Formed: 1991
From:
Bergen,
Norway
Last Known Status: Regrouped
Latest Immortal News
Below is our complete Immortal news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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First Bands Announced For Graspop Metal Meeting
The organizers of the Belgian metal festival has announced the first batch of bands that will be performing at the event in June of next year. KISS has been confirmed to be one of the headlining acts at the festival, which follows on from their successful headlining slot at Graspop in 2008.
Other acts confirmed include:
Sepultura
Anvil
Behemoth
Ratt
Alestorm
Immortal
Tankard
All Shall Perish
Bleeding Through
Deadlock
Ignite
Jon Olivia's Pain
Korpiklaani
Walls Of Jericho
Tarja
The Faceless
My Dying Bride
Necrophobic
More Bands Confirmed For Hellfest
Obscura, Arch Enemy, Seupltura, and Twisted Sister are the latest bands confirmed for next's year's Hellfest, set to take place June 18-20, 2010 in Clisson, France.
The current line up is as follows:
7 SECONDS
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ARCHITECTS
ARCH ENEMY
ATHEIST
BEHEMOTH
BLACK COBRA
BLOODBATH
BORN FROM PAIN
COUNT RAVEN
DARK FUNERAL
DYING FETUS
EARTH CRISIS
FINNTROLL
GENERAL SURGERY
GHOST BRIGADE
GWAR
IMMORTAL
KAMPFAR
NEGURA BUNGET
OBSCURA
RWAKE
SAVIOURS
SECRETS OF THE MOON
SEPULTURA
SUFFOCATION
SWALLOW THE SUN
SWORN ENEMY
TANKARD
TWISTED SISTER
WALLS OF JERICHO
WEEDEATER
Leaves' Eyes Confirmed For Metal Camp Open Air
Leaves' Eyes is the latest band to be confirmed for the Metal Camp Open Air 2010 festival. The festival will take place from 05.07.-11.07.2010 in Tomin, Slovenia.
The currently confirmed line-up is as follows:
Leaves' Eyes
Behemoth
Ensiferum
Equilibrium
Dornenreich
Immortal
Kalmah
Metsatoll
Sabaton
The Devil's Blood
The Exploited
Slipknot To Headline Smokeout Festival
Iowa nine-piece Slipknot has been announced as the headliners for this years edition of the Smokeout festival which takes place Friday, October 23 and Saturday, October 24 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre and festival grounds in San Bernardino, CA. The event was founded by rap superstars (no pun intended) Cypress Hill and will be hosted by weed icons, Cheech and Chong. There will be a wide range of acts performing at the festival too, including metal groups Deftones, Immortal and Hardcore legends Bad Brains, as well as rap heavyweights such as Cypress Hill, Geto Boys, Immortal Technique, Mix Master Mike, Redman & Method Man amongst many others.
Immortal To Blame For Rock City 2009 Cancellation?
Inside sources have claimed that the Norwegian black metal legends Immortal may be to blame for the cancellation of the Romanian metal festival, Rock City Open Air. The source states that the band were paid 25% of their fee in advance as a condition for them to perform. However, although Immortal has pulled out of the show, they are reportedly refusing to pay back the money they owe, which means the festival will not have the money needed to stage the event. Stay tuned for more details on this situation.
Immortal Pulls Out of Rock City Open Air 2009
Norwegian black metal legends Immortal has announced that they have been forced to pull out of the Rock City Open Air festival in Romania this year. A message from the band reads as follows:
"Regretfully, Immortal will not be performing at the Rock City Open Air in Romania, where we were scheduled to perform Saturday August 22nd. The contract that we agreed on was not honored within the deadline from the promoter, thus making our participation impossible.
"We still hope to meet our Romanian fans in the future!"
Immortal Reveals New Album Artwork
Immortal has announced that their new album "All Shall Fall" will be released on September 25, 2009 through Nuclear Blast Records. The cover artwork for the album can be viewed at the band's MySpace page.
The track listing for the album will be as follows:
1. All Shall Fall
2. The Rise Of Darkness
3. Hordes To War
4. Norden On Fire
5. Arctic Swarm
6. Mount North
7. Unearthly Kingdom
Immortal Posts Tuska Open Air Live Video Clips
Several fan filmed video clips have been posted online of Immortal performing at the Tuska Open Air Festival in Helsinki, Finland. The videos can be viewed below. Immortal is also scheduled to release their new album "All Shall Fall" on September 25, 2009 through Nuclear Blast Records. More...
Immortal Reveals New Album Release Date
Immortal has announced that their new album "All Shall Fall" will be released on September 25, 2009 through Nuclear Blast Records.
The track listing for the album will be as follows:
"All Shall Fall"
"The Rise Of Darkness"
"Hordes To War"
"Norden On Fire"
"Arctic Swarm"
"Mount North"
"Unearthly Kingdom"
Immortal Reveals "All Shall Fall" Tracklisting
Reunited Norwegian black metal legends Immortal has revealed the tracklisting for their forthcoming new studio album, "All Shall Fall" which is scheduled to be released in September through Nuclear Blast Records.
