Vinterskugge is the first full-length release by the Norwegian

Norway

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 black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 band Isengard

Isengard (Norwegian band)

Isengard is a solo project of Fenriz, famous for being the drummer of Darkthrone, created in 1989.It is rooted on Norwegian black/Viking metal and avant-garde rock on some tracks, and named after the Tolkienian locale Isengard.-Career:...

. It is actually a combination of three demo tapes released between 1989 and 1993, which explains the difference in sound between the releases, with the earlier recordings predating the second wave of black metal and resembling death metal more closely.

• Tracks 1-7 taken from the"Vandreren" '93 demo.
• Tracks 8-12 taken from the "Spectres over Gorgoroth" '89 demo.
• Tracks 13-16 taken from the "Horizons" '91 demo.

Track listing

From the Vendreren demo (1993)

1. "Vinterskugge" - 5:15
2. "Gjennom Skogen til Blåfjellene" - 5:51
3. "Ut i Vannets dyp Hvor Morket Hviler" - 4:19
4. "Dommedagssalme" - 5:06
5. "In the Halls and Chambers of Stardust - The Crystallic Heavens Open" - 2:33
6. "Fanden Lokker til Stupet (Nytrad)" - 2:43
7. "Naglfar" - 5:29

From the Spectres Over Gorgoroth demo (1989)

8. "Thy Gruesome Death" - 2:16
9. "Deathcult" - 1:55
10. "Rise from Below" - 3:12
11. "Dark Lord of Gorgoroth" - 2:26
12. "Trollwandering (Outro)" - 1:29

From the Horizons demo (1991)

13. "The Fog" - 4:35
14. "Storm of Evil" - 6:02
15. "Bergtrollets Gravferd" - 5:31
16. "Our Lord will Come" - 5:48