Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 6/10 |
In his review, Steve Huey of AllMusic gave the album five stars out of five, writing, "In the Nightside Eclipse resoundingly demonstrated that there was real musical substance and ambition in the world of black metal. somehow managed to capture the essence of the genre while completely rewriting its rule book", commenting that it was also "the first to fuse black metal with progressive and symphonic elements, setting the stage for a bevy of future experimentation in the genre, As such, it certainly possesses the farthest-reaching legacy of anything from Norway's bloody first wave, and ranks as one of the most important heavy metal albums of the '90s."
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