Damned in Black
Encyclopedia
Damned in Black is the sixth album by the Norwegian
black metal
band, Immortal
, and the first album where Iscariah plays the bass, the bassist/vocalist of the band Dead To This World. The musical style started to embrace a more blackened thrash metal
sound, a style that would be as prevalent on their next album, Sons of Northern Darkness
.
It is known that there were five different issues distributed next to the original jewel case. A limited edition digipak and a limited edition picture box case and a special tape edition. Also a limited edition handnumbered vinyl pressing was released under Osmose Productions
, which was later reissued in 2005.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band, Immortal
Immortal (band)
Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1990 by current frontman/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta and former guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta...
, and the first album where Iscariah plays the bass, the bassist/vocalist of the band Dead To This World. The musical style started to embrace a more blackened thrash metal
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
sound, a style that would be as prevalent on their next album, Sons of Northern Darkness
Sons of Northern Darkness
-Bonus DVD:Recorded with a handy cam by Achim Köhler, May 2, 2003 during the Metal Gods Tour, live at B.B. King's in New York.# "Wrath from Above"# "Damned in Black"# "One by One"# "Tyrants "# "Tyrants "# "Solarfall"# "Beyond the North Waves"...
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It is known that there were five different issues distributed next to the original jewel case. A limited edition digipak and a limited edition picture box case and a special tape edition. Also a limited edition handnumbered vinyl pressing was released under Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
, which was later reissued in 2005.
Track listing
Personnel
- Abbath Doom Occulta– guitar, vocals
- Iscariah – bass
- HorghHorghHorgh is a Norwegian drummer, currently playing for Swedish death metal band Hypocrisy and Norwegian black metal band Immortal....
– drums - Demonaz Doom OccultaDemonaz Doom OccultaHarald Nævdal, born 6 July 1970, known as Demonaz Doom Occulta, or most widely known simply as Demonaz, is most recognized as the once-guitarist and chief lyricist for the Norwegian black metal band Immortal....
– lyrics