Source: Blabbermouth.net
EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) has completed work on his new solo album, to be released soon via Candlelight Records.
Ihsahn played a brand new song, “My Heart Is Of The North”, at this year’s edition of the Heavy Montreal festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.
Ihsahn told Eternal Terror in June about his forthcoming solo CD: “I would say in 95 percent of cases, [when I am working on a new album] it’s all fresh [ideas that I end up using]. This time, it’s a bit diferent. There are a few themes from my upcoming album that were, not leftovers, but things that I wrote in the period when I did [2013’s] ‘Das Seelenbrechen’, but that did not fit into that album, but that I, in my mind, [thought] ‘This wil fit better in the next one.’ Because the previous album was such a, kind of, different type of album.”
Asked if he is the type of artist that listens back to his albums and wishes he could go back and change things about each one, Ihsahn said: “Well, I used to be like that, but now, I guess, since I’ve done quite a few albums over the years, for me, they’re more representations of times. And, I guess, also with my solo work, I’ve had particular ideas… not limiting, but making a framework for each album to work within, so that it becomes a project and kind of an experiment in itself. So whereas the previous album was this total freeform, mental-trip kind of thing, this new album is much more focused on the rhythmical aspects and something that is inspired by other types of music that I really enjoy that are really focusing in on good choruses and really… not necessarily technical, but really cool guitar riffs. At least that’s the intention — to focus on a more classic vibe.“