#demonaz

[child0feden]

seriously? right in front of them? shame on you…

[brayan-s-mora-ballestero]

Immortal

[mordrer]

PRE-IMMORTAL

Old Funeral is a death metal band formed in May 1988, located in Bergen. They were only 15 when Olve and Tore started a band(Only Padden was 18). They were one of the first bands to form in the Norwegian extreme metal scene.

Old Funeral lineup(1988) from left to right:

Tore Bratseth(Guitars), Padden(Drums), Olve Eikemo(Vocals, Bass)

With this lineup they recorded their first demo in 1989 titled «The Fart That Should Not Be»

Fun Fact: Their first rehearsal place was Tore’s father basement. They rehearsed there almost every day

That demo was recorded on a 4-track fostex tape machine in their rehearsal room. Tore handwrote the cover, but it was xeroxed and released in 50 copies. It was just their friends who got them, so it is a total underground tape.

Another Fun Fact: they had only played their instruments for 10 months when it was recorded.

In July 1990 they released another demo called «Abduction of Limbs». It was the first metal recording made in Grieghallen Studio in Bergen. Pytten(Eirik Hundvin) was the producer, who was an old classmate of Tore’s father. This was the first time they had been in a professional studio, it took some days to record and mix(6-7 days were spent in the studio altogether). 600 copies were released in cassette format.

Old Funeral(1990) from left to right:

Olve Eikemo(Bass, Vocals), Padden(Drums), Tore Bratseth(Guitars, Lyrics)

Kristian Vikernes joined Old Funeral in 1990, they played few gigs, and compose songs for the «Devoured Carcass» demo before Olve would leave band in order to form Immortal. The role of vocalist fell to Padden.

Old Funeral(Also 1990) from left to right:

Kristian Vikernes(Guitars), Olve Eikemo(Bass, Vocals), Padden(Drums), Tore Bratseth(Guitars)

Also in 1991 Thorlak came as a bass-guitarist

With this new line-up they recorded a demo «Devoured Carcass». They went to Grieghallen to record again, but not to do a demo, but a 7” vinyl EP. Thorlak does not play on this EP as he became a member too late to learn the songs, even though he is pictured on the cover. Both, Tore and Padden, did the bass lines for it. On June 17th 1991 these 7 vinyls have come to light

Fun Fact: They got that deal because of Thrash Records that approached them after listening to the demo. The reaction was very good and the 1100 copies sold out in 2 weeks only!

They played about 10 gigs with Kristian, there was even one gig in Notodden with both Kristian and Olve before he quit. It was just before Thorlak joined on bass.

That’s it for Old Funeral! And before we move to «Amputation» i’d like to show you some moments from interviews with Tore!

You told me that you went to school with Olve (Abbath) since you were 8 years old. How were these days? Were you the only children who were so crazy about MOTÖRHEAD, BLACK SABBATH, THE BEATLES? Did you use to fuck things up, or were you quite quiet boys?

«He-he, these days were quite wild. Especially Olve got quite a lot of bad remarks from the teacher in his books. I actually have a tape from 1984 when we are 11 years old from a history class and we take the total piss out of the teacher. He had to go and get the principal because we were making so much noise. Also on the same tape there is a part where me and Olve and another guy is singing ‘Shoot ‘Em Down’ by Twisted Sister. Fucking brutal shit he-he. No, you can’t have the tape. Some things are meant to stay very underground. Olve along with Padden were my best friends (and still are) from childhood years.»

Was Padden also in the same school than you and Olve? You told me that he bought «Hell Awaits» and «Morbid Tales» around 1986. How did you react when hearing such a music? What pushed you to dig it more, and later to get involved into tape trading?

