Enslaved - Axioma Ethica Odini

8.8 | 951 votes |

Release date:	27 September 2010
Style:	Progressive black metal
Owners:	1014 have it 98 want it 1 trades it

01. Ethica Odini
02. Raidho
03. Waruun
04. The Beacon
05. Axioma
06. Giants
07. Singular
08. Night Sight
09. Lightening

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01. Jotunblod (Doom)
02. Migration

The Best Black Metal Album Of 2010
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Top 200 albums of all time: 127
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Produced by Ivar Bjørnson Peersen, Grutle Kjellson and Herbrand Larsen.

Staff review by
Daniell

Rating:
9.5

Let me tell you how I know that an album is hard to digest but great. When I put it on for the first time, most of the songs blur together, it's impossible to tell them apart. The first impression about the album is accentuated by those cool fragments of songs that remain in my memory. During the second listen I manage to hear most of those fragments. Just when I'm about to play the album for the third time to get those last cool bits, I realise that there are some more cool bits that I picked up during my second listen. With every consecutive listen, the number of cool bits increases, and my mind connects them to respective songs. After 10 listens all bits are in place, the picture is complete and my smile is wider than a six-lane freeway, because the album is brilliant.

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published 30.09.2010 | Comments (70)

Guest review by
ponderer

Rating:
2.9

Here we are again. I say that because Enslaved are beating the proverbial "Nordic Black Metal" horse to death. It seems like this is becoming a standard out of the Northern European Black Metal scene these days. Scary makeup, growling vocals, droning guitars, and a complete lack of direction other than to throw in some "evil" lyrics. Like anyone will ever go as far as Mercyful Fate did in the 80's lyrically? Doubtful, and I haven't seen anyone do it yet.

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published 12.12.2010 | Comments (128)

Guest review by
Metren

Rating:
7.0

It is almost certainly true that in each professional musician's life - if they are passionate and serious about their art - comes a point, when they become almost too good at what they do and the result is an album that doesn't take very many risks or doesn't include any truly mind-blowing melodies, riffs, solos, etc. For Enslaved, that point of becoming too good to take risks came with 2010's Axioma Ethica Odini.

Few albums will impress as highly on the first listen as this one, but that's not necessarily a good thing when it comes to (extreme) metal. An initial reaction of "I don't quite get it yet, but it's interesting" holds much more promise of an album becoming a true classic than does "OMG! This is awesome!"

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published 20.08.2016 | Comments (24)

Staff pick by
BitterCOld

30.09.2010

Over the last couple records, Enslaved seemed to be moving towards metal middle age... from Black Metal to Black Floyd. AEO sees them continuing the prog path, but at the same time drawing from the best elements of their past work. The tone of this is harsher. At times they show the familiar gallop of their old BM works, at others the weirdness of Monumension and the confidence of Below The Lights. i love this album so much i want to fuck it.

