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Immortal To Continue On Without Abbath, Working On New Album

posted Aug 13, 2015 at 1:54 PM by xFiruath.  (4 Comments)

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Abbath may have departed to form a new self-titled band, but Immortal soldiers on!

Norway’s unstoppable black metal force has been busy working on new material, with members Demonaz and Horgh having gone through legal processes this past year to retain the band's name and logo. Nuclear Blast had this to say:

"In October 2014, ex-Immortal singer/guitarist Abbath (Olve Eikemo) filed an trademark application for registration of the brand Immortal to Patentstyret (Norwegian Industrial Property Office) without informing the other band members. The band's core members Horgh and Demonaz were forced to seek legal help to counter this. The trademark application from Eikemo was not approved and was denied registered on July 21st, 2015. Eikemo has left Immortal to start his new band."

The band also adds: "Immortal never stopped, we just had to go through a long legal process before we could go out in the media with the news. Immortal is much more than just a band, and much more then just a form of music. The departure of one member cannot change that, no matter. We will continue what we believe in, and the power of 'Blashyrkh' shall live on."

Demonaz, the band’s founding member, has created material based on his visions of Blashyrkh for nearly 25 years. Some new songs, which are set to be included on the next album, are "Northern Chaos Gods," "Called To Ice," and "Blacker Of Worlds." More information about the new music and line-up will be presented later this year.

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4 Comments on "Immortal To Continue On Without Abbath"

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1. LooseSpanner writes:

Absolutely pointless continuing without Abbath. Demonaz is a second rate songwriter as his own solo album testifies. Its a pity it ended like this for such a great band but Immortal without Abbath is like Pantera without Dimebag. Just lay it to rest and move on. Abbath's solo stuff should be decent though

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2. JennyFear writes:

I kind of agree, but I'll probably still give it a chance. I'd really miss living without ever returning to Blashyrkh.

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3. NoAbbathNoBlashyrkh writes:

This is more pointless than the time The Doors did two albums without Jim Morrison

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4. actuallyplaysinstruments writes:

this is great news. demonaz has always been the main talent in this band. the first 4 albums demonstrate how much of a better guitar player he is then abbath.

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