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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.

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.[citation needed]

Track listing

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

No.TitleLength
1."One by One"5:00
2."Sons of Northern Darkness"4:47
3."Tyrants"6:18
4."Demonium"3:57
5."Within the Dark Mind"7:31
6."In My Kingdom Cold"7:17
7."Antarctica"7:12
8."Beyond the North Waves"8:06
Total length:50:08

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos10/10[2]

AllMusic called it "arguably one of the best black metal releases ever put forth" and a "masterpiece".[1]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2002) Peak
position
German Albums Chart[3] 58

References

  1. ^ a b Taylor, Jason D. "Sons of Northern Darkness - Immortal : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. ^ Schwarz, Paul (3 July 2002). "CoC : Immortal - Sons of Northern Darkness : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ^ German Top 100
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