist of progressive black metal band Enslaved. He is very active in the Norwegian metal scene, being both a full-time member and doing session-work for several bands...

     - lead & rhythm guitars
  • Herbrand Larsen - keyboards, synthesizers, organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , vocals
  • Cato Bekkevold - drums, percussion

Production

  • Arranged By Enslaved; Published By Sony
    Sony
    , commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

    /ATV Music Scandinavia
    Scandinavia
    Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

  • Produced by Ivar Bjornson, Grutle Kjellson, Herbrand Larsen (with Iver Sandoy co-producing drums)
  • Engineered By Iver Sandoy (at Duper & Solslottet Studios), Ivar Bjornson, Arve Isdal & Herbrand Larsen
  • Mixed by Jens Bogren
    Jens Bogren
    Jens Peter Daniel Bogren is a record producer, mixer and recording engineer who has worked on albums by Opeth, Katatonia, Soilwork, God Forbid, Iron Mask, Amon Amarth, and Symphony X, amongst others...

     at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden
  • Mastered by Chris Sansom at Propeller Music Division in Oslo, Norway
    • (Note: Ivar, Herbrand & Arve handled the engineering at Earshot Studios as a team, while Ivar handled the engineering at Peersen Studios by himself.)

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
German Newcomer Chart 6
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