At the Heart of Winter

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At the Heart of Winter
Studio album by
Immortal
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1999
RecordedNovember 1998
StudioAbyss Studios, Sweden
GenreBlack metal
Length46:04
LabelOsmose
ProducerPeter Tägtgren and Immortal
Immortal chronology
Blizzard Beasts
(1997) 		At the Heart of Winter
(1999) 		Damned in Black
(2000)

At the Heart of Winter is the fifth studio album by Norwegian

tendinitis in his hands, as well as the last album until Sons of Northern Darkness to feature Abbath on bass. The album marks a shift in Immortal's musical sound, towards a black metal and thrash metal fusion.[1]

Background

At the Heart of Winter was recorded in November 1998 at Abyss Studios in Sweden.[2] It is the first Immortal album not to feature a picture of the band on the cover, and the first to prominently feature the band's new logo, with the cover art was painted by J. P. Fournier.

Release

In addition to a CD release, At the Heart of Winter was released as a limited-edition metal box, as well as a hand-numbered LP on Osmose, which was later reissued in 2005.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[4]
Decibel9/10[2]
Sputnikmusic4.5/5[5]

At the Heart of Winter was well received by critics. John Serba of AllMusic praised the album, writing, "the result is a clarity and focus that few purveyors of the genre succeeded at finding, a painstakingly organized assemblage of black metal's base elements into a disciplined purity of metal that prefers the power of the almighty riff, instead of the occasionally overblown classical structuring of much-lauded stalwarts Emperor and Cradle of Filth, or the strange experimentation that Mayhem and Arcturus would undertake".[1]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by

Horgh

No.TitleLength
1."Withstand the Fall of Time"8:29
2."Solarfall"6:02
3."Tragedies Blows at Horizon"8:55
4."Where Dark and Light Don't Differ"6:45
5."At the Heart of Winter"8:00
6."Years of Silent Sorrow"7:53
Total length:46:04

Personnel

Immortal
  • Abbath Doom Occulta
    – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer
  • Horgh
    – drums
Additional personnel
  • Demonaz Doom Occulta
    – lyrics

References

  1. ^ a b c Serba, John. "At the Heart of Winter - Immortal : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Bennett, J. "Decibel Magazine: Immortal - At the Heart of Winter". decibelmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ^ Schwarz, Paul (19 May 1999). "CoC : Immortal - At the Heart of Winter : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9
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  5. ^ Ward, Kyle. "Immortal - At the Heart of Winter". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
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