Ihsahn you to check out Ihsahn’s upcoming self-titled album. It should come as little surprise to folks familiar with his work that the new offering from Ihsahn is an orchestral black metal epic. The intricacies come in that the album comes in multiple versions to form one complete concept album—one metal version and one fully orchestral version, both with differing but parallel narratives to the story. I initially only had the metal version for review and the orchestral parts are very nice, especially in that it seems so far that these are new works rather than sampled standards or mushy … Continue reading Review: Ihsahn – Ihsahn