Nattestid ser porten vid

Nattestid ser porten vid
Studio album by
Released7 January 1999
Recorded1997–1998, Grieghallen Studios
GenreBlack metal
Length42:17
LabelWounded Love Records
ProducerPytten
Taake chronology
Nattestid ser porten vid
(1999)
Over Bjoergvin graater himmerik
(2002)

Nattestid ser porten vid (English: Nighttime Sees the Gate Wide), appears on the album cover as Nattestid..., is the first full-length album released by Norwegian black metal band Taake. It was released by Wounded Love Records in 1999. The album was written entirely by Hoest, but he brought in a session musician, Tundra, to perform bass and drums. It was recorded throughout 1997 and 1998 at Grieghallen. Nattestid is the first part in a trilogy of albums. All the writing on the CD and lyrics in the booklet are written in runes. The album's lyrics are sung in Norwegian.