Today Guitarworld.com hosts the exclusive premiere of IHSAHN’s
“Introspection,” the third track off the legendary vocalist/guitarist’s
forthcoming new full-length, Eremita. Set for release on June
19 via Candlelight Records, the nine-track opus was recorded
and produced at Telemark’s Ivory Shoulder Studios, with additional tracking
completed at Notodden’s Juke Joint Studio and Seattle’s Envisage Audio and
mixed by Jens Bogren (Opeth) at Fascination Street Studios in Orebo, Sweden.
Alongside IHSAHN, the album features performances from drummer Tobias
Ornes Andersen (Leprous), saxophonist Jorgen Munkeby (Shining - Norway),
guitarist Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore), and vocalists Devin Townsend, Einar
Solberg (Leprous), and Heidi S. Tveitan (Star of Ash). Exhibiting IHSAHN’s
highly-trained guitar and keyboard skills,Eremita (latin for
hermit) is a journey that is sure to find an expanded audience for the revered
36-year-old.
IHSAHN’s prodigious and prolific talents have been at
the forefront of heavy music for the past two decades. He began his career at
age thirteen as a member of what would become fledgling black metal crew
Emperor. As a band, Emperor would both define and refine metal, pushing the
boundaries of what was considered possible within the most arcane of art forms
and taking some of the most adventurous and extreme music of all time to a huge
global audience. With albums like seminal In The Nightside Eclipse (recorded
when IHSAHN was only seventeen), and Anthems To The
Welkin At Dusk, Emperor obliterated all-comers and became one of the most
revered metal bands in history. After the release of their final
masterpiece, Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire & Demise in
2001, IHSAHN announced that the band were to part ways to
enable himself and his colleagues to pursue new creative avenues.
“With Eremita IHSAHN proves yet
again that he is one of the most influential, progressive and enduring
musicians to emerge out of the classic Norwegian black metal scene." –
Guitar World
"IHSAHN just keeps getting better and
better with every album he releases. He's really come into his own as one of
the most talented musicians and songwriters in all of metal, and his distinct,
singular sound has come a long way from his days in Emperor." – MetalSucks
“…without a doubt the most ambitious and experimental of IHSAHN’s solo albums and it another step further away from his black metal roots.” – This Is Not A Scene
“IHSAHN moves into a new period of his solo career that mixes avant-garde oddity with catchy song writing, and extreme metal with what can only be described as ‘evil big band sax.’” – Metal Underground
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