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Immortal will be soon back and will continue their visions of Blashyrkh

16/8/2015

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As many of you perhaps already know, the legendary Norwegian band Immortal split in the period over the last part of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, due to a legal battle whereby Abbath (Olve Eikemo) attempted to secure exclusive rights to the Immortal trademark after lyricist and founding member Demonaz (Harald Nævdal) and drummer Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) quit the band. Abbath wanted to continue Immortal but was instead forced to launch a new band called Abbath together with King ov Hell and Baard Kolstad. Since then, Abbath has already performed at several festivals and has already been booked for a tour next winter together with Behemoth and Inquisition and for the next edition of Blastfest.

Now Demonaz has announced that Immortal will be back and are already working on new material. According to Blabbermouth, Demonaz and Horgh have stated the following: “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 than 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.”

(In the Nineties, Demonaz composed the lyrics about the realm of Blashyrk made of forests, winter, and fog; in this realm Abbath and Demonaz mirrored their feelings of isolation living in Bergen, Norway.)

The new album by Immortal will be released through Nuclear Blast. Some new songs on which they are working are titled 
“Northern Chaos Gods”, “Called to Ice” and “Blacker of Worlds”. At the moment Abbath will not be part of the reunion of Immortal and will only continue with his new band. The line-up of Immortal consists currently only of Demonaz and Horgh.

Related links:
Legal Battle over the Immortal trademark: a decision is awaited soon
Immortal close down; Abbath launches a new band

Text by Herjann
herjann@unholyblackmetal.com
2 Comments
phil
14/8/2015 23:44:21

Good news

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Satanique
16/8/2015 23:31:56

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