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Immortal: Abbath Doom Occulta (vocals, bass); Demonaz Doom Occulta (guitar); Erik (drums).
Recorded in 1993.
Personnel: Abbath Doom Occulta (vocals, drums); Demonaz Doom Occulta (guitar).
Recording information: Grieghallen Studio (1993).
While black metal has certainly become clichéd, there are artists out there who manage to salvage the integrity of the genre. Immortal is one of these bands. On Pure Holocaust, dark, technically advanced, powerful, and challenging riffs propel the songs forward through a myriad of blasting drumbeats. Yet surprisingly, the album also conveys a gentler ambience in sections, without the use of a trite "gothic" aesthetic. The ambiguous emotional quality, unique style, and heart-pumping rhythms are all reasons to purchase this. ~ Marc van der Pol Immortal Pure Holocaust Songs | 1. | Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss |
| 2. | Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride, A |
| 3. | Sun No Longer Rises, The |
| 4. | Frozen by Icewinds |
| 5. | Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds |
| 6. | Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates |
| 7. | As the Eternity Opens |
| 8. | Pure Holocaust |
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Pure Holocaust Music Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   HAIL IMMORTAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great cd from IMMORTAL.
BLACK METAL in its true form.
Great CD.
Submitted by PHAROH ("Brandywine,MD,USA)
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As some prefer, this, Immortal's First full-length, is straight forward black metal madness, recomended for fans of Mayhem and Darkthrone. A disadvantage is that, like most early black metal classics, the guitars are much too low and sound as if they were recorded in a cave. Also, like traditional black metal classics, the low guitars have little distinction and might sound like noise, to some, but there are instances of structure, found in the bridges of the longer songs. The vocalist, Abbath, most definitely makes a fine exemplar for himself, although the vocals have an annoying echo. You may also faintly find some orchestration, and none of the songs are anywhere as long as songs on albums to come, so, basically, if you do not becom bored with traditional black metal classics, you will enjoy this album.
Interesting fact: The opening riff (and I'm afraid bitterly constant riff)
of the eighth song, As Eternity Opens, sounds shockingly similar to the opening riff of Greece's Rotting Christ song, Exiled Archangel.
Submitted by Xerxes (Johnsonville, New York, United States)
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Immortal: Abbath Doom Occulta (vocals, bass); Demonaz Doom Occulta (guitar); Armagedda (drums, percussion).
Immortal: Armagedda (drums, percussion).
Immortal's debut, Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism, presents the germ of a soon-to-be-great black metal outfit -- and, as one would expect, it's as rancid and unholy as other early Norse efforts, albeit a hair more melodic and listenable than some of its peers. Here, the group hasn't yet developed the songwriting dynamics and musicianship showcased on later efforts; the unkempt production leaves bass back in the dank caves from whence Immortal emerged, the drums and guitars boast a garage-worthy echo, and the nondescript death vocals are ...
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Immortal: Abbath, Demonaz.
Recorded in September 1994.
Immortal includes: Abbath (vocals, guitar); Iscariah (bass); Horgh (drums).
Producers include: Peter Tagtgren, Abbath, Horgh.
Recorded at Abyss Studios, Sweden between October 1999 and February 2000.
Recording information: Grieghallen Studio (09/1994).
Battles in the North, Immortal's third razor-caked candy bar, is considered by many to be one of black metal's defining moments. Like its highly regarded, slower, and slightly less-focused predecessor, Pure Holocaust, Battles in the North is a furious, somewhat under-produced, unrelenting assault of blastbeats, demon-reptile vocals, and buzzing guitars assembled for one reason only: to unleash the misbegotten souls of frozen Norwegian landscapes into glorious battle against all things remotely commercial or accessible, taking no prisoners. The result is ten blurry tracks of hyper-tempo blackness that somehow corral melody within a constant rhythmic pummel, especially on bona fide classic cuts "Circling Above in Time Before Time" and "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)." Never before had such anti-production ...
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Immortal: Abbath, Demonaz.
Recorded in September 1994.
Immortal includes: Abbath (vocals, guitar); Iscariah (bass); Horgh (drums).
Producers include: Peter Tagtgren, Abbath, Horgh.
Recorded at Abyss Studios, Sweden between October 1999 and February 2000.
Personnel: Abbath Doom Occulta (vocals, guitar); Horgh (drums).
Audio Mixer: Peter Tägtgren.
Recording information: Abyss Studios, Sweden (10/1999-02/2000).
