All Shall Fall

All Shall Fall
Studio album by
Immortal
Released25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)
RecordedApril–May 2009
GenreBlack metal
Length40:09
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerImmortal, Peter Tägtgren
Immortal chronology
Sons of Northern Darkness
(2002) 		All Shall Fall
(2009) 		The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[1]
Allmusic[2]
Blabbermouth7/10[3]
Chronicles of Chaos[4]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[5]
TheGauntlet.com[6]

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.[7] After spending much time performing live that year, the band entered both Grieghallen and Abyss studios in April 2009 to start recording the album.[8] A month later the band already completed recording the album and announced the album's title.[9] In June, Terrorizer was given the opportunity to listen to the just-recorded album and posted an exclusive track-by-track breakdown.[10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Demonaz; all music is composed by Abbath

No.TitleLength
1."All Shall Fall"5:57
2."The Rise of Darkness"5:47
3."Hordes to War"4:32
4."Norden on Fire"6:15
5."Arctic Swarm"4:01
6."Mount North"5:07
7."Unearthly Kingdom"8:30
Total length:40:09

Personnel

Immortal

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart (2009) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart[11] 20
German Albums Chart[12] 33
Norwegian Albums Chart[13] 21
US Billboard 200[14] 162

References

  1. ^ Gorania, Jay H. "Immortal – 'All Shall Fall'". About.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Immortal – All Shall Fall (Nuclear Blast)". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on November 5, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
  4. ^ Smit, Jackie (November 13, 2009). "CoC: Immortal – All Shall Fall: Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  5. ^ Lee, Cosmo. "Immortal: All Shall Fall". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  6. ^ FLOX, D. "Immortal – 'All Shall Fall'". TheGauntlet.com. Retrieved October 14, 2009.
  7. ^ "IMMORTAL to play with JUDAS PRIEST in Trondheim, Norway". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  8. ^ "A message from management". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  9. ^ "A message from immortal". Archived from the original on June 28, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  10. ^ "Terrorizer nuclear blast off to germany for 'all shall fall'". Retrieved August 3, 2009.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ Suomen virallinen lista[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ German Top 100
  13. ^ Steffen Hung. "Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
  14. ^ "Immortal > Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved January 13, 2012.