The tracklisting is as follows:
"All Shall Fall"
"The Rise Of Darkness"
"Hordes To War"
"Norden On Fire"
"Arctic Swarm"
"Mount North"
"Unearthly Kingdom"
Immortal Finishes Recording New Album
Norwegian black metallers Immortal have finished recording their new album which will be titled "All Shall Fall." The album is currently scheduled for release sometime in September via Nuclear Blast Records.
Opeth And Immortal To Release Vinyl Box Sets
German label Viva Hate Records has announced the release of limited edition, hand numbered OPETH And IMMORTAL vinyl wooden boxes.
The Opeth box is a 6xLP set of the following albums: The Orchid, Morningrise, My Arms Your Hearse. The wooden box will have the Opeth logo and album details printed/burned on it. The first 200 coloured versions contain an exclusive special Opeth shirt. This is due for release in January.
The Immortal box is a 6xLP set of the following albums: Diabolical Fullmoon, Pure Holocaust, Battles In The North, Blizzard Beasts,At The Heart Of Winter, Damned In Black. The wooden box will have the Immortal logo and album details printed/burned on it. The white vinyl version is limited to 100 pieces. The dark red vinyl version is limited to 200 pieces. Each will include a special shirt. This is due for release in March.
Immortal Explains Screamfest Cancellation
Norwegian black metal legends Immortal has posted the following message online:
"We’re extremely sorry for the disaster that took place in Oslo last night at Screamfest. The venue staff ruined our show in advance, and we let all of you down.
"The feeling of not being able to perform for dedicated fans having travelled in from all over Norway and the rest of the world, is beyond description.
"First of all, the security in the hall was not very good. At first, they wanted us to perform without crash barriers in front of the stage, which could have been an even worse situation because of the pyrotechnics on stage. After that was taken care of, we had the final confirmation that the fire alarm system was disconnected, and we would not face any problems due to this. Our pyrotechnics effects were approved by the fire department, we had invested a lot of money into this show, and really wanted to give our fans a special evening. More...
The Batallion's New Album Ready To Be Unleashed
The Batallion, the band consisting of past and current members of Old Funeral, Grimfist, Taake, Bömbers and Borknagar, is ready to unleash hell upon the world. The album "The Stronghold of Men" will be released through Dark Essence Records in Norway on March 17 and worldwide on April 21.
The album was recorded and mixed in Conclave Studios and produced by Bart Schlegermeister and contain 11 tracks of "kick-ass old-school thrash metal." The album features guest vocals by none other than Abbath (Immortal), who is also a big fan of the band.
Tracks from the upcoming The Batallion album, "Stronghold of Men," can be previewed on Last.fm. You can also download the song "The Spirit of Masculinity" for free from the same page and stream their music from MySpace.
More Bands Added To Graspop Metal Meeting 2008
ARCH ENEMY, SYMPHONY X, BRING ME THE HORIZON, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THROWDOWN and BLEEDING THROUGH have just been confirmed for the Graspop Metal Meeting which is set to take place June 27th - 29th at De Boeretand in Dessel, Belgium.
Confirmed acts now include: ALCHEMIST, APOCALYPTICA, ARCH ENEMY, AT THE GATES, AVENGED SEVENFOLD, BEHEMOTH, BLACK STONE CHERRY, BLEEDING THROUGH, BRING ME THE HORIZON, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, COMEBACK KID, DEATHSTARS, DEF LEPPARD, DYING FETUS, FORBIDDEN, HELMET, HOLLENTHON, ICED EARTH, IMMORTAL, IN FLAMES, IRON MAIDEN, JUDAS PRIEST, KORPIKLAANI, MADBALL, MINISTRY, MORBID ANGEL, MY DYING BRIDE, NILE, NOVEMBERS DOOM, OBITUARY, OPETH, PRIMORDIAL, ROSE TATTOO, ROTTING CHRIST, SABATON, SAXON, SOILWORK, SONATA ARCTICA, SYMPHONY X, TESTAMENT, 36 CRAZYFISTS, THROWDOWN, VOLBEAT, WHITESNAKE and YNGWIE MALMSTEEN.
Grave Digger Confirmed For Screamfest
German power metallers GRAVE DIGGER have been confirmed for this year's Screamfest, set to take place November 7-8 on three different stages in Oslo, Norway. Eight more bands will be announced soon. Screamfest will also host the first-ever Norwegian Metal Awards. "On Saturday, November 8, we will celebrate our hard rock and metal musicians and show them respect and appreciation through an award given by both the people and a capable jury," the organizers write in a press release.
The Screamfest festival billing is shaping up as follows:
IMMORTAL
BORKNAGAR
KEEP OF KALESSIN
HATE
GRAVE DIGGER
Tickets go on sale on March 1.
GRAVE DIGGER's latest album, "Liberty or Death", entered the German Media Control chart in January 2007 at position No. 30. This is the second highest chart entry in GRAVE DIGGER's history.
Book On Norwegian Black Metal Due In May
American documentary photographer Peter Beste's book "True Norwegian Black Metal" will be issued on May 15 via Vice Books.
In the last two decades a bizarre and violent musical subculture called black metal has emerged in Norway. It has its roots in a heady blend of splatter movies, heavy metal music, Satanism, Pagan mythology and adolescent angst. In the early-mid 1990s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.
Peter Beste has spent the last eight years working in the milieu of this insulated and secretive community. Beste's access and insight has been absolutely without precedent, resulting in an amazing photographic journey. Beste has earned the respect and trust of this impenetrable, suspicious and often elitist community. With each visit Beste saw more, photographed more and eventually accumulated enough material for this book. "True Norwegian Black Metal" is a visual testimonial to this subculture. Peter Beste and editor Johan Kugelberg have created a unique photographic narrative that explores black metal from a truly visceral perspective.
With extensive contributions from the personal archive of Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen, publisher of the original Norwegian black metal publication Slayer magazine, a unique opportunity is here presented to see original artifacts and ephemera from this secluded rock community, and to read accounts of these events in the words of the people who were actually there at the time.
"True Norwegian Black Metal" offers confrontational live performance photographs of a savage subculture set alongside the stark beauty and natural allure of a landscape often shrouded in darkness.
The book is comprised of:
* 160 pages of photographs of the following bands/individuals: Nocturno Culto and Fenriz of DARKTHRONE; Necrobutcher, Hellhammer, Blasphemer, and Maniac of MAYHEM; Samoth of EMPEROR; Frost of SATYRICON; ENSLAVED; Abbath of IMMORTAL; Gaahl, Infernus, King, and Kvitrafn of GORGOROTH; Nattefrost of CARPATHIAN FOREST; 1349; DIMMU BORGIR; ILDJARN; AURA NOIR; and many more
* Interviews/quotes from Frost (1349), Abbath (IMMORTAL), Fenriz (DARKTHRONE), Gaahl (GORGOROTH)
* Essay by authors and Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen, publisher of the original Norwegian black metal publication Slayer magazine, including 32 pages of original artifacts, photographs, ephemera, and personal accounts by black metal's key figures from Krisiansen's personal archive."
For more information, visit www.peterbeste.com.
Beste has scheduled a photo exhibition beginning May 8 at Steven Kasher Gallery in New York City, with London, Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin, Los Angeles shows to follow.
Peter Beste on Norway's NRK talking about his black metal pictures: More...
Immortal Announce Aussie And NZ Store Signings
IMMORTAL will hold a number of in-store sessions over the course of their upcoming tour of Austral and New Zealand. Details are as follows:
March
11 - Melbourne, Australia - Metal Mayhem (5/371 Flinders Street) -- 4:30pm - 6:00pm
17 - Sydney, Australia - Utopia Records (233 Broadway) -- 4:00pm - 5:30pm
19 - Auckland, New Zealand - Real Groovy (438 Queen Street) -- 5:00pm - 6:15pm
Immortal's Australia / New Zealand tour schedule is as follows:
March
10 - Melbourne, Australia - Billboard
13 - Perth, Australia - The Capitol Theatre
14 - Adelaide, Australia - Fowler's Live
15 - Sydney, Australia - The Metro Theatre
20 - Auckland, New Zealand - Transmission Room
21 - Wellington, New Zealand - SFBH
Immortal To Play Russia
Norwegian black metal legends IMMORTAL check in with the following update:
"Mighty hails..."
"It's less than one month left until we meet our Immortal hordes Down Under, and in addition to the shows, we have scheduled signing sessions in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland. See you all there!"
"In August, we will finally see our Immortal hordes in Russia for the first time. The dates will be St. Petersburg (August 29th) and Moscow (August 30th). It's still a while, but we're finally coming, and we're looking forward to these shows!"
"In November, we will headline this year's Screamfest in Norway. We will play the Chateau Neuf in Oslo, on Friday November 7th. See you then!"
"The battle rages on!"
"Abbath, Horgh, Apollyon, Demonaz." More...
Dead To This World Reveal Inferno Festival Line-Up
DEAD TO THIS WORLD - the speed/thrash/black metal project featuring former IMMORTAL bassist Iscariah - have revealed the following lineup that will take part in the band's upcoming appearance at the the Inferno Metal Festival, which is set to take place March 19-22, 2008 at the Rockefeller and John Dee venues in Oslo, Norway:
Iscariah - Guitars, Vocals
Arvid - Guitars
Thurzur - Bass
Kvitrafn - Drums
First Strike for Spiritual Renewance, the debut album from Dead To This World - is currently available for streaming in its entirety at MP3.com. More...