Immortal "Sons Of Northern Darkness (Special Deluxe Edition)"

Sons of Northern Darkness is the seventh album by Norwegian black metal band Immortal. Musically, it continues the blackened thrash metal style heard on the two previous releases At the Heart of Winter and Damned in Black. This was the band's first release on Nuclear Blast Records and the last album to feature Iscariah on bass, who admitted to only play bass on the opening track "One by One", with the rest of the album's bass tracks being played by vocalist/guitarist Abbath, which is the last time he would contribute to playing bass before his departure in 2015.

The album was released in multiple formats, including a standard CD, a limited edition four-panel digipak, a limited edition metal box, a "Deluxe Edition" digipak with bonus DVD, a picture disc, a gatefold double LP, and a quadruple 10" leather box. The limited edition metal box was only available via Nuclear Blast mailorder and was sold out before it was actually released.

The song "In My Kingdom Cold" references the H.P. Lovecraft story At the Mountains of Madness.

"One by One" was featured in the soundtrack of the 8th installment in the Tony Hawk's video game series, Tony Hawk's Project 8, which released in 2006.

Disc 1 (CD)

1. One by One 05:00   
2. Sons of Northern Darkness 04:47   
3. Tyrants 06:19   
4. Demonium 03:57   
5. Within the Dark Mind 07:32
6. In My Kingdom Cold 07:17
7. Antarctica 07:13  
8. Beyond the North Waves 08:07   

Total time:   50:12  

Disc 2 (DVD)

1. Live at BB Kings Club, New York 2003 + Photo Gallery

Also available as a limited edition quadfolded digipak and as strictly limited edition metal box to 1000 pieces.

The metal box was only available via Nuclear Blast mailorder and sold out before it was actually released.

Re-released in 2007 by Nuclear Blast as a 4x10" leather LP box.

Re-released in 2008 by Back on Black as 2x12" heavy vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

Re-released in November 2005 as deluxe version together with the DVD "Live at BB Kings Club New York 2003.

In an interview with Mortem Zine, Iscariah confirmed that Abbath tracked all bass on this album except for "One by One".

Music video:

- One by One.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Abyss Studios, September 2001.