At the Heart of Winter

1999 studio album by Immortal

At the Heart of Winter

Studio album by

Immortal

Released| February 22, 1999
Recorded| November 1998
Studio| Abyss Studios, Sweden
Genre| Black metal
Length| 46:04
Label| Osmose
Producer| Peter Tägtgren and Immortal
Immortal chronology
| Blizzard Beasts
(1997)  | At the Heart of Winter
(1999)  | Damned in Black
(2000)

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At the Heart of Winter is the fifth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on February 22, 1999 through Osmose Productions. It is the first Immortal album not to feature Demonaz on guitar, as he suffered from acute 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

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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

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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

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Chronicles of Chaos| 9/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 9/10[4]
Decibel| 9/10[2]
Sputnikmusic| 4.5/5[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

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All lyrics are written by Demonaz Doom Occulta; all music is composed by Abbath Doom Occulta. Arranged by Abbath and Horgh

No.| Title| Length

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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

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Immortal

* Abbath Doom Occulta – vocals, guitar, bass, synthesizer
* Horgh – drums

Additional personnel

* Demonaz Doom Occulta – lyrics

## References

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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. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
5. ^ Ward, Kyle. "Immortal - At the Heart of Winter". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

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Immortal

* Demonaz Doom Occulta

* Abbath Doom Occulta
* Horgh
* Apollyon
* Jørn Inge Tunsberg
* Armagedda
* Kolgrim
* Grim
* Hellhammer
* Ares
* Iscariah
* Saroth

Studio albums|

* Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
* Pure Holocaust
* Battles in the North
* Blizzard Beasts
* At the Heart of Winter
* Damned in Black
* Sons of Northern Darkness
* All Shall Fall
* Northern Chaos Gods
* War Against All

Video albums|

* The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh

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* Abbath
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* Old Funeral

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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