Vocalist/bassist Grutle Kjellson commented, “Gangandi” was the final music we made earlier than the recording periods for Heimdal passed off. I keep in mind Ivar driving all the way down to my place from Bergen on a Friday evening to play a demo for a brand new music for me, and I went like, “Daaaaamn, that is one thing else!” I completely beloved it, however on the identical time, I sensed that it was just a little bit to the left of the remainder of the fabric. After I began to determine what to sing over it, I ended up writing a poem in cross rhyme in archaic western Norwegian, which even separated the entire effort even additional away from the remainder of the fabric.
“So, finally, we ended up not together with it on the album, apart from as a bonus observe on essentially the most “unique” and restricted vinyl variations.
“That stated, that doesn’t imply that we don’t benefit from the music! Fairly the opposite! We love this odd little hybrid of people rock, early Mayhem, and King Crimson! It simply ended up being the bizarre cousin of the remainder of the songs. Form of like Enslaved itself as a matter of reality.”