Blizzard Beasts ( February 24th, 1997 Catalog ID: OPCD 051 Label: Osmose Productions Format: CD
1. Intro 01:00 instrumental 2. Blizzard Beasts 02:49 Show lyrics 3. Nebular Ravens Winter 04:13 Show lyrics 4. Suns That Sank Below 02:47 Show lyrics 5. Battlefields 03:40 Show lyrics 6. Mountains of Might 06:38 Show lyrics 7. Noctambulant 02:22 Show lyrics 8. Winter of the Ages 02:33 Show lyrics 9. Frostdemonstorm 02:54
Band members Abbath Doom Occulta Vocals, Bass, Songwriting Demonaz Doom Occulta Guitars, Lyrics, Songwriting (tracks 2, 4, 5, 9) Horgh Drums Miscellaneous staff Henrikke Helland Producer, Mixing Simon Dancaster Lyrical assistance Ib Jensen Cover art photo Jannicke Wiese-Hansen Logo (on backcover and on engraved cd-jewelcase front version)
Released on CD and vinyl limited to 1.500 hand-numbered copies. The picture disc vinyl version limited to 300 copies.
The final album to feature Demonaz on guitar, due to an RSI injury.
On the first press, logo was printed / engraved in the cd-case front. This version does not list the intro on either the inlay or the booklet, but the track is still included.
2005: Gatefold vinyl re-issue on Osmose limited to 1000 copies. 2010: Vinyl re-issue on Osmose, black vinyl limited to 800 copies, blue transparent to 210 & transparent to 97.
Warning - Osmose CD presses from February 2001 up to around 2005 may contain a copy-protection method which renders the CD completely unreadable in PCs and certain modern Hi-Fi systems. This isn't indicated anywhere on the packaging.
Reissued on limited edition deluxe cassette by (#invalid label link ID#) in 2014. Limited to 50 copies on black tapes and 50 copies on smoky black tapes. Each comes with two buttons and a sticker. Hand-numbered. (NEVER004)
Recording information:
Recorded at Sigma Recording Studios in September / November 1996. Co-produced by Immortal.