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Blizzard Beasts is the fourth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on March 20, 1997 through Osmose Productions. It is the last Immortal album to feature the performance of founding member Demonaz Doom Occulta until Northern Chaos Gods (2018) and the first to feature Horgh on drums. Demonaz was later diagnosed with acute tendinitis which prevented him from playing guitar at the required speed for Immortal's music.[1] Stylistically, Blizzard Beasts has primarily songs that are less than three minutes long, contrasting with Immortal's usual longer song lengths.

Blizzard Beasts
Studio album by Immortal
Released	March 20, 1997
Recorded	September–November 1996
Studio	Sigma Studios, Bergen, Norway
Genre	Black metal
Length	28:56
Label	Osmose
Producer	Immortal and Henrikke Helland
Immortal chronology
Battles in the North (1995) Blizzard Beasts (1997) At the Heart of Winter (1999)

Release

On the first pressings of the album, the logo was etched into the jewel case front.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	8/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[4]

AllMusic gave the album an unfavorable review, writing, "Blizzard Beasts [...] sounds like a rush job when compared to the rest of the band's triumphant catalog. The majesty of the group's songwriting is buried in the album's subpar production values, which render the potentially brilliant hyperspeed riffing and drum battery gutless and ineffectual."[2] Chronicles of Chaos noted the album's death metal influence, comparing their sound to that of Morbid Angel's. The website ultimately called it an "unexpected and interesting change for the band, with some fierce and engaging material."[3] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff remarked how the album covered "every facet of stand-alone black metal mayhem" and praised Immortal for playing "the very best no frills black metal on the planet."[4]

Track listing

Personnel

• Abbath Doom Occulta – vocals, bass guitar; keyboards
• Demonaz Doom Occulta – guitar
• Horgh – drums

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Charts	40[5]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Blizzard Beasts

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[es] Blizzard Beasts

Blizzard Beasts es el cuarto álbum de la banda noruega de black metal Immortal. Es el último en el que Demonaz toca la guitarra y el primero en el que Horgh toca la batería. Estilísticamente, este disco posee más influencias del death metal que los trabajos anteriores del grupo (algunas pistas de sonido son similares a los antiguos Morbid Angel mezclado con el sonido tradicional del Immortal). La duración media de cada canción es de apenas 3 minutos, y sólo uno de ellas dura más de 6 minutos.

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[ru] Blizzard Beasts

Blizzard Beasts — четвёртый студийный альбом норвежской блэк-метал-группы Immortal, первая запись коллектива с участием барабанщика Хорга и последняя с гитарой Демоназа вплоть до Northern Chaos Gods.

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