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Life for immortal beings would slowly develop a monotonous schedule based around needs, habits and commitments. Day in and day out, immortal beings could expect the same tedious activities, with no end in sight. Even holidays (and even psychedelic trips) will eventually become a mere part of the tired old schedule. An Immortal cannot completely regenerate or replace a limb or major portion of the body that is destroyed or separated. If they lose a hand or an eye, that is permanent. Immortals in the original movie Highlander can sense each other, with one of them describing it as feeling ill. For Immortal /rename is cool on creative I guess, Not getting hungry on survival is. A bit pointless not going to lie, another Kit and an ancient key a month is sorta useful but like that $30 isn’t that important. Again it depends who you ask and what they play. Have a Nice Day All The Best Sean MCC Community Member. The Battle of Kamtal in which many immortals die circa 2,500BC. Bran is killed by Karniel and Karniel is killed by Caspian. Caspian estimated to have taken 15 heads in an hour. Thus ends the original age of ancient immortals. Dilijan also fought in that battle. The Second Age of Ancient Immortals Across the world 2,500BC-800BC CHINA: Sun.Like the title says I’ll be ranking all the 8 albums by Immortal released thus far. After discovering the Norwegian and Swedish Black Metal scene in 1994 they were the 4th band I started to listen to after Dissection (Metal of Death, yeah I know..), Emperor and Marduk.
Immortal are one of the most important bands in the genre I think. They surely attracted many people to the scene with their own unique Black Metal sound. Enter The Eternal Fire from the timeless classic Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) by Bathory certainly inspired them especially for Battles In The North and the later records.
The new Immortal song was just released, the title track from their new album Northern Chaos Gods. It will mark a new dawn in the Immortal saga. But first let’s all remember their glorious past. Black Metal excellence of the finest sort that was crafted by a legendary band.
Note that I don’t include the live CD & DVD The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh (2010). Because it doesn’t fill my criteria for a list of their full length albums, it’s the same reason I would never include a compilation album neither.
All of these records are great I want to state at first. Some amazing, some excellent, some of them are masterpieces. I made this list many months ago and really put much time into it. Didn’t slop together something during a coffee break at work.
This is my opinion of what I consider to be the best Immortal albums ranked from ’worst’ to best:Immortal Rankings Highlander 2020
8. All Shall Fall (2009)It was pretty easy to pick out my least favorite. This was the first Immortal album in 7 years after the band had its break between 2003-06, they had also recruited Apollyon (Aura Noiretc.) on bass. The album starts of really strong with the best song on this album the title track All Shall Fall.I really liked that Immortal used this as the live opener on some occasions, it’s a very fitting song to start of a concert with, as they did many times on their last tour with Abbath. The band recorded the album in both Greighallen and Abyss Studios. I think they got a good sound it’s better then average but for me I would’ve preferred a more raw and unfiltered sound.
Other outstanding tracks are the last one on the record Unearthly Kingdom and also Norden On Fire the other songs are good, but not on par with Immortal can preform so it’s somewhat uneven. Some of the guitar solos by Abbath are not great in my opinion one certainly miss Demonaz on this record..
I have to admit that when I heard this for the first time I hated it. Just released 13 months after their masterpiece At The Heart of Winter I was so disappointed.
Like we did back in those days I would listen to the album at the record store with headphones before deciding to buy it (at least me I didn’t dabble with MP3’s). After a couple of songs I had enough and didn’t buy it.
The production sounded so weak in my ears and the songs weren’t even close to its predecessor. But I gave the album another chance after some time and I discovered that indeed there was some great songs on the record like Triumph; Wrath From Above; Damned In Black etc. and got the album on a digipack CD something I always was a sucker for back in the day. I still think the production sounds weak compared to the rest of their discography.
Also something I think is worth mentioning is that ever since Demonaz had to quit playing guitar in Immortal is that the albums became longer. But out of the 4 with Abbath on guitar this one clocks in at 36 min 43 sec making it the shortest one of those 4.
