Abbath Inks Deal With Season Of Mist

Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Abbath. Having recently departed from Immortal to form a new band under his own name, the iconic Norwegian black metal legend is currently working on his debut album for Season of Mist, which is expected to be ready early 2016.

Bass duties will be handled by a man familiar to metal fans across the world – Tom Cato Visnes, more widely known as King ov Hell and main composer for several Gorgoroth albums as well as his own bands Ov Hell and God Seed. His fellow God Seed member and Borknagar sticksman Baard Kolstad will also join Abbath on drums.

Regarding this signing Michael Berberian personally commented: "My first black metal concert ever was Immortal, Rotting Christ, and Blasphemy in Paris, 1993," the Season of Mist CEO states. "Black metal was then, and still is, defining my musical taste. This concert was life changing and one of the events that eventually sparked the birth of Season of Mist. Fast-forward 22 years from that concert to this moment in time. Rotting Christ have been with us for years, and now Abbath joins us too!

"I'm presenting this signing with a pure adrenaline high and childlike amazement. On top of this, Abbath is one of a kind, a genuine character. I have known Tom aka King for years, and Baard is a phenomenon – one of a kind in any generation of drummers. I have no doubt that this line-up will surpass anything that Abbath did in the past. This band has just the right chemistry, the ambition and the vision to excel."

Having already announced that "new songs have been honed, ready to sit alongside classic Immortal material and rarely – if ever – played gems," Abbath and his band will make their world debut at Tuska Metal Festival stage headlining on Saturday 27th June 2015. See the band live:

27th of June 2015: Tuska Metal Festival, Finland
4th of September 2015: Meh Suff Metal Festival, Switzerland
5th of September 2015: Fall of Summer, France
18th September 2015: The Forum, London, UK
20th February 2016: Blastfest, Norway