Enslaved: new video interview with Ivar BjÃËRnson
On June 1, FaceCulture conducted an interview with Ivar Bjørnson, guitarist, songwriter, and founding member of Norwegian progressive/psychedelic black metallers Enslaved, at the Fortarock Xl festival at Goffertpark in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. You can now watch the chat in five parts below.Enslaved's twelfth studio album, "Riitiir", sold around 2,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release. The Cd landed at position No. 8 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
Enslaved's previous album, "Axioma Ethica Odini", opened with 1,400 units back in September 2010 to debut at No. 16 on the Top New Artist Albums chart.
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