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Blizzard Beasts, Immortal's fourth album, should be chalked up as a transitional album in the band's mighty career, being the last to feature guitarist and founding member Demonaz (he quit after a bout with tendonitis); bassist/vocalist Abbath would take over six-string and songwriting duties, ultimately leading the band out of blastbeat hell and across more broad-scoped, epic terrain. Still, the record is brilliant when compared to similar Norwegian black metal acts mired in ludicrous "necro" aesthetics. "Nebular Ravens Winter," "Suns That Sank Below," and "Frostdemonstorm" offer a few decent riffs and solid arrangements, and six-minute epic "Mountains of Might" leans toward the black metal-by-way-of-German-thrash genius of subsequent albums.
CONDITION: New Punched UPC
TRACK LISTING
1. Blizzard Beasts
2. Nebular Ravens Winter
3. Suns That Sank Below
4. Battlefields
5. Mountains Of Might
6. Noctambulant
7. Winter of The Ages
8. Frostdemonstorm
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