By: Enslaved and Storm Weather Shanty Choir

Date: March 27, 2026

Format used: Digital

Rating 4/5

Enslaved has ceased to be the black metal beast it once was for a very long time. With an increasing amount of folk influence in their once more progressive music, it comes as no surprise that Enslaved would embrace one of the most authentic Norwegian folk adjacent outfits out there.

Storm Weather Shanty Choir strikes me as among the initiated, after all, they have the sense to describe themselves in their spotify bio as “rockers” singing Shanties as opposed to aligning themselves outright with Metal. Their dark, slightly somber shanties are spiritually aligned with the music of Enslaved.

What we have is a creative and innovative collab, with the first track receiving the stamp of Enslaved and being transformed from both its original format and from the typical music as Enslaved while not going too far off the mark. In short, the essence of “natural progression”. The second track is more clearly the work of the Storm Weather Shanty Choir but there are some musical nodes that bleed Enslaved. Both of the tracks are so unique I guarantee you if you compared them to every other cover of Fire Morengo and Anna Lovinda, you would be able to pick these out in a crowd. And that is what makes a good cover, this imprinting with your own musical stamp.

If Enslaved continues dropping a single every year or so, and deliver this caliber of song consistently, I for one am okay with that sort of output. Because this content is familiar enough not to be jarring, and new enough to not to be alienating. And the two artists coming together is the collaboration nobody knew they wanted, and I’m sure now that the waters have been braved – we will, in fact, be wanting more.

I would recommend this song to fans of any sort of folk music, as well as fans of Enslaved and Storm Weather Shanty choir. This isn’t a release that has a niche in the existing audience.