ENSLAVED Posts Video for “The Watcher,” Cancels U.S. Tour

Norways ENSLAVED recently traveled to Gothenburg, Sweden to work with Revolver Film Company director and Norwegian Grammy Award winner Patric Ullaeus (Dimmu Borgir, Keep Of Kalessin, In Flames) to shoot a video for “The Watcher,” a track off their recently Billboard-charting album, Vertebrae.

The video is set for a worldwide debut on December 3, 2008, with debut location to be announced on day of unveiling!

To keep the fans excited, ENSLAVED will be posting one exclusive photo each day on their MySpace photo section with screen shots taken directly from the video and will continue to do so up until the day of the video debut!
SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN EVERY DAY!

Exclusive photos of the video shoot (taken by Tonje E. Peersen) can be viewed here:
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=61683838&blogID=450216502

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ENSLAVED share their thoughts about working with Ullaeus and the video itself:
When we got the chance to work with Patric and Revolver, we grasped it with all ten hands. His works are very impressive. We were first exposed to him through Dimmu Borgirs latest video – the whole thing was very professional and remained tasty within the fantasy framework.

Our previous videos have been do-it-yourself and we have never worked with special effects on such a high level before. The video is built upon a dual development: the band performing the song in parallel with a story line. The story is based upon [lead singer/bassist] Grutles lyrics for The Watcher and the story is written out in a co-operation between Grutle & [guitarist/songwriter] Ivar [Bjřrnson] from the band, and director Patric Ullaeus.

Without spoiling the surprise, the video story follows the lines of the lyrics the individuals struggle for truth and liberation, about revealing the real chains of existence and breaking them.
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– IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR –

“It is with great regret that ENSLAVED has to announce the cancellation of the North American 'Vertebrae' tour [with SWALLOW THE SUN and KEEP OF KALESSIN] scheduled for May 2009. At the heart of the issue lies a tour that was hard to get together in the first place so we've decided to let the whole tour be cancelled and start working on setting up a new North American tour all the way from scratch again. . . Our sincere apologies to all the fans that were ready to come out to these shows; but rest assured we are working day and night on setting up the new tour that will replace these dates.”

http://www.myspace.com/enslaved