IMMORTAL — Blizzard Beasts (review)

IMMORTAL — Blizzard Beasts album cover Album · 1997 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
1/5 ·
metalmillennium
Yet another new album from Immortal and after adding a new drummer, Horgh.

Coming alive with Abbath's trademark rasp, tribal drums and howling winds, the cd starts off pretty well. But that doesn't last too long. The unfortuneate thing about this album is that it starts off so well and then loses ground until it can't catch up. Mixing a few decent songs with some disasters doesn't work too well, especially with some decent, thrown together production to top things off. Every aspect of Immortal is still present, but they have put things together in a poor way, leaving the album to degrade itself from song 1. This is Horgh's first recording with the band and he shows some decent drumming, but is a far cry from what he sounds like today. This would be Demonaz's last recording with the band due to tendinitis in his right wrist, and it dissapoints me to see him close his career with a recording this like one. The variation, uniqueness and production of Immortal's sound has gone downhill on this album. As much as the cd tries to keep you interested, it just doesn't follow through and suffers being shelved after the third or fourth song, even with the songs "Nebular Ravens Winter" and "Blizzard Beasts".

Unless you're an Immortal fanatic, avoid this one.
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