Technical and multifaceted extreme metal is sometimes hard to digest on the first (or even 15th listen). We can't count the number of times we were fairly unimpressed by something, and then six months later that record wound up on our year-end top 10 list. In fact, many of our all-time favorite records are ones we initially had trouble grasping. Fortunately, experimental and progressive Norwegian band, Enslaved, are streaming their new album, Vertebrae, for fans a full month before it hits shelves in the U.S. on Octover 28.
To be honest, Enslaved probably weren't thinking of us Yanks when they set up a streaming link with the folks over at Terrorizer.com,. The disc actually comes out in Europe in about a week, but their oversight is our gain. We've got no idea if the link will still be up after the end of the month, but it's there now. Click "more" to check it out. Read more...
