Immortal - Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (1992)

 

 Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism is their first full-length. It was released on July 1, 1992 through Osmose Productions.
 It is the only album to feature Armagedda on drums.
All lyrics are written by Demonaz Doom Occulta; all music is composed by Abbath Doom Occulta and Demonaz Doom Occulta.
The album was issued as a standard CD, a limited edition LP, a limited edition picture disc and a limited edition cassette tape. The picture disc was later reissued by Osmose Productions in 1998 and the regular LP was reissued in 2005.

 

OPCD 007

 

-Tracklist:

1. Intro     01:35       instrumental
2. The Call of the Wintermoon     05:40
3. Unholy Forces of Evil     04:28
4. Cryptic Winterstorms     06:08
5. Cold Winds of Funeral Dust     03:47
6. Blacker than Darkness     04:17
7. A Perfect Vision of the Rising Northland     09:04

34:59

 

-Line up:

• Demonaz Doom Occulta : Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 1-3, 5-6), Lyrics
• Abbath Doom Occulta : Vocals, Bass, Songwriting
• Armagedda : Drums, Percussion.

 

 

Label: Osmose Productions.

 This is the first pressing of this album on CD. The disc itself contains "Made in Germany" and "GEMA" markings which are not present on any other pressings.

Recorded in Grieghallen Studios, April 1992.

 Cover & artwork by norwegian tattoo and visual artist Jannicke Wiese-Hansen.

 Back cover by Stein Kare.

 Engineer & producer: Eirik Hundvin.

 A video was also made for "The Call of the Wintermoon".

Trivia: on the back side of the CD/Tape-version, the track "Cold Winds of Funeral Dust" is misspelled as "Cold Winds of Feneral Dust". The intro is also not mentioned on cover.

Warning - Osmose CD presses from February 2001 up to around 2005 may contain a copy-protection method which renders the CD completely unreadable in PCs and certain modern Hi-Fi systems. This isn't indicated anywhere on the packaging.

 

 

 ''Buried beneath the mountains of frost
Years of silent sorrow grim and dark
My winterwings of evil sleep in eternal nights
In deaths cold crypts of snow
The moon chaimed my return
With the blackstorms I came
And not with the wings.

The Northern darkness marches through the coldest night.

I can't resist the taste from the winds of the moon
I split my tongue for the taste of these winds
And bath my eyes in it's grace
Frost and winters returns to my eyes
The call of the wintermoon.

Nocturnal clouds blows freely in the distance
In the gray mist of deaths horizon
My winterwings of evil sleeps
In deaths cold crypts of snow
Buried beneath the mountains of frost
Years of silent sorrow grim and dark.

Into eternal nights.
Hearing the call of the wintermoon.''

Immortal - Battles In The North (1995) Reissue [2015]

Battles in the North is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on May 15, 1995 through Osmose Productions. It picks up where its predecessor, Pure Holocaust, left off, featuring extreme tempos, low-fidelity production, and lyrics about coldness or wintery landscapes. This is the first album where the concept of Blashyrkh becomes a central focus. The last album to feature Abbath on drums.

The songs "Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons" and "Circling Above in Time Before Time" reference The Underdark, a setting from Dungeons and Dragons.

Music videos were made for "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)" and "Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms", the latter featuring Hellhammer on drums, who also became the band's touring drummer during this period.

Immortal's primary members have never been involved in the more controversial activities of some of their contemporaries in the second wave of black metal. Their lyrics have also never involved the religious or political ideologies often associated with the scene to any great extent, instead being concerned with darkness and evil in a fantasy setting.

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Battles in the North     04:12
2. Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms     02:47
3. Descent into Eminent Silence     03:10
4. Throned by Blackstorms     03:39
5. Moonrise Fields of Sorrow     02:25

Side B:
6. Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons     03:59
7. At the Stormy Gates of Mist     03:00
8. Through the Halls of Eternity     03:36
9. Circling Above in Time Before Time     03:56
10. Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)     04:34

 

-Line up:

- Demonaz: Guitars, songwriting (tracks 1-7, 10), lyrics (tracks 1-8, 10)
- Abbath: Vocals, bass, drums, guitars (lead) (track 4), lyrics (track 9), songwriting (tracks 1-5, 7-10)

 

 

Abbath & Demonaz

Recorded and mixed in Grieghallen Studio, September 1994.

 Music videos were made for "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)" and "Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms".
All lyrics by Demonaz, except "Circling Above in Time Before Time" by Abbath.

Exclusively "Battled" by Abbath and Demonaz.
Executive production: Osmose Productions '95.

From L to R: Demonaz, Abbath, Grim.

Immortal ‎- Sons Of Northern Darkness (2002) [Reissue] (2015)

Euronymous of Mayhem is credited for getting Abbath into black metal and as a result, Abbath getting Varg Vikernes (Burzum) into black metal as well. Despite these associations, Immortal's primary members have never been involved in the more controversial activities of some of their contemporaries in the second wave of black metal. Their lyrics have also never involved the religious or political ideologies often associated with the scene to any great extent, instead being concerned with darkness and evil in a fantasy setting.

Co-founder Demonaz stepped down from being the guitarist of band in 1997 due to severe tendinitis in his arms that prevented him from playing the guitar. He has continued to write lyrics and has occasionally served as manager for Immortal since.

In 2003 Abbath, Demonaz, and Horgh decided to stop working with Immortal due to personal reasons. Abbath started playing in a Motörhead cover band called Bömbers, together with Tore Bratseth (Old Funeral, Desekrator) and Pez, and also started the more traditional metal band I.

Immortal reformed in June 2006 and later released one more album All Shall Fall but in March 2015 the band split-up once again due to disagreement between the members. Abbath went on to record a new album under his own name.

The band was reactivated again in August 2015, and features a lineup of Demonaz and Horgh. The justification for this was that because Abbath failed to secure the trademark to the band's name and was also pursuing his new solo project, Demonaz was free to use the Immortal moniker.

According to the band, "Blashyrkh" is a mystical place only known by its name; a demon and battle-filled realm of eternal darkness and winter.

 

-Tracklist:

A1. One By One
A2. Sons Of Northern Darkness
A3. Tyrants
B1. Demonium

B2. Within The Dark Mind
B3. In My Kingdom Cold
C1. Antarctica
C2. Beyond The North Waves

 

-Line up:

• Abbath: Vocals, Bass (tracks 2-8), Guitars
• Iscariah: Bass (track 1)
• Horgh: Drums
• Demonaz: Lyrics.

 

 

 

Label: Nuclear Blast.

Recorded and mixed in Abyss Studios, September 2001.
White-black vinyl in a gatefold cover, limited to 500 copies.
Side D is etched with an Immortal band picture. 

Producer: Peter Tägtgren.

 In an interview with Mortem Zine, Iscariah confirmed that Abbath tracked all bass on this album except for "One by One".

 

28.04.2012 SWR Barroselas Metal Fest XV (Por)