All the 4 first albums was shorter than Damned In Black while Sons of Northern Darkness is over 50 min making it their longest record and ’Blizzard Beasts’ the shortest 28 min 56 sec.
For the third time the band worked with Peter Tägtgren. The production between this and it’s predecessor is night and day because it sounds great. Also lots of great songs like One By One; Tyrants; Sons of Northern Darkness; Beyond the North Waves and In My Kingdom Cold.
It felt like the Immortal were back in great form and some great Abbath riffs on this one. Even if as a whole the album is a bit uneven in terms of its material.
They toured extensively for this record and in 2003 they decided to quit Immortal due to ’personal reasons’. However Abbath & Demonaz hooked up with former drummer Armagedda and started the band simply called I and released an album called Between Two Worlds (2006) that had a more Heavy Metal direction. It’s a good album but not close to anything Immortal produced.
Just a couple of months after that release Immortal had reformed and played the Inferno Festival in Norway in April of 2007 a bunch of festivals in Europe that summer and some North American dates.
For this one the band had found a permanent drummer at last with Horgh. The first time I heard anything from this record was the song Mountains of Might and it’s still my favorite song on Blizzard Beasts album.
I can’t remember if it was on an compilation album that came with a magazine or something a friend had? Know that it appears on the Century Media compilation Feuersturm from 1997 remember borrowing the CD from a friend. It had Darkthrone, Dissection, Arcturus, Emperor, Satyricon, Mayhem etc. just to name a few bands on that double CD with 26 different artists.
Blizzard Beasts took awhile for me to fully appreciate and I hesitated to buy it. Also the fact that I was 17 years old and needed money for beer and other records.. The main complaint about the album is usually the production.
It still sounds very much Black Metal but compared to their 2 previous records it has this ’muddy sound’ (not primitive necro) too it. That’s the best way I can explain it but I wouldn’t change anything on it. Also you can hear some Morbid Angel ’influences’ on this one.
They chose not to record in Grieghallen where they had recorded their 3 previous records, but instead worked in the Sigma Recording Studio with producer Henrikke Helland.
The great songs shows what an amazing album this is, Nebular Ravens Winter great title by the way, was the 2nd song I really liked at first I bought the CD. Others are Battlefields: Noctambulant and Frostdemonstorm but also the rest songs for that matter.
The great classic debut released in July of 1992 and one of the first official records to be released in the Norwegian Black Metal scene after Deathcruch; A Blaze In The Northern Skyand Burzum.
Just like Varg Vikernes did with Burzum also Immortal chose to record this record with Eirik ’Pytten’ Hundvin in Grieghallen that many other bands did during those days like Mayhem, Emperor, Enslaved etc. It has this great grim, cold and primitive sound to it and Immortal really had a sound of their own it wasn’t perfected on this album yet but they came close. It’s also the only full length album with Armagedda as their drummer.
The band had already put out an 7’ vinyl simply called ’Immortal’ in 1991 and 2 tracks from that release is on this record Unholy Forces of Evil and The Cold Winds of Funeral Frost. The band made a video for the song The Call of the Wintermoon. Amazing song but the video is very isn’t very good.
I don’t remember even seeing that promo video on European MTV Headbanger’s Ball at the time and I’m glad that wasn’t my first experience with the Black Metal genre. At the time I was into Thrash Metal (Slayer, Kreator, Sepultura etc.) and Death Metal (Entombed, Dismember, Morbid Angel etc.) and would have wondered what the fuck is this what Black Metal is supposed to be like.
Now I’m glad it exists and it’s not the worst Black Metal video I’ve ever seen I just say Lilith’s Em...
Anyway I think that ’Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism’ should be in every ones collection if you’re into Norwegian Black Metal not just because it’s one of the first records released in the scene but also the fact it’s also an excellent album.
