Sons of Northern Darkness

Sons of Northern Darkness is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. It continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases, At the Heart of Winter and Damned in Black. This was the band's first release on Nuclear Blast Records and the last to feature Iscariah on bass, who admitted to only playing bass on opening track "One by One". The rest of the album's bass tracks were played by vocalist/guitarist Abbath in what would be his last contribution on bass before departing in 2015.

Sons of Northern Darkness
Studio album by Immortal
Released	4 February 2002
Recorded	September 2001
Genre	Black metal, thrash metal
Length	50:08
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Peter Tägtgren
Immortal chronology
Damned in Black (2000) Sons of Northern Darkness (2002) All Shall Fall (2009)

The album was released in multiple formats, including a standard CD, a limited edition four-panel digipak, a limited edition metal box, a "Deluxe Edition" digipak with a bonus DVD, a picture disc, a gatefold double LP, and a quadruple 10" leather box. The limited edition metal box was only available via Nuclear Blast mail order and was sold out before it was actually released.

The song "In My Kingdom Cold" references the H.P. Lovecraft story At the Mountains of Madness.^[1]

"One by One" was featured in the soundtrack of the 8th installment in the Tony Hawk's video game series, Tony Hawk's Project 8, released in 2006.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	10/10[4]

AllMusic called it "arguably one of the best black metal releases ever put forth" and a "masterpiece".^[3]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Demonaz; all music is composed by Abbath and Horgh.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One by One"	5:00
2.	"Sons of Northern Darkness"	4:47
3.	"Tyrants"	6:18
4.	"Demonium"	3:57
5.	"Within the Dark Mind"	7:31
6.	"In My Kingdom Cold"	7:17
7.	"Antarctica"	7:12
8.	"Beyond the North Waves"	8:06
Total length:		50:08

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.

1. "Wrath from Above"
2. "Damned in Black"
3. "One by One"
4. "Tyrants (Part 1)"
5. "Tyrants (Part 2)"
6. "Solarfall"
7. "Beyond the North Waves"

Personnel

Immortal

• Abbath Doom Occulta – vocals, guitars, bass (tracks 2–8)
• Horgh – drums
• Iscariah – bass (track 1)

Additional personnel

• Demonaz Doom Occulta (Harald Nævdal) – lyrics

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
German Albums Chart[5]	58