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==Lyrical style==
Immortal's lyrics are based on an overall theme, a realm called ''Blashyrkh'' which is said to be "[[demon]]-and-battle-filled"<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |last=Serba |first=John |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=immortal-mn0000094102|pure_url=yes}} |title=Immortal |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=18 July 2011}}</ref> and a "fusion of gothic, Nordic, and heroic themes."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Marone|first=V.|year=2014|title=A Winterhorde in a Ravenrealm: Immortal's lyrics as an expression of Northeroic Gothic |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273131967|journal=Aeternum: The Journal of Contemporary Gothic Studies|volume=1 |issue=2|pages=40–60}}</ref> The idea for Blashyrkh came about from Demonaz and Abbath's feelings of isolation living in [[Bergen]]. They created Blashyrkh to mirror those feelings, basing it on Norway, including "winter landscapes", "the woods, the mountains, the darkness, the fog", and "glacial valleys".<ref name="Decibel 2009" /> When writing lyrics, the band's lyricist Demonaz often takes long walks in the Norwegian countryside near his hometown of Bergen for inspiration. Unlike many early black metal bands, Immortal does not have [[Satanism|satanic]]-themed lyrics,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/immortalinterview_2.htm |title=Immortal Interview |website=Heavymetal.about.com |access-date=29 November 2016 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324022615/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/immortalinterview_2.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> opting instead for basing the genre's inherent concepts of darkness and evil in the fantasy setting of Blashyrkh. However, on the band's first album, there were a few satanic references but without any lyrics attacking religion.