The first record without Demonaz on guitar due to his illness severe tendinitis in his arms that prevented him to play the guitar. Abbath then singer & bassist took over the role as the guitarist in Immortal, however Demonaz continued with the band to write all the lyrics and occasionally work as the bands manager.
This is also the first time the band worked with Peter Tägtgren in the Abyss Studios. Another first was not to have the band on the front cover art of the album. With all these changes one would probably think Immortal would fail, but they didn’t.
Instead they made an amazing album some have it as their favorite Immortal album and when it was released I was also one of those people.
Some might think nostalgia is why this isn’t my number 1 Immortal record, but no that’s not the case. When it was fresh and new it was amazing it still is, but the other records are better in the long run in my opinion.
I think everything about this record is excellent from the whole white concept of the albums artwork, production, performance, songs, lyrics. A true masterpiece of Norwegian Black Metal scene.
I never heard Immortal say this is a ’concept album’ but in my eyes this the ’Blashyrkh’ peak of the band. It wasn’t as present on Pure Holocaustor Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism but here they go all out and one truly believes in this imaginary world.
There’s nothing I would change on this record it’s pure perfection I could mention songs like my favorite Cursed Realms Of The Winterdemons, the 2 that got promo videos Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms and Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark).
Both were released on the VHS Masters of Nebulah Frost (1995). It has Hellhammer from Mayhem, Arcturus etc on the Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms video, where he looks completly out of place. He was a member in Immortal for a short while in 1995 but it’s actually Abbath who plays drums on the whole Battles In The North album.
Oh yes more songs to mention Battles in the North; Circling Above in Time Before Time I could go on but trust me the whole album is meant to be enjoyed from start to finish.
This record is mandatory to have in your collection! Like the next one and the at least the two albums previous on this list.
The first Immortal album I ever got on CD back in the day. If I only got to listen to one Immortal record for the rest of my life it would be this masterpiece I never grow tired of it and still to this day whenever I throw it on it amazes me.
It’s very different from their followup album Battles in the North, it’s more connected to their debut Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism but still a HUGE progression of their sound.
Although Erik ’Grim’ Brødreskift (1969-1999) is credited as their drummer, Abbath was the one pounding the skins on Pure Holocaust.
I could go on and on about its excellence but instead of reading this if you haven’t heard the record stop reading and get yourself a copy. Preferably on vinyl and enjoy the 8 all brilliant tracks in approx 34 minutes of ’Holocaust Metal’ as Immortal called their music at the time.
Now for the future. I hadn’t pre-ordered the ’Northern Chaos Gods’ vinyl or the 7’ until I heard the new song. I’ll admit I was very pessimistic about the whole thing, from when I first heard about Horgh and Demonaz continuing on with Immortal after Abbath’s depature. Still I was very eager to hear it just because of Demonaz playing guitar once again.
The song blew me fucking away. Fast, aggressive, crushing and those amazing guitars!! It was so rewarding to hear a Demonaz solo on a Immortal song once again after 21 year. But most important they sound hungry and out for bloody vengeance.
However I will say that the vocals isn’t perfect, they are very distorted and way different from the vocals on March of the Norse album by Demonaz but that wouldn’t have fit on a Immortal record anyway. That’s my main gripe with the song but I’ll do with those vocals. I’ve heard MANY worse vocal performances during my years.
I’m very optimistic about the Northern Chaos Gods album but still keep my expectations low. But if the album sounds anything like this song I’ll be very happy man on the 6th of July. Their future looks very interesting to say the least.
Update May 19th 2019
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Well after owning the Northern Chaos Gods album for 10 months now I have to say the result were beyond all expectations. I think that Demonaz vocals fits very fine with the Immortal sound.
I would place this at number 6 just after Blizzard Beasts and definitely before Sons Of Northern Darkness it’s that great and a must have in a Black Metal collection.
Just wish Demonaz and Horgh will play live! Would really like to hear both how the old songs would sound with another vocalist and also the new material. Do know that his injury disabled him from live performances and doing vocals at the same time would probably be difficult.
