Enslaved release new sea shanties ‘Fire Marengo’ and ‘Anna Lovinda’
ENSLAVED have released two new recordings!
The Norwegian progressive metal trailblazers have unveiled two unique sea‑shanty recordings, created in collaboration with the STORM WEATHER SHANTY CHOIR. Titled Fire Marengo and Anna Lovinda, the tracks were recorded aboard Bergen’s iconic tall ship, the Statsraad Lehmkuhl, a vessel deeply embedded in the coastal heritage that has shaped ENSLAVED’s identity for over three decades.
Fire Marengo is a traditional shanty, while Anna Lovinda was written by the late Norwegian sailor and cultural figure Erik Bye, further strengthening the project’s connection to maritime tradition and the lived history of Norway’s west coast.
Speaking about the project, the band state, “ENSLAVED was formed on the western edge of Norway, where mountains fall into the sea and history is carried by wind and tide. Bergen is not simply a coastal city; it is a threshold — between land and ocean, between myth and lived experience. The sea is not scenery here. It is memory, labour, departure and return.
Among the most powerful living symbols of this heritage is Statsraad Lehmkuhl, the great Bergen tall ship that still sails the world’s oceans. Around this vessel lives and breathes the shanty tradition – songs born of rhythm, rope, salt, and collective effort. From this environment emerged STORM WEATHER SHANTY CHOIR. In November 2025, during the choir’s 20th anniversary concert in Bergen, we joined forces on the traditional Fire Marengo and the Norwegian shanty Anna Lovinda, written by the late sailor and cultural figure Erik Bye. The collaboration felt less like fusion and more like recognition – two expressions of the same coastal inheritance meeting at the centre.
After the performance, it was clear that this convergence should not remain ephemeral. We met again in early 2026 to record the material – not as novelty, but as continuation. Because at the centre – at mið – we find not isolation, but shared origin. Wind, rhythm, voice. The same pulse that once moved sails now moves amplifiers. The same call‑and‑response that coordinated labour now shapes modern ritual. The sea remembers. And so do we.”
Watch the official lyric video for Fire Marengo here:
Listen to Anna Lovinda here:
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