Pure Holocaust [Import]

Pure Holocaust [Import]

Track Listings

1. Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss

2. Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride

3. Sun No Longer Rises

4. Frozen by Icewinds

5. Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaust Winds

6. Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates

7. As the Eternity Opens

8. Pure Holocaust

Tracks:

Unsilent Storms In The North Abyss
A Sign For The Norse Hordes To Ride
The Sun No Longer Rises
Frozen By Icewinds
Storming Through Red Clouds And Holocaustwinds
Eternal Years On The Path To The Cemetary Gates
As The Eternity Opens
Pure Holocaust

Album Description

This is probably the first Immortal album that can be taken on its own, aside from the others, and pointed to as an example of sheer perfection in Norwegian black metal aesthetics. Their second album, 'Pure Holocaust' crystallized and set in stone some of the elements they had been reaching for with the debut album, and upped the ante on almost every single level: this hate-filled tome of Northern darkness is spilling over with morbid cruelty, mind-melting speed (it has to be heard to be believed), and guitar playing that instantly evokes both the marching of infernal armies as well as the harshest storms of the Norwegian midwinter nights. A true, undeniable classic--it belongs in your collection.

Average customer rating:

One of the best Black Metal albums ever made!
3.5 stars.
Like an Ice-Cold Razorblade...
Great early black metal, very influential!!!!!
The very definition of grim

Pure Holocaust
Immortal
Manufacturer: Osmose Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Sons of Northern Darkness
At the Heart of Winter
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De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
Battles in the North

ASIN: B00002644Z
Release Date: 1993-11-29

Tracks:

Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss
Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride
Sun No Longer Rises
Frozen by Icewinds
Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds
Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates
As the Eternity Opens
Pure Holocaust

Album Description

1993 release for Scandinavian metal act. Eight tracks including, 'Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss', 'A Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride', 'The Sun No Longer Rises' & 'Frozen by Icewinds'. Osmose Productions.

Customer Reviews:

One of the best Black Metal albums ever made!.......2007-07-24

Immortal is the band that got me into Black Metal. To this day,I still only like Immortal,Marduk,Typhus and a few others. To me,this is what Real Black Metal should sound like. Cold,Raw,Grim,Aopcalyptic,Holocaust Metal!

Now when I say raw and grim,I'm more referring to the bare minimum of just guitars,vokills and drums,not really the production,b/c I love the Abyss studio production on later cds.

Pure Holocaust manages to capture exactly what the title of the cd states. This album is full of monumental songs. Immortal was always one of the best Black Metal bands,they just suffered from some terrible sounding production,espicailly on the next release Battles In The North. But don't let that stop you at all.

The songs that make up this record induce a trance like state.Espicially The Sun No Longer Rises and Frozen By Icewinds and As The Eternity Opens. The drumming is simply hypnotic and amazing,how can one play that fast?! The guitars have a weird trance inducing sound to them and it works thru the whole album.

Enough with reading my review that doesn't do any justice,just go and buy this album now! I'm glad that they finally got their cds released in america so that you can actually get them in the store! Come back and make another album Immortal! I recommend all of their cds!

3.5 stars. .......2007-06-22

While this isn't the best black metal album around, "Pure Holocaust" definitely gives us a taste for the old sounding Immortal and overall is a pretty good amateur album. It has some good quality instrumental playing and some raw and intense tracks that are fortunately not over-exaggerated. Like any album, though, "Pure Holocaust" has its downfalls- such as having little dissimilarity between a few songs and a few minor flaws in vocalization. This album's faults are definitely not too drastic, however, and generally its high-points overtake its low-points.

Track reviews:

Unsilent Storms In the North Abyss- I think this is one of the best openings for a black metal album I've heard in a long time. It kicks the album off with some extreme, stratospheric drumming and some awesomely fitting guitar riffs that are not too obnoxiously heavy, but have just the right amount of intensity that black metal tracks call for. Also, I give Immortal props on ending the song at a little over three minutes. This way, it doesn't become too lengthy and gives the listener just the right amount of dosage of brutality needed to grab and hold their attention until the track's closing. Awesome song.

Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride- Starts off a little like Unsilent Storms In the Abyss and sounds a bit similar all the way through. Still, though, this song proposes some great guitar riffs and more ultra-fast and amazingly accomplished drumming.

