The unusually rollicking rock'n'roll touch of 'Urjotun' or the archaic voice from the deep that is 'Utgardr', the raging force of 'Flight of Thought and Memory' or the elegiac final curtain 'Distant Seasons' show Enslaved more open, more focused and simply more brilliant than ever.
In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, the concept of Utgarðr is used to describe the peripheral world far removed from the abode of man. The tale of Utgarðaloki told, among others, in the Prose Edda and the Gesta Danorum takes place there.
The band changed their name to BurialMound in 1998, but in 2005 Utgard was resurrected as a separate band.
First (before the "Northern Glory" demo) they were called Utgard-Loke and had released an advance tape entitled "Black Moors" with 3 tracks. These songs later appeared in the "Northern Glory" demo.