Track Listing

1. Withstand The fall Of Time
2. Solarfall
3. Tragedies Blows At Horizon
4. Where Dark And Light Don't Differ
5. At The Heart Of Winter
6. Years Of Silent Sorrow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63727 in Music
• Released on: 2002-02-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

At The Heart Of Winter
The following review was written by me for The Metal Garage http://www.themetalgarage.tk

Instantly this album scores some points with the album cover. It's the only one the band have released which doesn't include them in a hilarious pose (though the album sleeve is full of them). And with the new style of cover comes a change in Immortal's music. No longer are the band playing their ultra fast black metal, and instead have gone for a mid tempo pace for the majority of the album, though it does have it's occasional fast section. Perhaps this is due to Demonaz no longer playing guitar, which he had to do because of a problem in his wrist, though he still wrote the brilliant lyrics for this album.

'Withstand the Fall of Time' kicks the album off. Some great guitar riffs and superb drumming along with some interesting tempo changes makes for a great song. It changes speed frequently, beginning at a rather slow pace, before launching into ultra speed and then switching to mid-pace and continues to do so for the duration of the song. Despite all the tempo changes, the song still flows smoothly, as does the rest of the album. Occasionally, the band throws in a keyboard passage, like on 'Solarfall' (one of my favourite black metal songs ever), which gives the album variation, depth, and added emotion.

The production on 'At The Heart Of Winter' has a cleaner sound than previous releases, which is a huge benefit as the superb guitar riffs can be heard much more clearly now, instead of being full of distortion like before. The album has more melody too, making it catchy at times, like on the chorus of 'Where Light and Dark Don't Differ' where you'll probably find yourself singing along, and during the main riff of the title track, which will get stuck in your head for ages.

'At The Heart Of Winter' is simply a stunning album, and comes highly recommended to any black metal fan.

Darren Morrison

Brutal ode to the far north!
This album is brilliant, punishing and atmospheric black metal as heavy as it is melodic. Fans of Cradle of Filth or Emperor should check these guys out. Great concept aswell.

Stunning!
Immortal are probably the best old-school black metal band around, and this is probably their best album. Production is excellent, songwriting is pure Immortal and the performance on disc is nothing short of phenonemal.

Like your metal? Then get this.

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