Haven’t heard anything about them performing live and I wouldn’t like to have another guitarist in Immortal now and Demonaz just doing vocals.
But I don’t want him just to play guitar probably sitting down with some hired vocalist. Okay if they got my favorite Black Metal vocalist of all time Mortuus/Arioch from Marduk and Funeral Mist to fill the live role I would for sure watch it!
We will just have to wait and see whatever the future brings but another album I would buy without any hesitation. In the meanwhile Northern Chaos Gods still fills my Immoral needs for now.
Immortality is a popular subject in fiction, as it explores humanity’s deep-seated fears and comprehension of its own mortality. Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of ’immortal’ tends to vary.
Some fictional beings are completely immortal (or very nearly so) in that they are immune to death by injury, disease and age. Sometimes such powerful immortals can only be killed by each other, as is the case with the Q from the Star Trek series. Even if something can’t be killed, a common plot device involves putting an immortal being into a slumber or limbo, as is done with Morgoth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion and the Dreaming God of Pathways Into Darkness. Storytellers often make it a point to give weaknesses to even the most indestructible of beings. For instance, Superman is supposed to be invulnerable, yet his enemies were able to exploit his now-infamous weakness: Kryptonite. (See also Achilles’ heel.)
Many fictional species are said to be immortal if they cannot die of old age, even though they can be killed through other means, such as injury. Modern fantasy elves often exhibit this form of immortality. Other creatures, such as vampires and the immortals in the film Highlander, can only die from beheading. The classic and stereotypical vampire is typically slain by one of several very specific means, including a silver bullet (or piercing with other silver weapons), a stake through the heart (perhaps made of consecrated wood), or by exposing them to sunlight.[1][2]Mythical creatures[edit]
Mythological beings are often used in modern fiction as characters, as a plot device, or even just as ’window dressing’. Such beings are often either immortal or associated with immortality.
Tezuka Osamu’s lifework Phoenix (known in Japan as Hi no Tori) had a phoenix whose blood would provide immortality. In various ages, many ’heroes’ and ’heroines’ would strive for immortality only to realize that there is something beyond eternal life. In one story titled ’Rose Ham’ (lit. ’Next World Story’) the last remaining human male who survived a holocaust, blessed (or cursed) with immortality through the phoenix blood, would create another beginning of life. In his immortal form, he would see a race of slugs, after gaining intelligence, destroy themselves in another holocaust. He would seed the earth with life that would become present day humans, and finally leave the earth to join his lover, who died billions of years ago, in heaven.
In the Cthulhu Mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft, there is a race of ’Fish-Men’ known as Deep Ones. They stop aging after reaching adulthood and can breed with humans to birth offspring with this ’eternal youth.’ This is a faustian bargain, as after reaching the age of 20, the Deep One Hybrids undergo a transformation from normal humans into Deep Ones. They also lose all concept of humanity and morality and go to live in the ocean with the Deep Ones and to worship the undersea deity Father Dagon, the Ruler of the Deep Ones and consort to Mother Hydra.Negative effects[edit]
Since immortality is seen as a desire of humanity, themes involving immortality often explore the disadvantages as well as the advantages of such a trait. Sometimes immortality is used as a punishment, or a curse that might be intended to teach a lesson. It is not uncommon to find immortal characters yearning for death. In Greek mythology Tithonus was given immortality by Zeus at the behest of his lover Eos, but she did not ask for eternal youth as well so he grew older and weaker and was turned into a cicada, eternally begging for death.
