Northern Chaos Gods

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{{Infobox album

| name = Northern Chaos Gods

| type = studio

| artist = Immortal

| cover = Northernchaosgodsart.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2018|7|6|df=yes}}

| recorded = January 2017 – January 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/immortalofficial/photos/a.442873947317.234252.7973092317/10154909852927318/?type=3&theater|title=Immortal on Facebook|website=Facebook|accessdate=8 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/immortalofficial/photos/a.442873947317.234252.7973092317/10156123295147318/?type=3&theater|title=Immortal on Facebook|website=Facebook|accessdate=8 July 2018}}

| studio = The Abyss (Pärlby, Sweden), Conclave Studio (Bergen, Norway){{cite web|url=https://img.discogs.com/pS1G82g9fSHufLgX3TNg5cTkF-w=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-12049098-1528276685-6395.jpeg.jpg|title=Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods, scan of the back cover of the single|website=Discogs|accessdate=8 July 2018}}

| genre = Black metal

| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=14}}

| label = Nuclear Blast

| producer = {{hlist|Immortal|Peter Tägtgren}}

| prev_title = The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh

| prev_year = 2010

| next_title = War Against All

| next_year = 2023

}}

Northern Chaos Gods is the ninth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. The album was released on 6 July 2018.{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/immortal-to-release-northern-chaos-gods-album-in-july/|title=IMMORTAL To Release 'Northern Chaos Gods' Album In July|date=20 April 2018|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|accessdate=13 July 2018}} This is the first album after the departure of Abbath from the band{{Cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/immortal-northern-chaos-gods-album/|title=Immortal's 'Northern Chaos Gods' Marks First Album Without Abbath|website=Loudwire|language=en|accessdate=13 July 2018}} and their first studio album in almost nine years since All Shall Fall (2009), marking the longest gap between two studio albums by Immortal. It is also the first Immortal album to feature Demonaz on vocals and the first one since Blizzard Beasts (1997) to feature him on guitar, and their final album to feature Horgh on drums before being dismissed from the band following a legal dispute with Demonaz over ownership of the band's name. Peter Tägtgren played bass on this album. In an interview before the album's release, Demonaz said he wanted to make the album as "grim, dark and cold as possible".{{Cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/demonaz-wanted-to-make-new-immortal-album-northern-chaos-gods-as-grim-dark-and-cold-as-possible/|title=DEMONAZ Wanted To Make New IMMORTAL Album 'Northern Chaos Gods' As 'Grim, Dark And Cold As Possible'|date=17 June 2018|work=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=13 July 2018}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 76/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/northern-chaos-gods/immortal|title=Northern Chaos Gods by Immortal Reviews and Tracks|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=17 June 2018}}

|rev1 = Metal Hammer

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/immortal-northern-chaos-gods-album-review|title=Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods album review|work=Metal Hammer Magazine|accessdate=13 July 2018}}

|rev2 = Metal Injection

|rev2score = {{Rating|9.5|10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.metalinjection.net/reviews/album-review-immortal-northern-chaos-gods|title=Album Review: IMMORTAL Northern Chaos Gods|date=6 July 2018|work=Metal Injection|accessdate=13 July 2018}}

|rev3 = Consequence Of Sound

|rev3score = 8.3/10{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2018/07/album-review-immortal-northern-chaos-gods/|title=Immortal are as delightfully evil as ever on Northern Chaos Gods|date=10 July 2018|work=Consequence Of Sound|accessdate=17 July 2018}}

|rev4 = Kerrang!

|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}

|rev5 = Exclaim!

|rev5score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{Cite news|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/immortal-northern_chaos_gods|title=Immortal Northern Chaos Gods|date=5 July 2018|work=Exclaim!|accessdate=17 July 2018}}

|rev6 = The Independent

|rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bodega-endless-scrolls-tom-grennan-lighting-matches-new-album-reviews-a8431086.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/bodega-endless-scrolls-tom-grennan-lighting-matches-new-album-reviews-a8431086.html |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Album reviews: Bodega's Endless Scroll, Tom Grennan's Lighting Matches and more|date=5 July 2018|work=The Independent|accessdate=17 July 2018}}

|rev7 = Metal Storm

|rev7score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=14644|title=Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods review|date=5 July 2018|work=Metal Storm|accessdate=17 July 2018}}

}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Demonaz

| total_length = 42:14

| title1 = Northern Chaos Gods

| length1 = 4:25

| title2 = Into Battle Ride

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = Gates to Blashyrkh

| length3 = 4:38

| title4 = Grim and Dark

| length4 = 5:27

| title5 = Called to Ice

| length5 = 5:06

| title6 = Where Mountains Rise

| length6 = 5:51

| title7 = Blacker of Worlds

| length7 = 3:43

| title8 = Mighty Ravendark

| length8 = 9:14

}}

Personnel

=Immortal=

  • Demonaz – vocals, guitars, arranging
  • Horgh – drums, arranging

=Additional personnel=

Accolades

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! Rank

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Decibel

| Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018

| {{center|8}}

| {{center|{{cite web|last1=Mudrian|first1=Albert|title=SPOILER: Here Are Decibel's Top 40 Albums of 2018|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2018/11/15/spoiler-here-are-decibels-top-40-albums-of-2018/|website=Decibel|accessdate=18 November 2018}}}}

Charts

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{{album chart|Austria|17|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=19 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Flanders|39|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Wallonia|57|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Finland|17|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Germany4|2|id=359763|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Hungary|33|year=2018|week=28|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=21 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Norway|16|M|url=http://www.vglista.no/topplister/topp-40-album-2018-28/|title=VG-lista – Topp 40 Album uke 28, 2018|publisher=VG-lista|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Scotland|44|date=20180713|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 July 2018}}
{{album chart|Switzerland|9|artist=Immortal|album=Northern Chaos Gods|rowheader=true|accessdate=18 July 2018}}

References

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Category:2018 albums

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