To Gates of Blasphemous Fire

Nokturnal Mortum | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: End Records
• ASIN: B00000IQ7N
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #402,485 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bestial Summoning

2. To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire

3. On the Moonlight Path

4. The Hands of Chaos

5. Nod Dhamehamu Posamoso Khaba (Under the Banners of the Horned Kniaz)

6. The 13th Asbath Celebration

7. Cheremosh

8. The Forgotten Ages of Victories

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Six stars, March 14, 2000

By 

Mark Matyskiewicz (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Gates of Blasphemous Fire (Audio CD)

This album should appeal to every blackmetal fan everywhere. I don't care what others say, this is far more brilliant than "Goat Horns". In fact, this album is one of the best in my collection. The sound is absolutely brutal, and there is a feeling of pure darkness throughout the whole recording. The guitars buzz like saws, and the drums pound into your chest like hammers. In my opinion, Munruthel (drums) is a force to be reckoned with, him being one of my top choices for drummers in the scene. Knjaz Varggoth (guitar, vocals) is a genius when it comes to songwriting, and his vocals are painful, sometimes reminding me of Shagrath of Dimmu Borgir. There is even some use of a tambourine in "On the Moonlight Path", which actually gives the song some character. The sleeve layout is very professional, and shows what looks to be paintings of the six corpsepainted figures. Underneath the actual CD, you will find a painting of Varggoth himself in the forest holding an axe, which adds a nice touch to the whole atmosphere. This album is pure evil, go out and buy it...now.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great, May 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: To Gates of Blasphemous Fire (Audio CD)

this is NOT like their last album. fast, brutal. guitars up front, 2 keyboards are in the background. kinda leans in the direction of emperor. initially it is hard to understand what is going on, but with every liten the brilliance of this work slowly reveals itself.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic black metal, December 11, 2005

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Smithy1185 (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: To Gates of Blasphemous Fire (Audio CD)

Although I haven't heard much of the other Nokturnal Mortum cds, I know that many consider Goat Horns and Nechrist to be much better than this. This is currently my only NM cd but I do plan to purchase their others because this cd is so good. The production isn't that bad and it gives the songs a nice raw brutal edge to them. There are some folk elements on a couple of the songs and that really adds a nice touch to the blackmetal genre. It is hard for me to find any complaints with this cd except that the songs on the first half of the cd are a little bit better than those of the second half. This cd also doesn't really contain any of that nazi stuff so don't be turned off by that. Overall, a very good cd that is easily worth your purchase especially considering it is pretty cheap nowadays.