In some parts of popular culture, immortality is not all that it is made out to be, possibly causing insanity and/or significant emotional pain. Much of the time, these things only happen to mortals who gain immortality. Beings born with immortality (such as deities, demigods and races with ’limited immortality’) are usually quite adjusted to their long lives, though some may feel sorrow at the passing of mortal friends, but they still continue on. Some immortals may also watch over mortal relations (either r
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Life for immortal beings would slowly develop a monotonous schedule based around needs, habits and commitments. Day in and day out, immortal beings could expect the same tedious activities, with no end in sight. Even holidays (and even psychedelic trips) will eventually become a mere part of the tired old schedule. An Immortal cannot completely regenerate or replace a limb or major portion of the body that is destroyed or separated. If they lose a hand or an eye, that is permanent. Immortals in the original movie Highlander can sense each other, with one of them describing it as feeling ill. For Immortal /rename is cool on creative I guess, Not getting hungry on survival is. A bit pointless not going to lie, another Kit and an ancient key a month is sorta useful but like that $30 isn’t that important. Again it depends who you ask and what they play. Have a Nice Day All The Best Sean MCC Community Member. The Battle of Kamtal in which many immortals die circa 2,500BC. Bran is killed by Karniel and Karniel is killed by Caspian. Caspian estimated to have taken 15 heads in an hour. Thus ends the original age of ancient immortals. Dilijan also fought in that battle. The Second Age of Ancient Immortals Across the world 2,500BC-800BC CHINA: Sun.Like the title says I’ll be ranking all the 8 albums by Immortal released thus far. After discovering the Norwegian and Swedish Black Metal scene in 1994 they were the 4th band I started to listen to after Dissection (Metal of Death, yeah I know..), Emperor and Marduk.
Immortal are one of the most important bands in the genre I think. They surely attracted many people to the scene with their own unique Black Metal sound. Enter The Eternal Fire from the timeless classic Under The Sign Of The Black Mark (1987) by Bathory certainly inspired them especially for Battles In The North and the later records.
The new Immortal song was just released, the title track from their new album Northern Chaos Gods. It will mark a new dawn in the Immortal saga. But first let’s all remember their glorious past. Black Metal excellence of the finest sort that was crafted by a legendary band.
Note that I don’t include the live CD & DVD The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh (2010). Because it doesn’t fill my criteria for a list of their full length albums, it’s the same reason I would never include a compilation album neither.
All of these records are great I want to state at first. Some amazing, some excellent, some of them are masterpieces. I made this list many months ago and really put much time into it. Didn’t slop together something during a coffee break at work.
This is my opinion of what I consider to be the best Immortal albums ranked from ’worst’ to best:Immortal Rankings Highlander 2020
8. All Shall Fall (2009)It was pretty easy to pick out my least favorite. This was the first Immortal album in 7 years after the band had its break between 2003-06, they had also recruited Apollyon (Aura Noiretc.) on bass. The album starts of really strong with the best song on this album the title track All Shall Fall.I really liked that Immortal used this as the live opener on some occasions, it’s a very fitting song to start of a concert with, as they did many times on their last tour with Abbath. The band recorded the album in both Greighallen and Abyss Studios. I think they got a good sound it’s better then average but for me I would’ve preferred a more raw and unfiltered sound.
Other outstanding tracks are the last one on the record Unearthly Kingdom and also Norden On Fire the other songs are good, but not on par with Immortal can preform so it’s somewhat uneven. Some of the guitar solos by Abbath are not great in my opinion one certainly miss Demonaz on this record..
I have to admit that when I heard this for the first time I hated it. Just released 13 months after their masterpiece At The Heart of Winter I was so disappointed.
Like we did back in those days I would listen to the album at the record store with headphones before deciding to buy it (at least me I didn’t dabble with MP3’s). After a couple of songs I had enough and didn’t buy it.
The production sounded so weak in my ears and the songs weren’t even close to its predecessor. But I gave the album another chance after some time and I discovered that indeed there was some great songs on the record like Triumph; Wrath From Above; Damned In Black etc. and got the album on a digipack CD something I always was a sucker for back in the day. I still think the production sounds weak compared to the rest of their discography.
Also something I think is worth mentioning is that ever since Demonaz had to quit playing guitar in Immortal is that the albums became longer. But out of the 4 with Abbath on guitar this one clocks in at 36 min 43 sec making it the shortest one of those 4.
