(In stock during January)

Many consider this album the weakest point by Immortal in their long career. I consider Blizzard Beast the turning point for them, instead. As you know, Immortal, during their career, passed through different kinds of black metal. They started as an almost old Bathory clone in their excellent debut, to become faster and icier in the following Pure Holocaust. Battles In The North was achieved as one of the most representative and fast examples of freezing black, as an epitome of the winter itself. This Blizzard Beast I think it was brought down in value just because it’s between two masterpieces of a different kind of black metal by Immortal, Battles In the North and the thrash/epic/black majesty of At The Heart Of Winter.

Many see this album as the forgotten one, maybe also for its short length but it’s also remarkable for the innovations that follow him and for a new conception of black metal by these guys. They couldn’t top the speed, the black essence and the personification of winter that lies in the two albums before, so they decided that it was time to change something remaining the same, a fucking black metal war machine. One song in particular showed that there was something new from this band, right to demonstrate that they were also good at playing something more epic and less fast without losing their coldness and that song was “Mountains Of Might”.

Black LP (180g) in a black poly-lined innersleeve.
Gatefold cover.
Full-color printed on 350g carton with high-gloss lamination.
All assembled in a plastic overbag.