IHSAHN Opens Up About His Toughest Album Yet | Metal Injection

Frank sits down once again with the legendary Ihsahn, to discuss his new opus self titled album, how and why it was the hardest album he’s made to date, piano as his first instruments and how he feels about it today, his lack of formal training and how it interacts with his song writing, his feelings on black metal today, and anecdotes about the old Emperor photoshoots.
00:00 How his 8th album, became a self titled mission statement
05:11 Ihsahn’s approach to the old school orchestral elements of the LP
09:09 Piano as his first instrument, how he works with it today and shaped this LP
11:20 Why this was the hardest LP he’s ever had to make
12:54 Will he want to keep this level of work ethic going
15:01 Becoming more aware of his relationship to the craft
17:55 Whether his lack of formal music training ever gets in the way
20:27 Planning ahead vs starting with blank slates
22:17 Non-metal artists he’d love to collaborate with
24:34 Whether playing a lot of Emperor impacted music on his solo work
27:47 Does Ihsahn think of himself as a black metal artist still?
29:35 Ihsahn’s feelings on Black Metal today
34:52 Explaining Emperor Photo shoots
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[@patmagh]

36:24 - Gallery Lars Bohman in Stockholm, exhibition by Bjarne Melgaard. You see it in the documentary Until The Light Takes Us.

[@Radowitzki]

Amazing job, Frank! Thanks for this!

[@yannisgouras4482]

Put a dreadlock wig on him and you got Jonathan Davis😂

[@Beelzebubba2823]

And a few pounds