Vikingligr Veldi

Vikingligr Veldi
Studio album by
Enslaved
Released22 February 1994
RecordedMarch–April 1993 at Grieghallen Studio
Genre
Length50:56
LabelDeathlike Silence
Producer
Enslaved chronology
Hordanes Land
(1993) 		Vikingligr Veldi
(1994) 		Frost
(1994)

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.[2]

Vikingligr Veldi is an Old Norse concept album with lyrics mainly in Icelandic, with the exception of "Heimdallr" in Old Norwegian.[3] Former Old Funeral bassist Thorlak Sigvaldason helped the band translate the Norwegian lyrics into Icelandic.[4] 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.[5][6][7]

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  7. ^ Svendsen, Roy Hilmar (2016-03-12). "– Vi er stolte av alt vi har gjort". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2023-11-03.