Tried it out and Nimatoad2000's house a couple days ago and loved it. So today when I went to buy some new shoes I stopped by the dreaded Gamestop to grab a copy of Dragon Age for the PC. They had plenty for PS3 and Xbox 360, but the only copies they had left for the PC version were the ones still onr eserve. The employee said they had been sitting there for a week and decided he could sell one to me, to which his manager responded "Alright but you can deal with the irate customer". I later realized they had also given me the card that came as a pre-order bonus with codes on it for free in-game stuff.So while I feel kinda bad that some poor guy isn't going to be getting his reserved copy of Dragon Age now, it worked out pretty well for me.

77/100, Gorgorth rebuilds itself with decent results, but they should have taken some more time to create something truly great.

After several listens I have to say it's disappointing especially considering all the hype about Infernus retaking control and the band returning to their older styl*e* While Infernus did indeed write all the music, he only wrote the lyrics for the short little outro, "Introibo ad Alatare Satanas". While Infernus' guitar playing is full of ups and downs, Pest really stepped up to the plate on vocals and proved that he could indeed fill Gaahl's shoes. I still personally prefer Gaahl's unqiue vocal styl*e* but Pest is certainly equally as skilled. The drumming on the album is pretty basic and boring, even moreso when put up against the drumming on the other two big black metal releases in the same month, Immortal's All Shall Fall and Marduk's Wormdwood. The album essentially comes across as some good but incomplete ideas thrown together with some really basic and generic parts used as the glue.

"Aneuthanasia"-Comes in pretty brutal with one of those infamous black metal barks but soon leads into some incredibly monotonous riffing. The first time through I thought it was kinda cool but repeated listens proved frustrating and boring. Luckily it doesn't last too long and is followed up by a really awesome riff that really doesn't last long enough. The song has some good ideas but doesn't really reach its potential. 6.5/10

"Prayer"-Starts off with an extraordinarily short riff that I can't help but feel they should have used way more, it would have been perfect for a bridge section. It gets followed by some generic and simple black metal riffs which then gets followed by a really *c*lassic one that get's interrupted by a lesser albeit good one as they switch off. This pretty much continues until the abrupt ending. 7/10

"Rebirth"-I swear this song is about putting Gorgoroth back together after the whole fiasco with Gaahl and King, but I guess we'll never know for sure since they don't print their lyrics. Anyway this song is a step above the previous two. It sounds a lot like something Burzum would write. It's very dark and moody, a little ambient even, but it's also surprisingly progressive as it goes on. Once pest screams, "Rebirth of Gorgoroth!" things begin to get a bit more epic. 9/10

"Building a Man"-I hate the stupid intro but the song gets pretty solid afterwards. To me the main riffs on this track sound a lot like Immortal, but I guess that's for you to decide. It loses some credit for being extremely derivative but it's a very good song. 8/10

"New Breed"-Starts off a little too overly simple but progressively gets heavier and more technical with some really cool riffing a couple minutes in. Unfortunately the great riffs do get underused and the simpler and more boring ones seem to take priority a little. 7.5/10

"Cleansing Fire"-The first riff is interesting and has potential, but it feels unfulfilled and the extremely lackluster drumming really takes away from it. It turns out to be a relatively heavy and decent song, but not much else. 7/10

"Human Sacrifice"-Easily one of the best tracks on the album, and one of the only ones with competent drumming. Starts off really intense but soon leads into some semi-memorable riffing. If this song had kept that intensity all the way through it would have been awesome. As it stands though, it's still a great track to listen to. 8/10

"Satan-Prometheus"-This has some really cool guitar parts and is the only other track besides "Human Sacrifice" with decent drumming. Besides Pest's more than solid vocals there's some clean background on this track that work surprisingly well. Definitely a great song and a very good way to end the album 8.5/10

"Introibo ad Alatare Satanas"-The point of this little outro eludes me. Not going to score it or include it in the average.

My top tracks fort this album are "Rebirth", "Human Sacrifice", and "Satan-Prometheus". It really feels like Infernus was desperate to put out an album both to prove that he could still write music despite his lack of any serious contribution over the past six years and to compete with his new rival God Seed's release who ironically fell apart before even releasing their first album. It grows on you with more listens, but Infernus should have waited and polished up the album a fair amount more before releasing it. He should have hired a different drummer, written some more interesting riffs, and made a couple more tracks to lengthen this all too short album. It's solid black metal, and if you're a fan you'll definitely find something to like, but it really just doesn't compete with what everyone else has been putting out, or even any of their own back catalog (With the exception of the somewhat lacking Destroyer) for that matter.

Immortal: All Shall Fall

90/100, Immortal treats us to a grim and frostbitten peek of Blashyrkh.

This album is epic, and actually makes the seemingly endless wait worth it. Abbath's vocals and guitar playing are equally excellent. Horgh's drumming is both creative and super precise. The new bassist isn't all that noticeable because he's barely even audible. Demonaz is becoming a better lyricist and it shows.

"All Shall Fall"-Starts off with some ambient noise, but that doesn't last long. Soon you're thrown into an amazing riff that gets quickly followed by another equally amazing riff. The drumming is fantastic on this song, precise and brutal. Abbath's vocals jump in with a quick bark and then come in full fledged. An amazing song and an overall excellent choice as the title track and opener. 9.5/10

"The Rise Of Darkness"-Immortal follows up "All Shall Fall" with another great, albeit softer and slower song. It hints at heaviness early on but doesn't really reach it until about halfway through. There's some really cool drumming on this song and I really like the chorus, but it's just not quite as awesome as the title track. 8.5/10

"Hordes To War"-This song comes out screaming. It's incredibly fast, extremely brutal, very chaotic and just overall very intense. 9/10

"Norden On Fire"-Starts off with the noise of howling wind and some soft guitar playing to set the mood. Then the heavy riffing drops in like a bomb. The song starts out great, and only gets better. The last bit of the song gets really epic with some excellent riffing. 9/10

"Arctic Swarm"-Starts out simple but brutal, and gets more technical and progressive as it goes on. Almost sounds like a death metal song. The song changes in the end and sounds much more like black metal, and Abbath has a cool albeit short solo near the end as well. 8.5/10

"Mount North"-Another very epic sounding song, filled with absolutely great riffs and stellar drumming. It gets heavier and heavier as it goes on, and Abbath's solo is awesome. 9/10

"Unearthly Kingdom"-Starts off with very dark sounding ambient music that really sets the mood, it totally gets you into the song. Then the riffing comes in, mid-paced and trance-like and extremely catchy. Then things heat up and the song gets insanely epic. A battle horn sounds and then the song grows soft while the gates of Blashrykh open. Then drums come in as epic as possible with equally awesome guitar to bring the song through it's final stretch until it's end. The first time I listened to this song I knew it was great, but every time you listen to it, it gets even better. Truly excellent track, it made me sad to hear it fade out. 10/10

My favorite songs are "All Shall Fall", "Hordes To War", and "Unearthly Kingdom". While some bands try as hard as they can to be as "true" or "necro" as possible and others throw in cheesy amounts of keyboards and synthesizers to try and make their music sound more epic or accessible, Immortal is truly evolving black metal in ways no other band has even thought of. This is quite possibly Immortal's best album to date.