Enslaved "Vikingligr Veldi (Norway, Deathlike Silence Productions, Anti Mosh 088)"

Vikingligr Veldi (mistaken Old Norse intended to mean roughly Viking-like Dominion or Vikingly Power) is the debut studio album by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released in 1994, through Deathlike Silence Productions, the record label run by Euronymous, who was murdered before the album's release. The album is dedicated to him.

Vikingligr Veldi is an Old Norse concept album with lyrics mainly in Icelandic, with the exception of "Heimdallr" in Old Norwegian. Former Old Funeral bassist Thorlak Sigvaldason helped the band translate the Norwegian lyrics into Icelandic. The album's cover features the Anglo-Saxon helmet uncovered at the Sutton Hoo site in England, widely identified with the 7th-century king Rædwald of East Anglia.

Guitarist and keyboardist Ivar Bjørnson was 15 years old when Vikingligr Veldi was recorded and had co-founded Enslaved with Grutle Kjellson when they were 13 and 17 years old respectively.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ivar Bjørnson.

1. "Lifandi lif undir hamri" ("Living Life Under the Hammer") 11:31
2. "Vetrarnótt" ("Winternight") 10:58
3. "Midgards eldar" ("Fires of Midgard") 11:16
4. "Heimdallr" ("Heimdall") 6:15
5. "Norvegr" ("Norway") 10:56

Total length: 50:56

Lyrics are in Medieval Icelandic except for the track "Heimdallr", whose lyrics are in Old Norwegian.

The original version did not mention any title on the cover/spine, and so the album was often mistakenly referred to as self-titled or untitled.

The first press does not feature a barcode on back cover.

Also planned for a never issued re-release as a 2xLP with bonus live tracks:

6. Fenris

7. Hordalendingen

The album is dedicated to Euronymous.

Recording information:

Recorded during 1993-1994.

Co-produced and co-mixed by Enslaved.

Thorlak Sigvaldason – lyric translation

Pytten (Eirik Hundvin) – production, recording, mixing, engineering

Davide Bertolini – recording, engineering

Padden – mixing, drum technician

Hellhammer – drum technician