The world was suffering a heavy hangover of Carcass 'Heartwork' grooves and 'One Kill Wonder', by The Haunted, was still in the works. Nobody - even the few ones that were lucky enough to grab one of the copies of their 'Blessed By Beyond' demo a few years earlier - was expecting the kind of evolution Kolborn presented in their debut album 'First Enslavement'. Equal parts brutality and groove, wrapped up in all-rounded technical flawless approach by the band and a clinical production by Jacob Bredahl.
