A Blaze In The Northern Sky (20th Anniversary Edition), by Darkthrone

A Blaze In The Northern Sky (20th Anniversary Edition)

by Darkthrone

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blackenedhalo An essential black metal album. A masterpiece. 10/10 Favorite track: In The Shadow Of The Horns.

eManRenaissanc Disarmingly beautiful album by the greatest black metal band of all time.

Fusarium An archetypal BM album

manlietto "And now the black metal!" Favorite track: In The Shadow Of The Horns.

Püttkieker At the moment of its release this album was a revelation - so different from its predecessor, but oh boy what an atmosphere! My favorite Black Metal Album of all time even though this album marks Darkthrone's transition from Death Metal to Black Metal. Musically this album sits somewhere in between, but to me it is Black Metal pure and simple. Favorite track: Kathaarian Life Code.

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1.	Kathaarian Life Code 10:38	buy track
2.	In The Shadow Of The Horns 07:01	buy track
3.	Paragon Belial 05:20	buy track
4.	Where Cold Winds Blow 07:26	buy track
5.	A Blaze In The Northern Sky 04:57	buy track
6.	The Pagan Winter 06:33	buy track
7.	Kathaarian Life Code (with commentary) 10:38	buy track
8.	In The Shadow Of The Horns (with commentary) 07:01	buy track
9.	Paragon Belial (with commentary) 05:25	buy track
10.	Where Cold Winds Blow (with commentary) 07:26	buy track
11.	A Blaze In The Northern Sky (with commentary) 04:57	buy track
12.	The Pagan Winter (with commentary) 06:32	buy track

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’A Blaze In The Northern Sky’, Darkthrone's second album, was originally released in 1992 and was without question the blueprint release for the Black Metal scene, spearheading the evolution of the early second wave movement in Norway & beyond. It was hailed on release as an album of true scene-shifting greatness, following their more death metal centered debut, ’Soulside Journey’.

This special edition of ‘A Blaze in the Northern Sky’ marked 20 years since the album’s original release, & contains an additional version of the album featuring Fenriz talking about his memories & recollections of the album’s construction as the music plays in the background.

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released January 1, 1992

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Peaceville London, UK

Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label founded in Dewsbury, England in 1987 - artists over the years include Katatonia, Darkthrone, Paradise Lost, Opeth, Cradle Of Filth, My Dying Bride and Anathema

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