THE SEVEN-YEAR ITCH

After a seven-year absence, Seven Impale are back with their third album, the Enslaved-approved Summit. But, despite their name, a delay of that length certainly wasn’t intentional. The Norwegian sextet bring Prog up to date on their current four-track, which embraces the myths of Ancient Greece and uses them as a metaphor for the trials of modern society.

Julian Marszalek

“When we make music, we’re depending on every member of the band to do his part. It would feel wrong if three of us got together and made half a record and then waited for the rest of the guys.”Tormod Fosso “I don’t think it was our intention to wait seven years,” says Seven Impale saxophonist Benjamin Mekki Widerøe as he ponders the considerable gap between the band’s album releases. “Our last album, Contrapasso, was made at a point where we had more free time, I think. Most of us were studying or working part time. And there were no children involved. So yeah, we had more time then to make music and just record albums and keep the ball rolling.” Almost following to the letter John Lennon’s famed observation…

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