Ice Upon the Night

Infobox Album
Name = Ice Upon the Night
Type = studio
Artist = Immortal Souls


Released = March, 2003
Recorded = November 2002, Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland.
Genre = Melodic death metal
Melodic black metal
Length = 40:10
Label = Fear Dark (EU) Facedown Records (US and Canada)
Producer = Immortal Souls
Reviews =
* [http://soundofmetal.se/ Sound Of Metal] Rating-10|9.2 [http://soundofmetal.se/index.php?page=immortalsoulsiceuponthenightreview link]
* Revelationz rating-10|8.5 [http://www.revelationz.net/index.asp?ID=1079 link]
* Imperiumi.net rating-10|8 [http://www.imperiumi.net/alb_2.php?id=1242 link]
* Noise.fi Rating|4|5 [http://www.noise.fi/levyarvostelut/index.php?id=1227 link]
Last album = "Under the Northern Sky" (2001)
This album = "Ice Upon the Night" (2003)
Next album = "Once Upon a Time in the North" (2005)

"Ice Upon the Night" is the second studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Immortal Souls. It is Immortal Souls' first album released by the Dutch Fear Dark record label. It was released in March 2003.

Recording

"Ice Upon the Night" was recorded in November 2002 at Sonic Pump Studios, Helsinki, Finland. The mixing and mastering was done by Nino Laurenne, and Mika Jussila mastered the album at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki. The album was produced by Immortal Souls.

Musically, the album continues on the band's melodic death metal approach as well as the wintry lyrical theme, although the overall tempo has gotten somewhat slower compared to the previous efforts. The session musician Kimmo Pulkkinen sings clean vocals on the song "You" as a duet with Aki Särkioja, in contrast to his death growl vocals. Pulkkinen also sings clean vocals on "Man of Sorrow."

"Ice Upon the Night" received a positive reception. For example, Mape Ollila, reviewer of Imperiumi.net the biggest metal music site in Finland, gave the album 8 out of 10 and wrote that the band was technically good and that there nothing wrong with the song material. [ Mape Ollila, [http://www.imperiumi.net/alb_2.php?id=1242 Immortal Souls - ice Upon the Night] , Imperiumi.net Retrieved 2007-12-16.] Some fans, however, were not too excited about the slight metalcore influences on same songs, the overall calmer output, nor liked the less wintry cover art on the European release.

"Ice Upon the Night" was especially marketed to Benelux countries, Germany and Switzerland, and to the United States and Canada through Facedown Records that issued the album with a different, wintry cover.

Track listing

# "Everwinter" – 3:36 [http://immortalsouls.com/downloads/sampleisedge.mp3 .mp3]
# "Welcome to North" – 3:58
# "Sacrifice" – 3:31 [http://immortalsouls.com/downloads/FD010FR040-everwinter.mp3 .mp3]
# "Painbearer" – 4:27
# "Edge of the Frost" – 5:09 [http://immortalsouls.com/downloads/FD010FR040-sacrifice.mp3 .mp3]
# "Coldstreets" – 4:05
# "You" – 4:24
# "Suicidalive" – 4:17
# "Man of Sorrow" – 6:36

Personnel

* Aki Särkioja – death growl, bass guitar
* Esa Särkioja – guitar
* Pete Loisa – guitar
* Jupe Hakola – drums

ession musicians

*Kimmo Pulkkinen – clean vocals on "You" and "Man of Sorrow"

References

External links

* [http://www.immortalsouls.com Immortal Souls' official website]