Hordanes Land
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| Hordanes Land | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | May 1993 | |||
| Recorded | September–October 1992 | |||
| Studio | Lydloftet, Ølen, Norway | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 30:49 | |||
| Language | Norwegian | |||
| Label | Candlelight | |||
| Producer | Enslaved, Kjetil Ulland, Knut Bjarne Bjørkhuag, R. Torsen | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| AllMusic |  (re-release with Vikingligr Veldi)[2] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 5/10[3] |
Hordanes Land is the debut EP by Norwegian extreme metal band Enslaved. It was released in May 1993, through Candlelight Records, and was also released as a split album a few weeks later with Emperor's self-titled EP.[1][4] It was a key release in the development of Viking metal.[2][5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Slaget i skogen bortenfor/Epilog/Slaget" ("The Battle in the Forest Beyond/Epilogue/The Battle") | Ivar Bjørnson, Ivan Pawle | 13:10 |
| 2. | "Allfǫðr Oðinn" ("All-Father Odin") | Bjørnson | 7:50 |
| 3. | "Balfǫr (or Balfar)/Andi fara/Prologr" ("Journey by Fire/Departure of the Soul/Prologue") | Bjørnson | 9:49 |
| 4. | ""Enslaved" (picture disc lp bonus track)" | 6:10 |
