Blizzard Beasts (1997)

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Title: Blizzard Beasts
Artist: Immortal
Genre: Black Metal
Released: 1997

Tracks:
1 - Intro - 1:00
2 - Blizzard Beasts - 2:49
3 - Nebular Ravens Winter - 4:12
4 - Suns That Sank Below - 2:46
5 - Battlefields - 3:40
6 - Mountains of Might - 6:37
7 - Noctambulant - 2:22
8 - Winter of the Ages - 2:32
9 - Frostdemonstorm - 2:53

Overview:

Blizzard Beasts is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on March 20, 1997 through Osmose Productions. It is the last Immortal album to feature the performance of founding member Demonaz Doom Occulta until 2018. and the first to feature Horgh on drums. Demonaz was later diagnosed with acute tendinitis which prevented him from playing guitar at the required speed for Immortal's music. Stylistically, Blizzard Beasts has primarily songs that are less than three minutes long, contrasting with Immortal's usual longer song lengths.

 

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I love that this album was a bit more stripped down and was more thrashy compared to some of the albums before and after. The run time means the album doesn't overstay it's welcome because of the fact it was more thrashy Black Metal.