Fallen Angel of Doom

Fallen Angel of Doom
Studio album by Blasphemy
Released 1990
Genre Black metal, death metal
Length 30:12
Label Wild Rags (Netherlands, United States)
Nuclear War Now! (USA 2007 reissue)
Blasphemy chronology
Blood Upon the Altar
(1989)Blood Upon the Altar1989
Fallen Angel of Doom
(1990)
Gods of War
(1993)Gods of War1993

Fallen Angel of Doom is Blasphemy's first full-length album, released in 1990. The album is considered one of the most influential records for the war metal style[1] (also known as war black metal[2] or bestial black metal).[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Echoes and DustVery Favorable[5]
Metal Crypt[6]
SputnikMusic[7]

Tom of Terrorizer magazine called the album "[h]eavier than the entire forests of Canada falling on your big toe" and included it on the list of The Heaviest Albums Ever: The albums Kerrang! forgot.[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds, Black Priest of the 7 Satanic Rituals, and Caller of the Storms.

No.TitleLength
1."Winds of the Black Gods (Intro)"1:20
2."Fallen Angel of Doom"3:40
3."Hoarding of Evil Vengeance"2:22
4."Darkness Prevails"3:32
5."Desecration"2:27
6."Ritual"3:18
7."Weltering in Blood"2:27
8."Demoniac"2:45
9."Goddess of Perversity"4:28
10."The Desolate One (Outro)"3:53
Total length:30:12

Personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
Netherlands 1990 Wild Rags LP, CD, CS WRR019
United States
2007 Nuclear War Now! LP, 2xLP, CD ANTI-GOTH 069
2015 LP, CD
Ross Bay Cult Command 008

References

  1. Robert Müller: Wollt Ihr den ewigen Krieg?. Der tote Winkel. In: Metal Hammer, November 2011.
  2. Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen. Was bleibt, ist Schutt und Asche. In: Rock Hard, no. 279, p. 71-73.
  3. Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: SARCOFAGO. I.N.R.I. In: Rock Hard, Nr. 304, September 2012, p. 73.
  4. n/a. "AllMusic". allmusic.com. AllMusicGuide. Retrieved 2016-12-10.
  5. Butler, Matt. "Blasphemy – Fallen Angel Of Doom...". echoesanddust.com. Echoes And Dust. Retrieved 2015-07-01.
  6. MetalMike. "Review: Blasphemy – Fallen Angel Of Doom". metalcrypt.com. Metal Crypt. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  7. Ward, Kyle. "Sputnikmusic Review". sputnikmusic.com. Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  8. Tom: The Heaviest Albums Ever: The albums Kerrang! forgot.


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