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Battles in the North

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Background
Release
Reception
Track listing
Misprint
Personnel
References

{{Infobox album
| name = Battles in the North
| type = studio
| artist = Immortal
| cover = Battles In The North.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = {{hlist|May 15, 1995|April 4, 2010 (Vinyl)}}
| recorded = September 1994 at Grieghallen Studio, Bergen, Norway
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Black metal
| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=13}}
| label = Osmose
| producer = Eirik Hundvin and Immortal
| prev_title = Pure Holocaust
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Blizzard Beasts
| next_year = 1997
}}

Battles in the North is the third studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It was released on May 15, 1995 through Osmose Productions. It picks up where its predecessor, Pure Holocaust, left off, featuring extreme tempos, lo-fi production, and lyrics about coldness or wintery landscapes. This is the first album where the concept of Blashyrkh becomes a central focus. The last album to feature Abbath on drums.

Background

The songs "Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons" and "Circling Above in Time Before Time" reference The Underdark, a setting from Dungeons and Dragons.{{fact|date=August 2012}}

Music videos were made for "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)" and "Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms", the latter featuring Hellhammer on drums, who also became the band's touring drummer during this period.

Release

The album was issued in multiple formats, including the standard CD, a limited edition digipak, a limited edition digipak with embossed band logo and album title, cassette tape, a jewel case with slip cover, fold-out poster and bonus tracks taken from the Immortal EP (limited to 3000 copies), and a limited edition LP released under Osmose Productions (re-pressed six times over the years starting in 2005). The artwork on the limited slip cover CD is an original oil painting done by Jeroen van Valkenburg.

Reception

In 2009, IGN included Battles in the North in their "10 Great Black Metal Albums" list.^[1]

Track listing

{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = Demonaz
| all_music = Abbath and Demonaz
| title1 = Battles in the North
| length1 = 4:11
| title2 = Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms
| length2 = 2:47
| title3 = Descent Into Eminent Silence
| length3 = 3:10
| title4 = Throned by Blackstorms
| length4 = 3:39
| title5 = Moonrise Fields of Sorrow
| length5 = 2:24
| title6 = Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons
| length6 = 3:59
| title7 = At the Stormy Gates of Mist
| length7 = 3:00
| title8 = Through the Halls of Eternity
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = Circling Above in Time Before Time
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)
| length10 = 4:34
| title11 = Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
| note11 = slip cover version bonus track
| length11 = 0:42
| title12 = Unholy Forces of Evil
| note12 = slip cover version bonus track
| length12 = 4:28
| title13 = The Cold Winds of Funeral Frost
| note13 = slip cover version bonus track
| length13 = 3:40
| total_length = 44:04
}}

Misprint

On some editions of this album, most notably on iTunes, many tracks are mislabelled. The songs play in the order shown above, but the song titles are given as follows:

"Battles in the North"
"At the Stormy Gates of Mist"
"Through the Halls of Eternity"
"Moonrise Fields of Sorrow"
"Cursed Realms of the Winterdemons"
"Throned by Blackstorms"
"Grim and Frostbitten Kingdoms"
"Descent into Eminent Silence"
"Circling Above in Time Before Time"
"Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)"

Personnel

Abbath – vocals, drums, bass guitar, production
Demonaz – guitar, drums, production
Eirik Hundvin – production

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2009/01/07/10-great-black-metal-albums?page=2 |title=10 Great Black Metal Albums – IGN |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=6 January 2009 |work=ign.com |accessdate=20 November 2012}}

3 : Immortal (band) albums|1995 albums|Osmose Productions albums

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