Damned in Black

Damned in Black
Studio album by Immortal
Released April 27, 2000
Recorded October 1999 – February 2000 at Abyss Studios
Genre Black metal, thrash metal
Length 36:43
Label Osmose
Producer Peter Tägtgren, Abbath and Horgh
Immortal chronology
At the Heart of Winter
(1999)		 Damned in Black
(2000)		 Sons of Northern Darkness
(2002)

Damned in Black is the sixth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on April 27, 2000 through Osmose Productions. It's the first album where bass guitar is played by Iscariah, the bassist and vocalist of the band "Dead to This World". The musical style started to embrace a more blackened thrash metal sound, a style that would be as prevalent on their next album, Sons of Northern Darkness.

Release

It is known that there were five different issues distributed next to the original jewel case: a limited edition digipak, a limited edition picture box case, a special cassette tape edition and a limited edition handnumbered vinyl pressing, which was released under Osmose Productions and was later reissued in 2005.[1]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Demonaz; all music composed by Abbath and Horgh.

No.TitleLength
1."Triumph"5:41
2."Wrath from Above"5:46
3."Against the Tide (In the Arctic World)"6:03
4."My Dimension"4:32
5."The Darkness That Embrace Me"4:38
6."In Our Mystic Visions Blest"3:11
7."Damned in Black"6:52
Total length:36:43

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[3]

AllMusic wrote, "While it will most likely be overlooked considering Immortal's brightest and deadliest moments came before and after it (respectively)", "Damned in Black strikes one as being [At the Heart of Winter and Sons of Northern Darkness'] nasty, spiteful little brother, sounding slightly rushed, unkempt and panicky, with whirlwind blastbeats more prominent in the arrangements. But the album benefits from this approach; it's an angrier, more fiery record".[2]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
German Albums Chart[4] 95

References

  1. ↑ "Encyclopedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Immortal - Damned in Black". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Serba, John. "Damned in Black - Immortal: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  3. ↑ Wee, Alvin (25 May 2000). "CoC : Immortal - Damned in Black : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ German Top 100
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