Sun No Longer Rises- Again, starts off a bit like the two previous songs, but fortunately takes a turn in becoming a bit lighter. Certain parts of this song seem to get drawn out a bit too much, but overall I'd say this track is more on the mediocre side.

Frozen by Icewinds- I was disappointed to hear that this song had a guitar riff that was so similar to "Sun No Longer Rises" that they're practically interchangeable. It's not until about two minutes and forty seconds into the song that the guitars change their direction in sound a bit more...but unfortunately, there isn't too much of a difference. On the bright side, though, Immortal does offer a nicely executed guitar solo toward the end of the song that adds a nice atmospheric variation ...I'm just sorry they didn't use this strategy earlier and continue it until the song's end.

Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds- Features a very strong beginning with some differing guitar riffs and eventually moves into one constant guitar arrangement over some usual vocals. However, the drums in this song are definitely not up to par with the drum work in some of the previous songs, given that they sound like nothing but hollow thuds during some points during the song's playing. Also, the song seems to drag on a bit too long than it should.

Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetery Gates- Opens with some nice, powerful instrumentals that consist of the raging guitars and high-speed drumming which, at this point, Immortal is showing that they're worthy to be known for. Overall, this song is pretty good. It definitely gets the adrenaline racing with a hyper-speed quality about it. This is definitely one of the better songs on this CD.

As the Eternity Opens- Begins with a recognizably different guitar arrangement, but still doesn't completely cut itself off from sounding appropriately dissimilar to the other tracks. The riff corresponds pretty well to the vocals, though, and is actually pretty interesting, considering it has a bit more spice to it than the album's other riffs. Also, during one point during the song, Immortal seems to have inserted an appealing, distant choir effect that gives the song a more haunting way about it.

Pure Holocaust- I wouldn't say this is the best closer for this album. Again, Immortal seems to have made this song sound just a bit too much like their others, which really takes away from its greatness.

Overall, this is a pretty good amateur CD. Immortal seemed to attempt somewhat to make it so that the listener could differentiate between certain tracks, yet faulted where they did not attempt this. Stripped of this fact, though, the instrumentals were definitely above average- especially the drumming. I'd suggest this album to Immortal fans and to those who are looking for a good, raw black metal album to listen to...if that is they can put aside the few faults and similarity between a few tracks.

Like an Ice-Cold Razorblade..........2006-11-25

Improving vastly in several departments from their debut EP, Immortal silenced almost everyone in the Norwegian scene with this album. To me, Immortal represented the highest rank of what was happening in Norway at the time. They were probably the ONLY band besides Satyricon who didn't involve themselves with the activities of graveyard defiling or church-burning, but instead focused on making music.

Fortunately for us, it paid off. "Pure Holocaust" is a bold, lethal, concentrated shot of pure, speed-freak black metal. And unlike most bands, there's talent to boot here, especially in the drumwork. Demonaz's songwriting talent is still to be rivalled by early Norwegian bands, and the lyrics are pure statements of contempt for Christianity; not in a "Satanic" way, but in a pure Nordic pride manner. The somewhat distant-sounding production adds so much ambience and atmosphere to the recording. The cryptic lyrics, as well as occasional ambient touchings, veil the album with a sense of unsettling mystery. Even down to the straight-forward layout, pictures, and packaging, you have a hint of what to expect, but never totally sure of what's coming. And then the classic opening track, "Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss," hits you like a boulder with cold, razor-sharp guitars, relentless drumwork, and Abbath's chilling croak echoing out of your speakers.

There's no need to explain the historical and musical signifigance of this album. If you listen to Dark Funeral, Marduk, Keep of Kalessin, or any other modern black metal band, you can hear the influence. This album is literally like a blizzard, as it was probably intended to be. From start to finish, "Pure Holocaust" will pummel you to a pulp, only to leave you out in the deadly cold of Blashyrk.

