Watch Enslaved's winter solstice clip of Caravans To The Outer World

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Enslaved to release new studio album Heimdal in March 2023 - special two-disc edition to feature Blu-ray of The Otherworldly Big Band Experience livestream

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(Image credit: Press/Nuclear Blast)

Enslaved have shared a "live" video of new single, Caravans To The Outer Worlds – the original appears on their forthcoming studio album, Heimal, out on March 3 via Nuclear Blast. The new clip was recorded during their 2021 Winter Solstice livestream, The Otherworldly Big Band Experience.

Says vocalist Grutle Kjellson, “Caravans To The Outer Worlds was the first material written for our upcoming album [also the title track of the band's 2021 EP], and that first song usually points in a certain direction. However, this song points in several directions, and that really made the whole process immensely interesting, and ultimately pushed us making our best album ever! 

"This live version, taken from The Otherworldly Big Band Experience – our last big project keeping us alive during the pandemic – is the first of hopefully many opportunities to behold a performance of this energetic song. We hope you’ll enjoy it. God Jól!”

The conceptual Heimdal finds the Norwegian prog metallers returning to Norse mythology, and Ragnarök in particular, for inspiration. A special two-disc edition of the album will also be available, which includes a Blu-ray of The Otherworldly Big Band Experience allowing fans to enjoy the full set time after time. Heimdal follows on from 2020's very proggy Utgard.

Enslaved will co-headline a North American tour in April 2023, with additional festival shows already confirmed at Denmark's Winter Metal Magic (Feb 03), the UK's Incineration Festival (May 13) and Mexico's Metal Fest (Nov 10-11).

Enjoy the live clip of Caravans To The Outer Worlds below.

Enslaved: Heimdal
01. Behind The Mirror
02. Congelia
03. Forest Dweller
04. Kingdo
05. The Eternal Sea
06. Caravans To The Outer Worlds
07. Gangandi (Bonus Track)*
08. Heimdal

Natasha Scharf
Natasha Scharf
Deputy Editor, Prog

Contributing to Prog since the very first issue, writer and broadcaster Natasha Scharf was the magazine’s News Editor before she took up her current role of Deputy Editor, and has interviewed some of the best-known acts in the progressive music world from ELP, Yes and Marillion to Nightwish, Dream Theater and TesseracT. Starting young, she set up her first music fanzine in the late 80s and became a regular contributor to local newspapers and magazines over the next decade. The 00s would see her running the dark music magazine, Meltdown, as well as contributing to Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Terrorizer and Artrocker. Author of music subculture books The Art Of Gothic and Worldwide Gothic, she’s since written album sleeve notes for Cherry Red, and also co-wrote Tarja Turunen’s memoirs, Singing In My Blood. Beyond the written word, Natasha has spent several decades as a club DJ, spinning tunes at aftershow parties for Metallica, Motörhead and Nine Inch Nails. She’s currently the only member of the Prog team to have appeared on the magazine’s cover.