Battles in the North, Immortal's third razor-caked candy bar, is considered by many to be one of black metal's defining moments. Like its highly regarded, slower, and slightly less-focused predecessor, Pure Holocaust, Battles in the North is a furious, somewhat under-produced, unrelenting assault of blastbeats, demon-reptile vocals, and buzzing guitars assembled for one reason only: to unleash the misbegotten souls of frozen Norwegian landscapes into glorious battle against all things remotely commercial or accessible, taking no prisoners. The result is ten blurry tracks of hyper-tempo blackness that somehow corral melody within a constant rhythmic pummel, especially on ...
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Immortal includes: Abbath (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, bass); Horgh (drums).
Recorded in November 1998.
Personnel: Abbath Doom Occulta (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Horgh (drums).
Audio Mixer: Peter Tägtgren.
Recording information: "Abyss" Studios, Sweden (11/1998).
At the Heart of Winter marks the beginning of Immortal's second incarnation, paring the band down to the duo of Abbath Doom Occulta and Horgh after the departure of guitarist and founding member Demonaz Doom Occulta due to severe tendonitis in his arms. Thus, Abbath alone took over six-string and songwriting duties (although Demonaz still contributed his trademark fantastical war- and winter-themed lyrics), and Immortal progressed beyond their blurry, hyperspeed, under-produced past into muscular metal maturity, melding frostbitten Norwegian black metal with the intricate ...
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Bill Nettles put his name in the record books with "Hadacol Boogie," a celebration of the notorious patent medicine that was popular in Southern "dry" counties because of its 12-percent alcohol content. "Hadacol Boogie" reached the country Top Ten in 1949 and inspired a sequel, "Hadacol Bounce," that failed to repeat its predecessor's success. The anthology Hadacol Boogie collects two-dozen of Nettles' Mercury, Imperial, and Bullet sides from the late '40s and early '50s, most of which are novelty boogies and hokum blues numbers similar to the music of Leon Chappel (whose song "Do Right Daddy" Nettles covers.) Boogies were still commercially viable circa 1949, but Nettles' preoccupation with high-falutin' mamas and the like was a bit of a throwback. In pursuit of a follow-up hit to "Hadacol Boogie," Nettles not only issued an inferior competing version of Wayne Raney's "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" in 1949, but composed the answer song "I Hauled Off and Loved Her." He never recaptured the momentum of his lone novelty hit, though, and retired in the late '50s. Hadacol Boogie also includes several recordings by Danny Dedman, the guitarist in Nettles' Dixie ...
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Additional Tracks
Motorhead: Lemmy Kilmister (vocals, bass); Wurzel, Phil Campbell (guitar); Pete Gill (drums).
Recorded at Master Rock Studios, London, England. Includes liner notes by Steffan Chirazi.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Recording information: Master Rock Studio, London, England.
Photographer: Alan Ballard.
On the surface, Motörhead appear to be trying something new with Orgasmatron, bringing in producer Bill Laswell to put a slightly different slant on their signature sound. Laswell does beef up the mix with added sonic detail, which works to particularly good effect on the title track -- the densely layered production helps transform the song and its simple riff into a chugging psychedelic noise-fest. Elsewhere, the production sometimes has the effect of muting the band's energy, sounding oddly processed and lacking the raw bite of past work (which foreshadows their decline over the next few years). It doesn't help that the songwriting is somewhat inconsistent, with "Deaf Forever" and "Built for Speed" standing out among a batch of tunes that sometimes sound as though Motörhead were trying a little too self-consciously to do what people expected from a Motörhead album. Still, in Motörhead's case, that distinction is easily lost, so even if Orgasmatron is somewhat erratic, most fans will find a hidden favorite or two. ~ Steve Huey
After the exit of two founding members--guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke and drummer Phil Taylor--many metalheads left the once-mighty Motorhead for dead. The band's fortunes had dwindled due to a few less-than-enthusiastically received albums. But bassist/frontman Lemmy refused to let the band roll over and die, assembling a whole new line-up, changing record labels, and issuing their first new album in three years--1986's ORGASMATRON, titled after a device from the early-'70s Woody Allen movie "Sleeper."
It's a splendid return to form. As the cover artwork suggests, Motorhead had come roaring back--a new dual guitar set-up, featuring newcomers Wurzel and Phil Campbell, adds spark to such meaty cuts as the title track, "Ridin' with the Driver," and "Built for Speed."
On the surface, Motörhead appear to be trying something new with Orgasmatron, bringing in producer Bill Laswell to put a slightly different slant on their signature sound. Laswell does beef up the mix with added sonic detail, which works to particularly good effect on the title track -- the densely layered production helps transform the song and its simple riff into a chugging psychedelic noise-fest. Elsewhere, the production sometimes has the effect of muting the band's energy, sounding oddly processed and lacking the raw bite of past work ...
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