Enslaved imagine if the Vikings discovered Haight-Ashbury
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IN AN INTERVIEW directly preceding Enslaved’s fifth livestream, bassist/vocalist Grutle Kjellson states, “Conformity has never been our thing.” That’s an understatement. Over the course of a 30-year career, the Bergen masterminds have bent black metal on their knee, snapped it like plywood and reassembled it using parts of prog, folk, krautrock and acid rock. The Otherworldly Big Band Experience honours such transcendence with suitable ambition. For one night only, experimental rockers Shaman Elephant expand Enslaved’s ranks. The nine-piece proceed to play a rarities set in front of a backdrop of eye-popping special effects.