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Sons of Northern Darkness

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Released
  
February 4, 2002

Length
  
50:08

Artist
  
Immortal

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Genres
  
Black metal, Thrash metal

Recorded
  
September 2001

Sons of Northern Darkness (2002)
  
All Shall Fall (2009)

Release date
  
4 February 2002

Producer
  
Peter Tägtgren

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Similar
  
Immortal albums, Black metal albums

Immortal sons of northern darkness full album 2002


Sons of Northern Darkness is the seventh album by the Norwegian black metal band Immortal. Musically, it continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases At the Heart of Winter and Damned in Black. This was the band's first release on Nuclear Blast Records and the last album to feature Iscariah on bass.

Contents

The album was released in multiple formats, including a standard CD, a limited edition four-panel digipak, a limited edition metal box, a "Deluxe Edition" digipak with bonus DVD, a picture disc, a gatefold double LP, and a quadruple 10" leather box. The limited edition metal box was only available via Nuclear Blast mailorder and was sold out before it was actually released.

The song "In My Kingdom Cold" references the H.P. Lovecraft story At the Mountains of Madness.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Demonaz; all music composed by Abbath and Horgh.

Bonus DVD

Recorded with a handy cam by Achim Köhler, May 2, 2003 during the Metal Gods Tour, live at B.B. King's in New York.

  1. "Wrath from Above"
  2. "Damned in Black"
  3. "One by One"
  4. "Tyrants (Part 1)"
  5. "Tyrants (Part 2)"
  6. "Solarfall"
  7. "Beyond the North Waves"

Critical reception

AllMusic called it "arguably one of the best black metal releases ever put forth" and a "masterpiece".

Personnel

  • Abbath Doom Occulta – guitar, vocals
  • Iscariah – bass
  • Horgh – drums
  • Songs

    1One by One5:01
    2Sons of Northern Darkness4:47
    3Tyrants6:18

    References

    Sons of Northern Darkness Wikipedia