All the 4 first albums was shorter than Damned In Black while Sons of Northern Darkness is over 50 min making it their longest record and ’Blizzard Beasts’ the shortest 28 min 56 sec.
For the third time the band worked with Peter Tägtgren. The production between this and it’s predecessor is night and day because it sounds great. Also lots of great songs like One By One; Tyrants; Sons of Northern Darkness; Beyond the North Waves and In My Kingdom Cold.
It felt like the Immortal were back in great form and some great Abbath riffs on this one. Even if as a whole the album is a bit uneven in terms of its material.
They toured extensively for this record and in 2003 they decided to quit Immortal due to ’personal reasons’. However Abbath & Demonaz hooked up with former drummer Armagedda and started the band simply called I and released an album called Between Two Worlds (2006) that had a more Heavy Metal direction. It’s a good album but not close to anything Immortal produced.
Just a couple of months after that release Immortal had reformed and played the Inferno Festival in Norway in April of 2007 a bunch of festivals in Europe that summer and some North American dates.
For this one the band had found a permanent drummer at last with Horgh. The first time I heard anything from this record was the song Mountains of Might and it’s still my favorite song on Blizzard Beasts album.
I can’t remember if it was on an compilation album that came with a magazine or something a friend had? Know that it appears on the Century Media compilation Feuersturm from 1997 remember borrowing the CD from a friend. It had Darkthrone, Dissection, Arcturus, Emperor, Satyricon, Mayhem etc. just to name a few bands on that double CD with 26 different artists.
Blizzard Beasts took awhile for me to fully appreciate and I hesitated to buy it. Also the fact that I was 17 years old and needed money for beer and other records.. The main complaint about the album is usually the production.
It still sounds very much Black Metal but compared to their 2 previous records it has this ’muddy sound’ (not primitive necro) too it. That’s the best way I can explain it but I wouldn’t change anything on it. Also you can hear some Morbid Angel ’influences’ on this one.
They chose not to record in Grieghallen where they had recorded their 3 previous records, but instead worked in the Sigma Recording Studio with producer Henrikke Helland.
The great songs shows what an amazing album this is, Nebular Ravens Winter great title by the way, was the 2nd song I really liked at first I bought the CD. Others are Battlefields: Noctambulant and Frostdemonstorm but also the rest songs for that matter.
The great classic debut released in July of 1992 and one of the first official records to be released in the Norwegian Black Metal scene after Deathcruch; A Blaze In The Northern Skyand Burzum.
Just like Varg Vikernes did with Burzum also Immortal chose to record this record with Eirik ’Pytten’ Hundvin in Grieghallen that many other bands did during those days like Mayhem, Emperor, Enslaved etc. It has this great grim, cold and primitive sound to it and Immortal really had a sound of their own it wasn’t perfected on this album yet but they came close. It’s also the only full length album with Armagedda as their drummer.
The band had already put out an 7’ vinyl simply called ’Immortal’ in 1991 and 2 tracks from that release is on this record Unholy Forces of Evil and The Cold Winds of Funeral Frost. The band made a video for the song The Call of the Wintermoon. Amazing song but the video is very isn’t very good.
I don’t remember even seeing that promo video on European MTV Headbanger’s Ball at the time and I’m glad that wasn’t my first experience with the Black Metal genre. At the time I was into Thrash Metal (Slayer, Kreator, Sepultura etc.) and Death Metal (Entombed, Dismember, Morbid Angel etc.) and would have wondered what the fuck is this what Black Metal is supposed to be like.
Now I’m glad it exists and it’s not the worst Black Metal video I’ve ever seen I just say Lilith’s Em...
Anyway I think that ’Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism’ should be in every ones collection if you’re into Norwegian Black Metal not just because it’s one of the first records released in the scene but also the fact it’s also an excellent album.
The first record without Demonaz on guitar due to his illness severe tendinitis in his arms that prevented him to play the guitar. Abbath then singer & bassist took over the role as the guitarist in Immortal, however Demonaz continued with the band to write all the lyrics and occasionally work as the bands manager.
