Northern Chaos Gods

Northern Chaos Gods
Studio album by
Immortal
Released6 July 2018 (2018-07-06)
RecordedJanuary 2017 – January 2018[1][2]
StudioThe Abyss (Pärlby, Sweden), Conclave Studio (Bergen, Norway)[3]
GenreBlack metal
Length42:14
LabelNuclear Blast
Producer
Immortal chronology
The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh
(2010) 		Northern Chaos Gods
(2018) 		War Against All
(2023)

Northern Chaos Gods is the ninth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. The album was released on 6 July 2018.[4] This is the first album after the departure of Abbath from the band[5] 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".[6]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic76/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Hammer[8]
Metal Injection[9]
Consequence Of Sound8.3/10[10]
Kerrang!
Exclaim![11]
The Independent[12]
Metal Storm[13]
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  6. ^ "DEMONAZ Wanted To Make New IMMORTAL Album 'Northern Chaos Gods' As 'Grim, Dark And Cold As Possible'". Blabbermouth.net. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Northern Chaos Gods by Immortal Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Immortal – Northern Chaos Gods album review". Metal Hammer Magazine. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Album Review: IMMORTAL Northern Chaos Gods". Metal Injection. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Immortal are as delightfully evil as ever on Northern Chaos Gods". Consequence Of Sound. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  11. ^ "Immortal Northern Chaos Gods". Exclaim!. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Album reviews: Bodega's Endless Scroll, Tom Grennan's Lighting Matches and more". The Independent. 5 July 2018. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Immortal - Northern Chaos Gods review". Metal Storm. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.