All Shall Fall

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All Shall Fall
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Studio album by
Released25 September 2009 (2009-09-25)
RecordedApril–May 2009
Genre Black metal
Length40:09
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Immortal, Peter Tägtgren
Immortal chronology
Sons of Northern Darkness
(2002)
All Shall Fall
(2009)
The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh
(2010)
Professional ratings
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Blabbermouth 7/10 [3]
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Pitchfork Media 7.1/10 [5]
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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.

Contents

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

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