{"id":100047,"date":"2023-05-26T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100047"},"modified":"2023-05-26T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:08:26","slug":"album-review-immortal-war-against-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-immortal-war-against-all\/","title":{"rendered":"IMMORTAL – War Against All (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

IMMORTAL
War Against All<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The landscape inhabited by Norway\u2019s Immortal has always been cold, dark and ancient; a place of pristine snow, driving blizzards and black ice. These elements have always filtered into their music and so it\u2019ll be no surprise to anyone that the tenth full length outing, War Against All<\/em>, results in another severe case of frostbite.<\/p>\n

Such sniping energy is all down to mainman Demonaz who no doubt has been holed up in some tundra tomb and planning aural Armageddon as evidenced on the scathing title track which has the subtlety of being slapped around the face by a thorn bush on a winter\u2019s night. As one has come to expect, any Immortal outing is the definition of a cold snap with the striking axe work and whipping percussion, but with a track such as \u2018Wargod\u2019 you are left trudging through the thick white layers of fog due to the menacing chugging and the vocalisations.<\/p>\n

In spite of the album being rather compact at a running time of under 40 minutes it also feels bombastic and epic, mainly due to the nature of the drums. However, what I really get from this album is that Demonaz has finally taken the Immortal beast by the horns and become master of it; just check out the brilliant namesake track \u2018Immortal\u2019, the ferocious \u2018No Sun\u2019 or the heroic \u2018Nordlandihr\u2019. Everything you expect from an Immortal album is here \u2013 lightning speed, cold marches, gritty vocals and that snarling sense of evil authenticity that looms like a snow dusted mountain about to shed its load onto your skull.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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