Nattestid ser porten vid
{{Infobox album
| name = Nattestid ser porten vid
| type = Studio
| artist = Taake
| cover = Nattestid Ser Porten Vid.jpg
| alt =
| released = 7 January 1999
| recorded = 1997–1998, Grieghallen Studios
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Black metal
| length = 42:17
| label = Wounded Love Records
| producer = Pytten
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik
| next_year = 2002
}}
Nattestid ser porten vid (English: Nighttime Sees the Gate Wide), appears on the album cover as Nattestid..., is the first full-length album released by Norwegian black metal band Taake.{{cite web|author=Eirik|title=Taake "Doedskvad"|url=http://www.metal-norge.com/?p=review&id=3510|publisher=Metal Norge|accessdate=8 February 2012|date=20 March 2005|language=Norwegian}} It was released by Wounded Love Records in 1999. The album was written entirely by Hoest,{{cite web|title=Taake & Byfrost & Donn The Philosophy|url=http://www.belleville-village.com/spip.php?article5545|publisher=Belleville Magazine|accessdate=8 February 2012|date=20 October 2011|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130117215735/http://www.belleville-village.com/spip.php?article5545|archivedate=17 January 2013}} but he brought in a session musician, Tundra, to perform bass and drums. It was recorded throughout 1997 and 1998 at Grieghallen. Nattestid is the first part in a trilogy of albums. All the writing on the CD and lyrics in the booklet are written in runes. The album's lyrics are sung in Norwegian.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Hoest.
| title1 = Nattestid ser porten vid I
| length1 = 5:55
| title2 = Nattestid ser porten vid II
| length2 = 5:34
| title3 = Nattestid ser porten vid III
| length3 = 4:31
| title4 = Nattestid ser porten vid IV (instrumental)
| length4 = 4:35
| title5 = Nattestid ser porten vid V
| length5 = 4:10
| title6 = Nattestid ser porten vid VI
| length6 = 7:33
| title7 = Nattestid ser porten vid VII
| length7 = 9:37
}}
Personnel
=Taake=
- Hoest – vocals, guitars, arrangements
- Frostein Tundra Arctander – bass, drums, choirs, arrangements
=Additional personnel=
- Pytten – producer