Heart of Winter and Damned in Black are my favorite but honestly they haven't put out a truly bad album. I'm not the biggest black metal nerd but I love Immortal and honestly Abbath's solo work has been solid too.
As always, excellent breakdown/ranking of an artists' discography. I noticed that your website hasn't been updated for a while, I hope that all is well.
I LOVE IMMORTAL! They were the first "trve kvlt" black metal band I ever got into. Pure Holocaust and At The Heart of Winter are my two favourites. Sons of Northern Darkness is great, too, but the production being a little off for me knocks it down for me. The material with Demonaz on vocals have been surprisingly great so far and I'm going to have a ton of fun comparing War Against All with the new Lamp of Murmuur record from a few months back.
I remember learning how to play Tyrants on guitar. Such a badass track definitely my favorite song from them... Sons of Northern Darkness is a Black Metal masterpiece.
I agree with most of these. Love their discography, I've been listening to PH, BitN and BB on repeat these last few months. The chaotic sound of battles in the north, specially Abbath's drums, is what makes me come back to it ocasionally. Blizzard beasts is really fun, I actually like how its very short, I can listen to it on its entirety when going to work lol. Pure holocaust is a masterpiece, frozen by icewinds and the title track are my favorites. Good review as always 👍
I concur with most, but I’d switch Damned in Black with All Shall Fall…also the new album kicks ass, I’d definitely switch that one with Northern Chaos Gods. Personal opinion though. Rock on good sir!
First three are some of the best black metal of all time. At The Heart Of Winter and Sons Of Northern Darkness are some of the best black/thrash? of all time.
In my opinion I would have pure holocaust battles in the North ,diabolical mysticism in perfection as well as war against all and northern chaos gods. Blizzard beast I would put under good as well as sons of northern darkness and heart of winter. Damned in black and all shall fall is would put those on ok.
Great video, for the first time watching your rankings i actually agree almost completely with you. Though i would put Norther Chaos Gods just above All Shall Fall. It kinda pains me to see you put the new record so low... Especially since i really enjoyed the singles and was feeling this could just be a great step up from the last one wich i also really loved. Still Can't wait to hear the album and make my own opinion on it the 26th though!
Pretty good ranking, we share the same ranking, glad to see damned in black get some praise, I think that album is really underrated. Heart of winter and sons of northern darkness goes back and forth as my favorite, though pure holocaust comes into question as my favorite sometimes too, that album is really cool (pun intended lol). I'm really glad I checked them out, they're fun. Don't know if they're my favorite because recently you and a couple people got me turned on to some dimmu borgir. I'd still say my favorite black metal related album was the hellripper album few months ago, I really love black metal when it's incorporated with something else or used as a transition in songs.
@@MetalTrenches yeah same, I still need to hear more albums that released this year though so it could be beaten out, but for rn hellripper is probably my personal favorite this year and right behind it is cattle decapitations new album.
There's something special about the "new trilogy", by which I mean At the Heart of Winter / Damned in Black / Sons of Northern Darkness that just hits different. It's honestly really hard to compare them to the first three in particular that are so much more raw and agressive. I never did vibe with Blizzard Beasts though. Honestly if I had to pick only two albums for perfection tier it would be Pure Holocaust and At the Heart of Winter. I haven't listened all that much to the even newer stuff but what I've heard is still quite solid too.
I actually only need one album from Immortal: "Pure Holocaust" Most of the rest really bores me to death. But I'll give the new album a listen for sure.
I’d bump up DFMM and Blizzard Beasts, and drop Damned in Black and All Shall Fall. Think my ranking is: At the Heart of Winter Sons of Northern Darkness Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism Blizzard Beasts Pure Holocaust The rest
1. All Shall Fall 2. At The Heart Of Winter 3. Damned In Black 4. Sons of Northern Darkness 5. Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism 6. War Against All 7.Northern Chaos Gods 8. Blizzard Beasts 9. Pure Holocaust 10. Battles In The North
@@MetalTrenches i am not being an asshole. basing on his ranking i feel he prefer more sounds inclined to thrash or death metal. so i felt safe to say he does not like black metal.
Interesting! I definitely owe Immortal a serious listen of their whole discography. Funny enough, I have listened to their spin off record Between two Worlds with the band "I" before some of the classic records. I actually have that question now, what are your thoughts on that "I"'s record and their kinda black'n'roll, or probably blackened heavy sound?
