''Blodhemn'' ( Norwegian meaning "blood revenge") is the fourth studio album by Norwegian

extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...

band Enslaved. It was released on 28 October 1998, through

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Background

The album was produced by

Peter Tägtgren Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain in which he is the only m ...

, and is the first Enslaved album recorded and produced at his Abyss studio, alongside the follow-up.

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says that ''Blodhemn'' is Enslaved's "blackest" album, and a step forward in songwriting, due to its shorter, cleaner songs and compressed sound. Allmusic also describes the song structure as having

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elements in the songs "Urtical Gods" and "Nidingaslakt".

Track listing

Personnel

; Enslaved *

Ivar Bjørnson Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977), is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is a founding member and the main songwriter of the extreme metal band Enslaved, and has previously been a memb ...

– guitar, keyboards *

Grutle Kjellson Kjetil Tvedte Grutle (born December 24, 1973), better known as Grutle Kjellson, is a Norwegian musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. Kjellson and guitarist Ivar Bjørnson are the founding ...

– bass guitar, vocals * Christian Kronheim – guitar * Dirge Rep (Per Husebø) – drums

References

Enslaved (band) albums 1998 albums Season of Mist albums Osmose Productions albums Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren {{1990s-black-metal-album-stub