Immortal

Norwegian black metal band Immortal stand apart from the legion of genre bands by refusing violence and misanthropy and sticking close to the dark fantasy, occult-inspired vision of the original scene. The Bergen group eschewed their peers' classical structuring and progressive experimentation in favor of blackened purity and raw power. The trio's three earliest albums, Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism (1992), Pure Holocaust (1993), and Battles in the North (1995), stand as iconic BM recordings. 1999's At the Heart of Winter and 2002's Sons of Northern Darkness (2002) added an ac...