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'{{short description|Norwegian pagan black metal band}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Isengard | image = Fenriz.jpg | background = group_or_band | years_active = 1989 - Present | origin = [[Oslo]], Norway | genre = [[Death metal]], [[black metal]], [[folk metal]] | label = [[Moonfog Productions|Moonfog]], [[Deaf Records|Deaf]], [[Peaceville Records|Peaceville]] | associated_acts = [[Darkthrone]], [[Storm (Norwegian band)|Storm]], [[Valhall (band)|Valhall]], [[Dødheimsgard]] | past_members = [[Fenriz]] }} '''Isengard''' is a solo project of [[Fenriz]], the drummer of [[Darkthrone]], created in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISENGARD – VARJEVNDOGN |url=https://peaceville.com/bands/isengard/ |website=Peaceville |accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref> It is rooted on Norwegian [[black metal|black]]/[[Viking metal]] and [[experimental rock]] on some tracks, and named after the large fortress [[Isengard]] in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' [[book series]]. ==History== The person/creature in Isengard's logo was taken from an old ''Lord of the Rings'' [[role-playing game|RPG]] called [[Middle-earth Role Playing]]. The original illustration represents Thuringwethil, the vampire from Tolkien's book ''[[The Silmarillion]]''. Fenriz created Isengard because he had many musical ideas that did not fit in with the style and music of Darkthrone. Fenriz performed all instruments and vocals himself. ''[[Vinterskugge]]'' is a compilation of three demos recorded before the full-length album ''[[Høstmørke]]'' was recorded.<ref>{{cite web |title=Isengard - Vinterskugge |url=https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/4911 |website=Metal Reviews |accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref> When asked how he felt about Isengard in a November 2007 interview, Fenriz commented that he does not "understand why people like it so much".<ref name="DarkthroneLucemFero">{{cite web|title=New Wave of Black Heavy Metal - Fenriz pays tribute to the golden eighties era with Darkthrone's thirteenth album ''F. O. A. D.''|author=Morgan, Anthony|publisher=Lucem Fero|date=October 2007|url=http://www.lucemfero.com/darkthrone102007.php|accessdate=2008-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408091753/http://www.lucemfero.com/darkthrone102007.php|archive-date=2009-04-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> He stated that people like "the elements" which he doesn't like, namely the project's folk metal aspect.<ref name="DarkthroneLucemFero"/> In 2016, Peaceville Records issued a two-song 7" entitled "Traditional Doom Cult".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Isengard-Traditional-Doom-Cult-/release/9478804|title=Isengard - Traditional Doom Cult|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=7 October 2020}}</ref> Its A-side, "The Light", was recorded in 1989 whereas the B-side "The Fright" was recorded in the early 1990s. A third Isengard album entitled "Vårjevndøgn" was released in October 2020, consisting of unreleased recordings from 1989 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vårjevndøgn |url=https://burningshed.com/store/peaceville/artists-a-z-peaceville/isengard-az-peaceville/isengard_varjevndogn_cd |website=Burningshed.com |accessdate=18 August 2020}}</ref> ==Discography== * ''Spectres over Gorgoroth'' (demo, 1989) * ''Horizons'' (demo, 1991) * ''Vandreren'' (demo, 1993) * ''[[Vinterskugge]]'' (compilation, 1994) * ''[[Høstmørke]]'' (1995) * ''Traditional Doom Cult'' (2016) * ''Vårjevndøgn '' (2020) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Isengard}} [[Category:Norwegian black metal musical groups]] [[Category:Norwegian folk metal musical groups]] [[Category:Music based on Middle-earth]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1989]] [[Category:1989 establishments in Norway]] [[Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1995]] [[Category:1995 disestablishments in Norway]] [[Category:Musical groups from Oslo]]'