BravePicks 2015 - ENSLAVED's In Times #5

December 27, 2015, 8 years ago

news black death enslaved

BravePicks 2015 - ENSLAVED's In Times #5

All the votes are in and the compiling is done after days and countless hours of digging through all the piles of molten metal from 2015! So who will be #1? You’ll find out as we count down to the BravePick Of 2015 throughout December! And once again our devout scribes put their collective metal minds together to build the ultimate lists including individual Top 20s (new studio albums ONLY),  Top 5 Brave Embarrassments, Top 3 Concerts, What/Who Needs To Stop In 2016? and Metal Predictions For 2016. All will be showcased come the New Year!

Tis the season to commence the good, bad and ugly of 2015! Let’s rock!

BravePicks 2015

6) ENSLAVED - In Times (Nuclear Blast)

Like a fine wine, Enslaved just keeps better with age. In Times is no exception featuring all the bombastic blasts these Norwegian slayers are known for. Enslaved left no stone unturned recording the album as sonic exploration was conducted deep in the woods of Valevåg of Bergen where a mobile studio recorded additional sounds.

In Times came under the BraveWords Crossfire where David Perri and Jason Deaville went toe-to-toe and had nothing but great things to say.

Deaville issued a perfect 10 for the record saying: “As the majority of Norwegian black metal bands swept clean the earth with their very own concoction of fire, ice, and corpsepaint, Enslaved chose the left hand path: a path blanketed in wisdom and indulgence. Traversing this colossal, mountainous passage through a dozen stunningly-classic albums, Enslaved have returned with an album, that, quite literally, will leave their contemporaries standing directionless and uninspired, staring up as the true warriors of Norwegian black metal claim their rightful throne atop its magnificent summit.” 

He concluded: “With In Times, Enslaved have become the future of this genre. We now have our generation's Dark Side Of The Moon. This time, though, the dark side has become pitch black, with brief, beautiful glimpses of the universe beyond.”

Perri laid down a 9/10 and wrote: “In the context of that kind of catalogue, In Times looks to untangle the intersected loyalties and place them side by side independently, something Enslaved has never done before. While In Times possesses some of the most traditional black metal elements we’ve heard from Enslaved since the ‘90s, it also at times introduces itself as the group’s most straight-forward rock album, albeit in the cerebral way Enslaved has mastered. And while it seems intuitive to believe that a focus on component parts would create a disjointed whole, the opposite is true here: In Times is the most complete Enslaved album since Mardraum.”

Read more at BraveWords.

 

BravePicks 2015 Top 30

1) 
2) 
3) 
4) 
5) ENSLAVED - In Times (Nuclear Blast)
6) GRAVE - Out Of Respect For The Dead (Century Media)
7) ARMORED SAINT - Win Hands Down (Metal Blade)
8) NILE - What Should Not Be Unearthed (Nuclear Blast) 
9) CRYPTOPSY - The Book Of Suffering - Tome 1 (Defen Society 3000)
10) TRIBULATION - The Children Of The Night (Century Media)
11) ENFORCER - From Beyond (Nuclear Blast)
12) FEAR FACTORY - Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
13) CRADLE OF FILTH - Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)
14) AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
15) MELECHESH - Enki (Nuclear Blast)
16) NAPALM DEATH - Apex Predator - Easy Meat (Century Media)
17) GHOST - Meliora (Loma Vista Recordings)
18) MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic (UDR)
19) MARDUK - Frontschwein (Century Media)
20) LAMB OF GOD - VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
21) SYMPHONY X - Underworld (Nuclear Blast) 
22) HELLOWEEN - My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
23) MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission (Inakustik)
24) SAXON - Battering Ram (UDR)
25) KAMELOT - Haven (Napalm Records)
26) VENOM - From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)
27) CHILDREN OF BODOM - I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
28) KATAKLYSM - Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast)
29) EUROPE - War Of Kings (UDR)
30) MY DYING BRIDE - Feel The Misery (Peaceville)

 



Featured Video

KELEVRA - "The Distance"

KELEVRA - "The Distance"

Latest Reviews