With ‘Wargod’, the pioneers of Norwegian black metal, Immortal, deliver a new single leading up to the release of their avidly anticipated 10th studio album War Against All, due to be released on May 26th, 2023 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s 10th studio album will feature 8 new songs in the classic Immortal style. Watch and stream to ‘Wargod’ here:
Stream the single here:
https://immortal.bfan.link/wagsg.ema
Pre-Order War Against All here:
https://immortal.bfan.link/waalp.ema
The band ́s founder Demonaz stated about ‘Wargod’:
“Wargod is the heaviest song on the album. I thought it was about time to give fans a track in the Tyrants style again. Celtic Frost’s album “To Mega Therion” from 1986 was an inspiration to me this time. Some of its classic tracks had heavy opening riffs that developed into fast devastating fury and tempo. I wanted to capture that feeling again, the Immortal way. When I moved to the mountains In 2019 I went through some of my old material and unused lyrics. Wargod was one of them. The title, lyric and song ideas were originally from the early nineties, and now finally Immortalized on the album.”
Tracklisting:
- War Against All
- Thunders Of Darkness
- Wargod
- No sun
- Return To Cold
- Norlandihr
- Immortal
- Blashyrkh My Throne
Check out previous single ‘War Against All’: https://immortal.bfan.link/waasg.ema
Watch the lyric vdeo for ‘War Against All’:
IMMORTAL, from the Norwegian town Bergen, have established themselves as one of the most important black metal bands in the world. Formed by Demonaz (guitars) and Abbath (bass/vocals) in 1990, the band released their first three albums, Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism, Pure Holocaust and Battles In The North during the years 1992-1995. These very first records established and defined the musical style the band became infamous for.
The band then released their Blizzard Beasts album in 1997. Shortly after this, Demonaz was diagnosed with a serious shoulder injury. He continued to work with the band but stopped playing guitar live. Abbath changed position from bass to playing guitar, and the band continued with different bass players over the years, releasing the albums At The Heart Of Winter (1999), Damned In Black (2000) and Sons Of Northern Darkness (2002). In 2003 the band was put on ice, but returned to the stage in 2007 and completed several headline appearances and tours across Australia, New Zealand and the USA. All Shall Fall was released in 2009, followed by further massive festival shows and additional concerts worldwide.
In 2015, Immortal and ex-singer/guitarist Abbath went their separate ways. In 2018, Immortal returned with Demonaz performing on guitar once again, also fronting the band as vocalist, releasing their 9th studio album, Northern Chaos Gods, which was very well received by both fans and global press.
Come 2023, Immortal sees Demonaz releasing War Against All, the band’s 10th studio album. The record has been composed and performed by Demonaz, featuring some session members, like in earlier recordings. The album was produced by Arve Isdal, and recorded at Conclave & Earshot Studios in Bergen, Norway by Herbrand Larsen and Arve Isdal. The album was mastered by Iver Sandøy at Solslottet.