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All Shall Fall

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{{Infobox album|

| name = All Shall Fall

| type = studio

| artist = Immortal

| cover = All Shall Fall.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|9|25|df=y}}

| recorded = April–May 2009

| studio =

| genre = Black metal

| length = 40:09

| label = Nuclear Blast

| producer = Immortal, Peter Tägtgren

| prev_title = Sons of Northern Darkness

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh

| next_year = 2010

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Jay H |last=Gorania |title=Immortal – 'All Shall Fall' |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/i/gr/immortal-allshallfall.htm |publisher=About.com |accessdate=October 7, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091011031129/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/i/gr/immortal-allshallfall.htm| archivedate= October 11, 2009 | url-status= live}}

|rev2 = Allmusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1646745|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev3 = Blabbermouth

|rev3score = 7/10{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Alisoglu |title=Immortal – All Shall Fall (Nuclear Blast)

|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/all-shall-fall/ |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |accessdate=November 3, 2009| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091105023903/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1813| archivedate= November 5, 2009 | url-status= live}}

|rev4 = Chronicles of Chaos

|rev4score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|last=Smit|first=Jackie |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-5945_immortal_all_shall_fall.aspx|title=CoC: Immortal – All Shall Fall: Review|publisher=Chronicles of Chaos|date=November 13, 2009|accessdate=November 27, 2011}}

|rev5 = Pitchfork Media

|rev5score = 7.1/10{{cite web | first=Cosmo | last=Lee | title=Immortal: All Shall Fall |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13671-all-shall-fall | publisher=Pitchfork Media | accessdate=January 24, 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100118082041/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13671-all-shall-fall| archivedate= January 18, 2010 | url-status= live}}

|rev6 = TheGauntlet.com

|rev6score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |first=D |last=FLOX |title=Immortal – 'All Shall Fall' |url=http://www.thegauntlet.com/album-reviews/1444/6265/Immortal.html |publisher=TheGauntlet.com |accessdate=October 14, 2009}}

}}

All Shall Fall is the eighth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. The album was released in Europe on 25 September 2009 and in the US on 6 October 2009. It is the only album to feature bassist Apollyon and the last to feature vocalist/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta.

Recording and production

In January 2008, Immortal started rehearsing and writing new material for their 8th studio album.{{cite web | title = IMMORTAL to play with JUDAS PRIEST in Trondheim, Norway | url = http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html | accessdate =August 3, 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090628045255/http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html| archivedate= June 28, 2009 | url-status= dead}} After spending much time performing live that year, the band entered both Grieghallen and Abyss studios in April 2009 to start recording the album.{{cite web | title = A message from management | url = http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html | accessdate =August 3, 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090628045255/http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html| archivedate= June 28, 2009 | url-status= dead}} A month later the band already completed recording the album and announced the album's title.{{cite web | title = A message from immortal | url = http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html | accessdate =August 3, 2009 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090628045255/http://www.immortalofficial.com/oldnews.html| archivedate= June 28, 2009 | url-status= dead}} In June, Terrorizer was given the opportunity to listen to the just-recorded album and posted an exclusive track-by-track breakdown.{{cite web|title=Terrorizer nuclear blast off to germany for 'all shall fall' |url=http://www.terrorizer.com/content/terrorizer-nuclear-blast-germany-all-shall-fall |accessdate=August 3, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

|all_music = Abbath

|all_lyrics = Demonaz

|total_length = 40:09

|title1 = All Shall Fall

|length1 = 5:57

|title2 = The Rise of Darkness

|length2 = 5:47

|title3 = Hordes to War

|length3 = 4:32

|title4 = Norden on Fire

|length4 = 6:15

|title5 = Arctic Swarm

|length5 = 4:01

|title6 = Mount North

|length6 = 5:07

|title7 = Unearthly Kingdom

|length7 = 8:30

}}

Personnel

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Immortal

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Additional personnel

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Charts

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Chart (2009)

! Peak
position

Finnish Albums Chart[http://www.yle.fi/lista/listat/tuote.php?id=9604 Suomen virallinen lista]{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| style="text-align:center;"|20

German Albums Chart[https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-117721 German Top 100]

| style="text-align:center;"|33

Norwegian Albums Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Immortal&cat=a |title=Norwegian charts portal |publisher=norwegiancharts.com |accessdate=January 13, 2012}}

| style="text-align:center;"|21

US Billboard 200{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p212822/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}}|title=Immortal > Billboard Albums|publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=January 13, 2012}}

| style="text-align:center;"|162

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090801151821/http://immortal.battlegrim.net/eng/discography/2009_all_shall_fall.shtml Immortal Discography]
  • [http://www.discogs.com/Immortal-All-Shall-Fall/release/2037521 "All Shall Fall" at discogs]

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Category:Immortal (band) albums

Category:2009 albums

Category:Albums with cover art by Pär Olofsson

Category:Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren