Abbath - Puts Immortal To Rest, Moves On With Solo Band
It seems like the Legal Battles In The North over the Immortal's name/logo have ended without an agreement. The band's frontman Abbath has released a statement regarding the future of Immortal or rather the end. Essentially, Abbath will move on with a new band under his name and the name of Immortal, for the time being, will rest. Abbath will perform at Blastfest next year and already has announced a show in London this September as well.
Here is the full statement: "Immortal's frontman and founding member has been writing and rehearsing fervently, with a deluge of new material ready to be recorded; unable to come to an agreement in order move forward with the other members of the band, he has formed a new line up. Whilst grateful and respectful for the contributions of Demonaz, Horgh and Apollyon, the time is now right for Abbath to present his art to the world and continue to evolve the legacy.
"The next two years will see the release of a new album alongside select live performances - the first of these to be announced is The Forum in London on Friday 18th September. This will be Abbath's first time back on stage in the UK since triumphantly headlining Bloodstock Festival in 2011 alongside W.A.S.P. and Motörhead. Following this, February 2016 will see a return to playing on home soil as the headliner for the prestigious Blastfest in Bergen - on top of a 100% Norwegian line up.
"Abbath is a continued weaving of this artist's creative thread: new songs have been honed, ready to sit alongside classic Immortal material and rarely - if ever - played gems that will be unearthed from an epic catalogue spanning over two decades.
"Using his own name is a natural step for Abbath, having become iconic and synonymous with the band that he co-founded in 1990. That's 25 years of powering face first into the northern wind; a milestone for any band, and rather than exploit it by dragging Immortal's name through the mud, Abbath will instead carry his own on his back. The name of Immortal, for the time being, will rest; the essence, the power, the music - and Abbath - will not."
Here is the full statement: "Immortal's frontman and founding member has been writing and rehearsing fervently, with a deluge of new material ready to be recorded; unable to come to an agreement in order move forward with the other members of the band, he has formed a new line up. Whilst grateful and respectful for the contributions of Demonaz, Horgh and Apollyon, the time is now right for Abbath to present his art to the world and continue to evolve the legacy.
"The next two years will see the release of a new album alongside select live performances - the first of these to be announced is The Forum in London on Friday 18th September. This will be Abbath's first time back on stage in the UK since triumphantly headlining Bloodstock Festival in 2011 alongside W.A.S.P. and Motörhead. Following this, February 2016 will see a return to playing on home soil as the headliner for the prestigious Blastfest in Bergen - on top of a 100% Norwegian line up.
"Abbath is a continued weaving of this artist's creative thread: new songs have been honed, ready to sit alongside classic Immortal material and rarely - if ever - played gems that will be unearthed from an epic catalogue spanning over two decades.
"Using his own name is a natural step for Abbath, having become iconic and synonymous with the band that he co-founded in 1990. That's 25 years of powering face first into the northern wind; a milestone for any band, and rather than exploit it by dragging Immortal's name through the mud, Abbath will instead carry his own on his back. The name of Immortal, for the time being, will rest; the essence, the power, the music - and Abbath - will not."
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62022  |
Such a sad sue, because Abbot needs Demonaz as Slash needs Axel, who will write a lyrics? Abboth has not wrote any single lyrics ... I have double feelings, show goes on, but quality ... we will see
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| TheMAGAmvm Soycrusher Posts: 1086  |
Written by Bad English on 26.03.2015 at 13:59 I don't think the big blow is in the lyrical department (damn, he can write about so many things, or not necessarily he). The huge blow is the loss of Apollyon and especially Horgh who were two great musicians.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1118  |
Nooooooooooo! One of my last remaining original second wave favorites. At least there's still Enslaved, but there isn't enough quality black thrash out there.
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One Admin Posts: 15287  |
Meh. they are old. they put out, what, one album in the past 12 years... sad, i guess, but ultimately not a big loss.
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
At least it's better than having two Immortals or something like Entombed or Queensrÿche did. I love Immortal but it's been years since they've released something worthy.
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| Sentenced Odiin gothic.moorion@gmail.com Posts: 260  |
Abbath logo reminds me of Ghost's somehow.
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4100  |
Written by Bananatron on 26.03.2015 at 16:41 Heh...heh...
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Are they still going to take goofy promo photos together, though?
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| Opethian Posts: 1758  |
Pure Holocaust will always be with me amongst my collection. Thank you IMMORTAL!!!!   
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| Mad Arab666 Posts: 299  |
I guess even immortal wasn't "immortal" 
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| sbgmetal Posts: 867  |
Written by flightoficarus on 26.03.2015 at 14:50 i kno, quality black thrash is very hard to find indeed
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1118 |
Written by sbgmetal on 27.03.2015 at 03:33 I have been pimping this like crazy though. If you like the same stuff I do, you'll probably like it. Hopefully we'll get the new Absu this year as well.
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| toxx Supreme being Posts: 390  |
Written by BitterCOld on 26.03.2015 at 15:26 I agree. And that one album wasn't really that good either.
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| s_t_s Posts: 1208  |
Only album I have from them is "All Shall Fall" and while I like the album, I won't call it a master of piece. So, sorry folks, but I won't miss the band.
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| Timelord Posts: 276  |
I wouldn't worry about "Immortal" being put on ice. Give it some time and when the rest of the band starts hurting for some cash they will have another reunion.
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| sbgmetal Posts: 867 |
Written by flightoficarus on 27.03.2015 at 05:38 not too shabby some of the songs sounds like skeletonwitch in a few parts, and yes hopefully proscriptor releases something a lil more memorable this time
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