This is also the first time the band worked with Peter Tägtgren in the Abyss Studios. Another first was not to have the band on the front cover art of the album. With all these changes one would probably think Immortal would fail, but they didn’t.
Instead they made an amazing album some have it as their favorite Immortal album and when it was released I was also one of those people.
Some might think nostalgia is why this isn’t my number 1 Immortal record, but no that’s not the case. When it was fresh and new it was amazing it still is, but the other records are better in the long run in my opinion.
I think everything about this record is excellent from the whole white concept of the albums artwork, production, performance, songs, lyrics. A true masterpiece of Norwegian Black Metal scene.
I never heard Immortal say this is a ’concept album’ but in my eyes this the ’Blashyrkh’ peak of the band. It wasn’t as present on Pure Holocaustor Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism but here they go all out and one truly believes in this imaginary world.
There’s nothing I would change on this record it’s pure perfection I could mention songs like my favorite Cursed Realms Of The Winterdemons, the 2 that got promo videos Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms and Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark).
Both were released on the VHS Masters of Nebulah Frost (1995). It has Hellhammer from Mayhem, Arcturus etc on the Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms video, where he looks completly out of place. He was a member in Immortal for a short while in 1995 but it’s actually Abbath who plays drums on the whole Battles In The North album.
Oh yes more songs to mention Battles in the North; Circling Above in Time Before Time I could go on but trust me the whole album is meant to be enjoyed from start to finish.
This record is mandatory to have in your collection! Like the next one and the at least the two albums previous on this list.
The first Immortal album I ever got on CD back in the day. If I only got to listen to one Immortal record for the rest of my life it would be this masterpiece I never grow tired of it and still to this day whenever I throw it on it amazes me.
It’s very different from their followup album Battles in the North, it’s more connected to their debut Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism but still a HUGE progression of their sound.
Although Erik ’Grim’ Brødreskift (1969-1999) is credited as their drummer, Abbath was the one pounding the skins on Pure Holocaust.
I could go on and on about its excellence but instead of reading this if you haven’t heard the record stop reading and get yourself a copy. Preferably on vinyl and enjoy the 8 all brilliant tracks in approx 34 minutes of ’Holocaust Metal’ as Immortal called their music at the time.
Now for the future. I hadn’t pre-ordered the ’Northern Chaos Gods’ vinyl or the 7’ until I heard the new song. I’ll admit I was very pessimistic about the whole thing, from when I first heard about Horgh and Demonaz continuing on with Immortal after Abbath’s depature. Still I was very eager to hear it just because of Demonaz playing guitar once again.
The song blew me fucking away. Fast, aggressive, crushing and those amazing guitars!! It was so rewarding to hear a Demonaz solo on a Immortal song once again after 21 year. But most important they sound hungry and out for bloody vengeance.
However I will say that the vocals isn’t perfect, they are very distorted and way different from the vocals on March of the Norse album by Demonaz but that wouldn’t have fit on a Immortal record anyway. That’s my main gripe with the song but I’ll do with those vocals. I’ve heard MANY worse vocal performances during my years.
I’m very optimistic about the Northern Chaos Gods album but still keep my expectations low. But if the album sounds anything like this song I’ll be very happy man on the 6th of July. Their future looks very interesting to say the least.
Update May 19th 2019
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Well after owning the Northern Chaos Gods album for 10 months now I have to say the result were beyond all expectations. I think that Demonaz vocals fits very fine with the Immortal sound.
I would place this at number 6 just after Blizzard Beasts and definitely before Sons Of Northern Darkness it’s that great and a must have in a Black Metal collection.
Just wish Demonaz and Horgh will play live! Would really like to hear both how the old songs would sound with another vocalist and also the new material. Do know that his injury disabled him from live performances and doing vocals at the same time would probably be difficult.
