Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism

Immortal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: The End Records
• ASIN: B000EDWLJG
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #141,616 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Call Of The Wintermoon

2. Unholy Forces Of Evil

3. Cryptic Winterstorms

4. Cold Winds Of Funeral Dust

5. Blacker Than Darkness

6. A Perfect Vision Of The Rising Northland

Editorial Reviews

This legendary band's first album, beginning their notoriety with a selection of absolute classics, including the epic 'The Call of the Wintermoon'. This set down the essential Immortal blueprint which they followed on the next three albums: speed on the edge of self-destruction, razor-sharp guitars which bite to the bone, lyrics which illustrated their own icebound world, and a sense of Northern melody which is completely their own. Bursting with Bathory influence, obviously, but still a classic true Norwegian black metal release.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unmatched for True Black Metal Atmosphere, May 30, 2002

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Phil Avetxori - See all my reviews

This review is from: Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism (Audio CD)

You can't go wrong with Immortal. Whether it's the unbelievably fast savagery of "Pure Holocaust" and the utterly insane "Battles In The North", or the total mastery of multi-genre metal fundamentals displayed in their more recent albums, there is no other band associated with the original Norweigan scene as consistent or unflaggingly true to the dark Nordic spirit as Abbath & his cohorts. Along with Darkthrone's "Transylvanian Hunger", this album is the definitive masterwork of raw cult black metal, but with different strengths. "Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism" is much more spacious and atmospheric; a moonlit sculpture garden to Darkthrone's claustrophobic nightmare canvas. It's still primitive and raw as [heck], but haunting acoustic guitar interludes, varied tempos, and a sense of sonic space between the various instruments distinguish it from "Transylvanian Hunger"'s Pollock in blood and ash. There's an indescribable feel captured here that can't be faked, a sense of ancient longing that Immortal will probably never quite duplicate again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Glimpse of Greatness To Come., January 14, 2007

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This review is from: Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (Audio CD)

When you hear this early Immortal for the first time, you can hear what was to come in the future. As with all Immortal, this release doesn't have one bad song on it. The sound on this one isn't as killer as the later albums, but don't think it's so bad that you listen to it and can't make out anything in the songs. The logo Immortal had in the beginning was better also, and I think the cover of this one was just plain evil looking. No artwork, but Immortal look like they were in the middle of a dark forest near some gothic looking structure right out of a horror movie set in Transylvania. Important for diehard fans to have and also anyone who wants to hear what this great band sounded like in the beginning.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars original true norwigien black metal, July 19, 2001

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ben redares (haifa Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism (Audio CD)

during the 90" i used to listen to a lot of metal ,but this cd is speacial it still sound mean and heavy and remains one of the5 top metal cd i have ever listend to .the vocals are dark throne style the music is less suficticated then other immortal albums but more simple and powerfull.if you like black metal you probably have this cd allready and if you dont this is a true cult classic.