Heart of the Ages
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{{Infobox album
| name = Heart of the Ages
| type = studio
| artist = In the Woods...
| cover = Heart of the Ages.jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = March 1995
| recorded = November 1994 – January 1995 at Star Studio, Norway
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Atmospheric black metal, progressive metal
| length = 59:10
| label = Misanthropy Records
| producer = Trond Breen
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Omnio
| next_year = 1996
}}
Heart of the Ages (stylized on the cover as HEart of the Ages) is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band In the Woods... The album was recorded at Star Studios in Norway with production of Trond Breen.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = In the Woods... (X. Botteri, Oddvar a:m, Ovl. Svithjod, C.M. Botteri, Kobro)
| title1 = Yearning the Seeds of a New Dimension
| length1 = 12:23
| title2 = Heart of the Ages
| length2 = 8:22
| title3 = ...In the Woods"
- "Prologue"
- "Moments of..."
- "Epilogue
| length3 = 7:50
| title4 = Mourning the Death of Aase
| length4 = 3:33
| title5 = Wotan's Return
| length5 = 14:52
| title6 = Pigeon
| length6 = 3:00
| title7 = The Divinity of Wisdom
| length7 = 9:07
}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/heart-of-the-ages-mw0000318650 |title=Heart of the Ages – In the Woods... : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards: AllMusic |last=Jurek |first=Thom |year=2003 |work=AllMusic |accessdate=September 10, 2012}}
}}
AllMusic called it "an album that even now, eight years after its original release, stands apart from virtually everything else on the black metal scene."
Personnel
; In the Woods...
- X. Botteri – bass guitar
- Oddvar a:m – guitar
- Ovl. Svithjod – vocals
- C.M. Botteri – guitar
- Kobro – drums