I love Black Metal. I've been a fan for almost a quarter of a century since discovering Emperor's "In The Nightside Eclipse" in my teens, but I've always found those that take it all a bit too seriously to be more than slightly embarrassing. It's especially sad when you're nearly 40. In regards to Immortal though, Damned In Black is probably my personal favourite.
S for me would definitely be At the Heart of Winter and Northern Chaos Gods. Both albums really helped me get into black metal when I first started listening to the genre
Pure Holocaust is the best i think. Blizzard Beasts is cool too, they were touring with Morbid Angel at the time and that left a mark on that album's sound. At the Heart of Winter is 2nd best, BB third. Hypocrisy albums ranked next??😉
Thank you for doing Immortal! I really like them overall but I prefer the old stuff mainly out of production issues... Pure Holocaust = Perfection Battles in the North = Fantastic Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism = Great All Shall Fall = Great The rest of the albums are "okay". For me I can't stand the "good" production from Peter. Haven't heard "War against all" yet, of course. I'm looking forward to it since it isn't hampered by Peter's production "skills" so I'm expecting it to be great at least.
Je ne sais pas pourquoi Blizzard beasts has to come last all the time. It´s the most abrasive, evil sounding album with no bad tracks. At least, you have positive thoughts on this album. It´s way better than Battles in the north which is almost unlistenable for me. I agree with the best 4 albums but totally disagree with the ranking of the other albums.
Oh Boy I can’t wait to give you a very controversial tier list Trenches and I can’t wait for the Feedback lmfao. S: Pure Holocaust, Sons of Northern Darkness A: Battles in the North, Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism B: Damned in Black, Northern Chaos Gods C: All Shall Fall, Blizzard Beasts D: War Against All, At the Heart of Winter
blizzard beast have issues. non consistent production from track to track, very short album. still i would spin it 100th times more then this last album
War Against All has really grown on me. The only disagreement I have with the list, I would put it right next to All Shall Fall and Northern Chaos Gods
For me I've only ever owned pure holocaust, at the heart of winter and all shall fall. Not really familiar with the rest so my ranking would be At the heart of winter and all shall fall at the top.....and pure holocaust at the barely revisit level
Haven't heard the new one now! Totally agree with the Rest of your ranking! At the heart of winter will always be my favorite! Masterpiece!! Love how you do your Tier list rankings!! Great work!! 💀🤘💀🤘💀🤘
One of my fav bands, but i don't know why All Shall Fall and Northern Chaos Gods are not doing it for me, even though I really try to like them :/ Might not even listen to the latest one
Never been a Black Metal fan but I checked Immortal out for the first time with War Against All while working out and thought it was fucking awesome. Figures it's everyone's least favourite. 😂
Wargod sounds too much like Tyrants and it irritates me. Also notice that Blashyrkh My Throne sounds too much like Where Mountains Rise. Like they were ripping off of themselves too much on this album and it's weird.
I agree with War Against All. I've only heard the two tracks, but War Against All sounds like the B Side of Northern Chaos Gods and Wargod almost sounds like a recycled Tyrants. Also, it almost sounds a little too artificial, like Demonaz is sitting there with a machine instead of session musicians and I can definitely hear that Horgh and Abbath are missing. You hear that authentic sound in Northern Chaos Gods because at least two members were there, but I haven't heard it so far with War Against All.
After hearing the new one a couple times. 10. War Against All 9. All Shall Fall 8. Battles in the North 7. Northern Chaos Gods 6. Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism 5. Damned in Black 4. Blizzard Beasts 3. Sons of Northern Darkness 2. Pure Holocaust 1. At the Heart of Winter
Just finished War Against All, very disappointed after first listen feels very generic and uninspired... Might even be their weakest but i'll give it a few more listens.
to me is the absolute worst immortal album BY FAR. generic boring,safe,easy to listen. just a cashgrab. this is the first immortal album i would not buy.
The last one is Indeed a complete let down for me too.Just some rehashed riffs from the past (tyrants) and uninspired songs with repetitives riffs inspired by Bathory but far away from beeing as good.For me it's just a "cash grab" for unexperienced metal youths that have no idea what Immortal used to be.
The released tracks so far, have been amazing. so im shocked that the new album is ranked the worst. The two tracks alone are better than a lot of those other albums.
1. Sons Of Northern Darkness 2. Damned In Black 3. Battles In The North 4. Pure Holocaust 5. At The Heart Of Winter 6. All Shall Fall 7. Blizzard Beasts 8. Northern Chaos Gods 9. War Against All 10. Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
