War Against All

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War Against All
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Studio album by
Released26 May 2023 (2023-05-26)
Recorded2023
StudioConclave Studio (Bergen, Norway)
Genre Black metal [1]
Length38:07
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Arve Isdal
Immortal chronology
Northern Chaos Gods
(2018)
War Against All
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8.5/10 [2]
Metal Hammer 4.5/7 [1]
Chaos Zine4.5/5 [3]

War Against All is the tenth studio album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal, released on 26 May 2023. It is the first Immortal album featuring only Demonaz as a member of the band. [4]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Demonaz

War Against All track listing
No.TitleLength
1."War Against All"3:26
2."Thunders of Darkness"3:48
3."Wargod"4:38
4."No Sun"4:16
5."Return to Cold"4:31
6."Nordlandihr"7:12
7."Immortal"4:14
8."Blashyrkh My Throne"5:58
Total length:38:07

Personnel

Immortal

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for War Against All
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 16
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] 36
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 145
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 16
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [9] 55
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 51
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 18
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [12] 61
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [13] 11
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [14] 10

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