Høstmørke

Høstmørke is the Norwegian black metal band Isengard's second album, released in 1995. The title means "autumn darkness" in Norwegian.

Høstmørke
Studio album by Isengard
Released	1995
Genre	Folk metal, black metal
Length	32:13
Label	Moonfog Productions
Producer	Fenriz
Isengard chronology
Vinterskugge (1994) Høstmørke (1995) Vårjevndøgn (2020)

Track listing

1. "Neslepaks" (When read backwards it becomes "Skapelsen" which means "The Creation") – 5:32
2. "Landet og Havet" (The Land and the Sea) – 1:07
3. "I Kamp med Hvitekrist" (In Battle With Christ) – 4:57
4. "I ei Gran Borti Nordre Åsen" (In a spruce far into the Northern Ridge) – 3:43
5. "Over de Syngende Øde Moer" (Over the Singing Wastelands) – 5:52
6. "Thornspawn Chalice" – 8:10
7. "Total Death" – 2:50

Credits

• Fenriz – all instruments and vocals

Guests

• Aldrahn (Dødheimsgard) – spoken vocals on track 1
• Vicotnik (Dødheimsgard) – first scream on track 6

Reception

Peaceville records re-released what it described as a classic album on its label.^[1]

A reviewer in Sonic Abuse describes Høstmørke as "a stunning, icy collection of folk, doom, black metal and rock all held together by the charismatic strength of Fenriz’s idiosyncratic voice and the sheer wealth of influences that can be found throughout the disc", and praises Peaceville for the "more than worthy" reissue.^[2]