Haven’t heard anything about them performing live and I wouldn’t like to have another guitarist in Immortal now and Demonaz just doing vocals.
But I don’t want him just to play guitar probably sitting down with some hired vocalist. Okay if they got my favorite Black Metal vocalist of all time Mortuus/Arioch from Marduk and Funeral Mist to fill the live role I would for sure watch it!
We will just have to wait and see whatever the future brings but another album I would buy without any hesitation. In the meanwhile Northern Chaos Gods still fills my Immoral needs for now.
Immortality is a popular subject in fiction, as it explores humanity’s deep-seated fears and comprehension of its own mortality. Immortal beings and species abound in fiction, especially fantasy fiction, and the meaning of ’immortal’ tends to vary.
Some fictional beings are completely immortal (or very nearly so) in that they are immune to death by injury, disease and age. Sometimes such powerful immortals can only be killed by each other, as is the case with the Q from the Star Trek series. Even if something can’t be killed, a common plot device involves putting an immortal being into a slumber or limbo, as is done with Morgoth in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion and the Dreaming God of Pathways Into Darkness. Storytellers often make it a point to give weaknesses to even the most indestructible of beings. For instance, Superman is supposed to be invulnerable, yet his enemies were able to exploit his now-infamous weakness: Kryptonite. (See also Achilles’ heel.)
Many fictional species are said to be immortal if they cannot die of old age, even though they can be killed through other means, such as injury. Modern fantasy elves often exhibit this form of immortality. Other creatures, such as vampires and the immortals in the film Highlander, can only die from beheading. The classic and stereotypical vampire is typically slain by one of several very specific means, including a silver bullet (or piercing with other silver weapons), a stake through the heart (perhaps made of consecrated wood), or by exposing them to sunlight.[1][2]Mythical creatures[edit]
Mythological beings are often used in modern fiction as characters, as a plot device, or even just as ’window dressing’. Such beings are often either immortal or associated with immortality.
Tezuka Osamu’s lifework Phoenix (known in Japan as Hi no Tori) had a phoenix whose blood would provide immortality. In various ages, many ’heroes’ and ’heroines’ would strive for immortality only to realize that there is something beyond eternal life. In one story titled ’Rose Ham’ (lit. ’Next World Story’) the last remaining human male who survived a holocaust, blessed (or cursed) with immortality through the phoenix blood, would create another beginning of life. In his immortal form, he would see a race of slugs, after gaining intelligence, destroy themselves in another holocaust. He would seed the earth with life that would become present day humans, and finally leave the earth to join his lover, who died billions of years ago, in heaven.
In the Cthulhu Mythos created by H. P. Lovecraft, there is a race of ’Fish-Men’ known as Deep Ones. They stop aging after reaching adulthood and can breed with humans to birth offspring with this ’eternal youth.’ This is a faustian bargain, as after reaching the age of 20, the Deep One Hybrids undergo a transformation from normal humans into Deep Ones. They also lose all concept of humanity and morality and go to live in the ocean with the Deep Ones and to worship the undersea deity Father Dagon, the Ruler of the Deep Ones and consort to Mother Hydra.Negative effects[edit]
Since immortality is seen as a desire of humanity, themes involving immortality often explore the disadvantages as well as the advantages of such a trait. Sometimes immortality is used as a punishment, or a curse that might be intended to teach a lesson. It is not uncommon to find immortal characters yearning for death. In Greek mythology Tithonus was given immortality by Zeus at the behest of his lover Eos, but she did not ask for eternal youth as well so he grew older and weaker and was turned into a cicada, eternally begging for death.
In some parts of popular culture, immortality is not all that it is made out to be, possibly causing insanity and/or significant emotional pain. Much of the time, these things only happen to mortals who gain immortality. Beings born with immortality (such as deities, demigods and races with ’limited immortality’) are usually quite adjusted to their long lives, though some may feel sorrow at the passing of mortal friends, but they still continue on. Some immortals may also watch over mortal relations (either r
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