Isa (album)

Isa is the eighth full-length studio album by Norwegian metal band Enslaved. Several tracks segue continuously into one another and the majority of compositions are composed of multiple interlocking movements.[1]

Isa
Studio album by Enslaved
Released	1 November 2004
Recorded	July–August 2004, Grieghallen Studios, Bergen, Norway
Genre	Progressive black metal[1] Viking metal[1] post-black metal[2]
Length	51:01
Label	Candlelight
Enslaved chronology
Below the Lights (2003) Isa (2004) Ruun (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ivar Bjørnson, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro: Green Reflection"	0:51
2.	"Lunar Force" (lyrics by Grutle Kjellson)	7:03
3.	"Isa"	3:46
4.	"Ascension"	6:45
5.	"Bounded by Allegiance" (lyrics by Kjellson)	6:38
6.	"Violet Dawning"	3:49
7.	"Return to Yggdrasill" (lyrics by Kjellson and Bjørnson)	5:39
8.	"Secrets of the Flesh"	3:36
9.	"Neogenesis"	11:58
10.	"Outro: Communion (excerpt)"	0:56
Total length:		51:01

Personnel

Enslaved

• Grutle Kjellson – harsh vocals, bass
• Ivar Bjørnson – guitar
• Arve Isdal – guitar
• Herbrand Larsen – keyboards; hammond, piano, mellotron, clean vocals
• Cato Bekkevold (from Red Harvest) – drums, percussion

Additional personnel

• Truls Espedal, Asle Birkeland – cover art
• Abbath Doom Occulta - backing vocals - "Lunar Force"
• Nocturno Culto - additional vocals - "Isa" and "Bounded by Allegiance"
• Dennis Reksten (from El-Regn) - additional synthesizers
• Ofu Khan (from Red Harvest) - vocals on "Ascension"
• Stig Sandbakk - additional vocals on "Ascension" and "Return to Yggdrasill"

References

1. Isa at AllMusic
2. O'Boyle, Tom (May 14, 2019). "The 10 essential post-black metal album". Metal Hammer. Retrieved March 2, 2020.