IMMORTAL All Shall Fall CD (2009)

Abbath and Horgh came back from the frozen north with frostbite, riffs, and something to prove. After a seven-year silence, Immortal returned in 2009 with All Shall Fall and reminded every pretender exactly how Norwegian black metal is supposed to sound: colossal, glacial, and utterly without mercy.

This is the album that silenced the doubters who thought the Blashyrkh saga was finished. The production is massive without losing that raw, windswept hostility the genre demands. "All Shall Fall" and "Norden on Fire" hit like an avalanche in slow motion. If you came to black metal through the second wave and never left, this belongs in your collection. Essential for anyone who takes their dark aesthetic seriously and knows the difference between atmosphere and atmosphere done correctly.

Full-length CD, 2009 release on Nuclear Blast. Nine tracks. Norwegian black metal, for the record.

Fans of: Mayhem, Darkthrone, Bathory, Taake, 1349, Tsjuder