Released 28 February 1999 At the Heart of Winter
(1999) Damned in Black
(2000) Release date 28 February 1999 Producer Peter Tägtgren | Length 46:04 Artist Immortal Label Osmose Productions Genres Black metal, Thrash metal | |
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Recorded November 1998
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Immortal at the heart of winter full album
At the Heart of Winter is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on 28 February 1999 through Osmose Productions. It is the first Immortal album not to feature Demonaz on guitar, as he suffered from acute tendinitis in his hands. The album marks a shift in Immortal's musical sound, towards a black metal and thrash metal fusion.
Contents
Background
At the Heart of Winter was recorded in November 1998 at Abyss Studios in Sweden. It is the first Immortal album not to feature a picture of the band on the cover, and the first to prominently feature the band's new logo. Cover art was painted by J.P. Fournier.
Release
In addition to a CD release, At the Heart of Winter was released as a limited edition metal box, as well as a hand-numbered LP on Osmose, which was later reissued in 2005.
Reception
At the Heart of Winter was well received by critics. John Serba of Allmusic praised the album, writing, "the result is a clarity and focus that few purveyors of the genre succeeded at finding, a painstakingly organized assemblage of black metal's base elements into a disciplined purity of metal that prefers the power of the almighty riff, instead of the occasionally overblown classical structuring of much-lauded stalwarts Emperor and Cradle of Filth, or the strange experimentation that Mayhem and Arcturus would undertake".
Track listing
All lyrics written by Demonaz Doom Occulta; all music composed by Abbath Doom Occulta. Arranged by Abbath and Horgh.
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Additional personnel
Songs
1Withstand the Fall of Time8:30
2Solarfall6:03
3Tragedies Blows at Horizon8:56