Great early black metal, very influential!!!!!.......2006-10-18

This is OLD SCHOOL black metal at it's noisy finest.every genre has a best band to represent it,Immortal is that for Black metal.I'm no upstart to metal either I have Around a hundred cd's all metal everything from black to extreme christian metal believe it or not so I know my stuff.This album is GREAT black metal but it's still old school so production sucks thats the reason I gave it a four stars, I personally prefer Battles in the north or blizzard beasts but this is an excellent classic .so don't delay buy this album o9r any other immortal for that matter.

The very definition of grim.......2006-02-20

Pure Holocaust is straight up no nonsense trve kvlt black metal. People looking for ethereal synths and choir effects should stay far, far, far away from this... Pure Holocaust is a razor blade to the flesh.

This music sounds like a storm of pure hatred.

Average customer rating:

A Pure Norwiegen Holocaust

Pure Holocaust
Immortal
Manufacturer: Osmose Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000J7ES
Release Date: 1999-04-27

Tracks:

Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss
Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride
Sun No Longer Rises
Frozen by Icewinds
Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds
Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates
As the Eternity Opens
Pure Holocaust

Customer Reviews:

A Pure Norwiegen Holocaust.......1999-09-11

Ahh, Pure Holocaust; Where do I begin? This Album is where Immortal really came into their own style. They took the Bathory influence to another level of speed and sorrow. Was this album sped up? Who knows. One thing is for sure... I believe in tragedies, I believe in desecration... The sun no longer rises...

Average customer rating:

Pure Devastation!
a classic in black metal, epic and mysterious
Does Black Metal get any better?
Immortal's 2nd album is a Black Metal masterpiece.

Pure Holocaust
Immortal
Manufacturer: Osmose Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

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Tracks:

Unsilent Storms in the North Abyss
Sign for the Norse Hordes to Ride
Sun No Longer Rises
Frozen by Icewinds
Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds
Eternal Years on the Path to the Cemetary Gates
As the Eternity Opens
Pure Holocaust

Customer Reviews:

Pure Devastation!.......2003-09-04

Cold, relentless and taking no prisoners, Immortal carves one hell of an album that has all the qualities of milestones like "on the nightside eclipse" or "Demysteriis Dom Sathanas". It's simply that good and if you're still skeptical, to hell with you.

a classic in black metal, epic and mysterious.......2003-04-05

I am a big immortal fan , but only found out about them a year or so ago. I was first introduced to sons of northern darkness which is a great album, i immediately tried damned in black and then ATHOW. I loved them both. This caused me to check out their older more 'black metal' releases. I liked pure holocaust when i first heard it but not a great deal. But now it's one of my favourites along with Damned in Black. The music is chaotic, the way BM should be. High pitched vocals, very fast guitars, insane drumming. This is a true classic in black metal, containing all the elements needed such as speed, ferocity, melody and ambience which sends the listener into deep thought.
If you haven't heard this and you like black metal. I recommend you do so.
Hail Immortal

Does Black Metal get any better?.......2002-01-20

Most black metal fans seem to agree that Pure Holocaust is a classic, and after spending about 2 hours with my Walkman listening to this CD I have to agree. The sound is raw, but not cheap like early Bathory, and its more of an orchestration than a just a jam session like earlier black metal. This CD is an absolute classic in the Norwegian style of bm and it's also regarded as a classic in the entire metal world. Listening to the samples on this page doesn't do the music justice, so buy the real CD ASAP.

Note: Erik does not play drums on this album, he joined during the mixing stage of this release.

Immortal's 2nd album is a Black Metal masterpiece........2001-10-29

Wow. After their 1st album I was expecting more great raw Black Metal but nothing this good. This is what raw Black Metal is all about. This album is very fast and very dark. Even though the production on this album is not as good as some of their newer releases it still is amazing. The album almost makes you feel like it was recorded in a blizzard which only adds to there ice cold winter themed black metal. The guitars are very, very fast which has been Immortal's signature sound. Now for the drums. When ever I listen to, think about, talk about or write a review about Immortal I have to mention Erik. Erik is the infamous drummer that has graced Immortal with his unbelievable speed and talent. This is the last album Erik was able to make with Immortal because he killed himself before they were able to make a new one. This is Erik's last piece of work so this album is an automatic Black Metal classic. This album is very hard to find and so are the other original Immortal albums so I recomend you buy them now .... It took me years to find all of them in import sections in music shops. Now buy this and add it to your collection.

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