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vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 18.07.2010 - 16:40 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 18.07.2010 - 16:50 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 16:40 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? Probably. It'll likely win another Spellemann award too. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 18.07.2010 - 19:03 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 16:40 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? As far as I remember only Vertebrae won a staff pick for bet Progressive album ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 18.07.2010 - 19:11 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.07.2010 at 19:03 Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 16:40 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? As far as I remember only Vertebrae won a staff pick for bet Progressive album Ruun won the Black Metal Staff Pick of 2006. ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 18.07.2010 - 19:26 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 19:11 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 18.07.2010 at 19:03 Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 16:40 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? As far as I remember only Vertebrae won a staff pick for bet Progressive album Ruun won the Black Metal Staff Pick of 2006. Oh yeah, true. Well, enslaved could win depending on the quality of their upcoming release. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 19.07.2010 - 15:40 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted The cover art to this is pretty fugly to be honest. Loading...
vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 19.07.2010 - 15:43 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:40 The cover art to this is pretty fugly to be honest. Agreed. ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 19.07.2010 - 15:45 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by vezzy on 19.07.2010 at 15:43 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:40 The cover art to this is pretty fugly to be honest. Agreed. Bit of a shame as the last three have been quite attractive. Loading...
vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 19.07.2010 - 15:53 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:45 Written by vezzy on 19.07.2010 at 15:43 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:40 The cover art to this is pretty fugly to be honest. Agreed. Bit of a shame as the last three have been quite attractive. I don't find Ruun to be that of a good cover. ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 19.07.2010 - 16:05 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Written by vezzy on 19.07.2010 at 15:53 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:45 Written by vezzy on 19.07.2010 at 15:43 Written by Guest on 19.07.2010 at 15:40 The cover art to this is pretty fugly to be honest. Agreed. Bit of a shame as the last three have been quite attractive. I don't find Ruun to be that of a good cover. I'd say it's probably their prettiest ;] Isa would be if it didn't have a naked man in the middle of the eye. Loading...
dodstink Posts: 59	Permalink 13.08.2010 - 00:24 dodstink Posts: 59 Frost cover is sine qua non to nordic metal. Loading...
BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15250	Permalink 13.08.2010 - 01:03 Rating: 10 BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15250 Written by vezzy on 18.07.2010 at 16:40 So, is this gonna win another staff pick? we'll see. it's certainly possible. depends how it sounds (we can assume it will be at least pretty good based upon their last several albums) and the strength of the competition. ---- get the fuck off my lawn. Beer Bug Virus Spotify Playlist crafted by Nikarg and I. Feel free to tune in and add some pertinent metal tunes! Loading...
bard Posts: 171	Permalink 13.08.2010 - 05:15 Rating: 10 bard Posts: 171 Maybe it's just me, but Axioma Ethica Odini feels like a very awkward title for an Enslaved album. ---- Loading...
ThatOtherGuy Posts: 8	Permalink 16.08.2010 - 03:58 ThatOtherGuy Posts: 8 Of all the things we are critizing is the album cover... that must mean thats the most important part of the album Loading...
Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2747	Permalink 19.08.2010 - 01:46 Introspekrieg Totemic Lust Elite Posts: 2747 Samples online: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003ZY259W/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1282166955&sr=8-1 Loading...
Got Mayhem? Posts: 767	Permalink 19.08.2010 - 19:28 Rating: 9 Got Mayhem? Posts: 767 Written by Introspekrieg on 19.08.2010 at 01:46 Samples online: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003ZY259W/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1282166955&sr=8-1 I never thought I'd ever say this about an Enslaved album...but those samples contained some of the most 'evil' sounding riffs I've heard in a while. My interest is very very piqued right now. ---- Loading...
vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 19.08.2010 - 19:31 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 Huh, I wasn't THAT blown away by it, but it sounds great, so yeah, this is definitely maintaining my interest. ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389	Permalink 20.08.2010 - 12:14 Skøllgrim Northern Posts: 389 Enslaved has delivered solid release after release, I doubt this will be an exception. However I am not digging the cover art nor the album title... Loading...
!J.O.O.E.! Account deleted	Permalink 21.08.2010 - 00:31 !J.O.O.E.! Account deleted Samples sound pretty decent; not exactly blowing me away but the fact they haven't softened their sound further is definitely a good sign. Even sounds like they've reverted back to the sound of Ruun rather than that of Vertebrae. Loading...
gopherhawk2@gmail.co Posts: 257	Permalink 21.08.2010 - 05:40 Rating: 7 gopherhawk2@gmail.co Posts: 257 Im really looking forward to this. Vertebrae blew me away and I like the way the band appears to be headed. The art looks good to me and the song titles are pretty original so upon release I'm snatching this one up. ---- Follow your heart, not trends. Loading...
Fenrisborg Account deleted	Permalink 06.09.2010 - 23:07 Fenrisborg Account deleted The first song titled "Ethica Odini" has been released: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWVRaiS00Q&feature=player_embedded And it's awesome. It's a return to the sound of Ruun and and not a continuation of Vertebrae. So it looks like the Enslaved sound won't be watered down anymore! Loading...
worship_non Account deleted	Permalink 09.09.2010 - 02:31 worship_non Account deleted The song's crap. They seem to be completely playing it safe these days, delivering what's expected of them, plastic "progressive" (ie not really progressing anything) metal with no passion, anger, emotion, anything. It would be kind of hard to water their sound down any more, imo. Loading...
vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493	Permalink 18.09.2010 - 16:59 Rating: 9 vezzy Stallmanite Posts: 3493 It seems the album just got leaked. ---- Licensed under the GPLv3. Relinquish proprietary software for a greater GNU/America. Loading...
SoulScarred Posts: 45	Permalink 18.09.2010 - 19:42 SoulScarred Posts: 45 Yeah it is leaked... downloading it now Loading...
pazuzuovbabel Pazuzu Posts: 301	Permalink 19.09.2010 - 10:26 Rating: 9 pazuzuovbabel Pazuzu Posts: 301 First impression ,, Awesome , some how its sound more pre-Vertebrae , more Blackish, and i guess that gona be greatly welcomed by old fans Loading...
worship_non Account deleted	Permalink 20.09.2010 - 17:24 worship_non Account deleted Listened to some more songs on youtube, they sound better than the first one. Loading...
Koen Smits Posts: 1331	Permalink 24.09.2010 - 19:36 Koen Smits Posts: 1331 Can't say it enough: this release will blow you away. A plus! ---- RIP: Frank Vandenbroucke (6 nov 1974 - 12 oct 2009) Written by Bad English on 05.04.2014 at 15:05 but spoil thius film is like spoil porn and say porn ends whit cum shot ... Loading...
Valaskjalf Account deleted	Permalink 25.09.2010 - 01:25 Valaskjalf Account deleted Shit man, got the album a few hours ago and its AWESOME. Wow, very impressive. Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 25.09.2010 - 16:59 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 It is a totally massive brilliant album. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
wh1te603 Posts: 11	Permalink 25.09.2010 - 23:37 Rating: 9 wh1te603 Posts: 11 I love it, never even heard Enslaved before. Just a fantastic album. Loading...