«Padden was at the same school as us yes, but not in the same class, because he was 2 years older than us. He was the first one of my friends to buy extreme records. I remember me and Olve looked at each other when we listened to «Hell Awaits» for the first time. It was a feeling of aggression, laughter and awe. We just laughed for minutes because we didn’t think it was possible to make such brutal music. I remember this record was listened to by maybe 6-7 people in our little village called Lysekloster. We all thought that this was the music that fitted our personalities and we started to seek more information about this kind of music. Then Padden, who was the only one with some money, bought Celtic Frost «Morbid Tales» and Possessed «Seven Churches», then came «Reign In Blood» and it was no way back.»

When exactly did you start OLD FUNERAL? Did you play covers in the beginning or just tried to come along with your own stuff? Was it also the first band for Olve and Padden?

«We started on the 17th of May 1988 rehearsing in my parents basement. This is the constitution day of Norway. Old Funeral was the first band of all of us, and nobody had played any instrument before this date»

How strong was the influence of the new members on the way to compose songs for the «Devoured Carcass» demo?

«Varg was a very good musician, so he participated a lot in the songwriting. Thorlak was more the lazy guy, but he was good to have in the band as well...»

You can read full interview with Tore here – https://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interview/old-funeral/

I also highly you to read other interviews with him talking about Old funeral. Click here and here to read it!

Amputation is a death metal band formed in 1987-1988, located in Bergen and created by Harald Nævdal(Demonaz). At first the band went by Sacrecy, but it was changed to Amputation. They only released two demos before disbanding.

Fun Fact: Around that time(1987-1988) Harald met Olve!

Amputation’s original recording lineup consisted:

Harald Nævdal(Demonaz) – Guitars & Vocals

Truls Kvernhusvik – Guitars

Padden – Bass

Jørn Inge Tunsberg – Drums

«Achieve in Mutilation» demo tape self-released in 1989 in cassette format. Regular xeroxed covers. Ordinary tape. Tracks 2 and 3 are listed in the wrong order on the tape cover; track 2 is labeled as "Merciless Slaughter" and track 3 is labeled as "Death Is Not the End". Logo and cover art by Harald.

Kvernhusvik exited the band prior to the recording of the second demo, leaving the remaining trio as Amputation's final lineup.

In July they released their second and last demo titled «Slaughtered in the Arms of God». It was recorded at Grieghallen recording studio in Bergen.

Last Amputation’s lineup from left to right:

Jørn Inge Tunsberg(Bass),Padden(Drums), Harald Nævdal(Guitars & Vocals)

[thethroneislost]

Demonaz of Immortal

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

ℑ𝔪𝔪𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔞𝔩 - 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔱𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔡𝔬𝔪𝔰

[blackmetaltv]

At the heart of Winter.. 

Immortal 

Released Date : February 22nd, 1999

[ryngeance]

[mariajoseignacia666]

[lords-of-mayhem]

Can you all believe they had Neo from the Matrix in Until The Light Takes Us?

[beastofmetal666]

𝕯𝖎𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖑 𝕱𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖒𝖔𝖔𝖓 𝕭𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖍𝖉𝖆𝖞!!!!!!

𝕴𝖒𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖆𝖑, 𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕿𝕳

𝕬𝖇𝖇𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒 𝕺𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖆

27 𝖉𝖊 𝕵𝖚𝖓𝖎𝖔 𝖉𝖊 1973

¡Diabólico cumpleaños! el de Olve Eikemo, mejor conocido como Abbath, fundador de la banda Immortal, nacido en Bergen Noruega hace 51 años. El impenetrable rostro lleno de frío y oscuridad que lideró por más de veinte años el intenso, lúgubre y glacial sonido de Immortal, la banda más gélida y poderosa de black metal surgida de los bosques noruegos. Lamentablemente fricciones internas hicieron que en 2015 abandonara la banda que él creó en 1991. Pero con su nueva formación, simplemente llamada Abbath, ya con tres excelentes álbumes, continúa rindiendo tributo a los demonios del invierno.

Primera Foto: Edgar Zaragoza, Immortal en México, Rockotitlán, Ciudad de México, 17 de marzo del 2000

¡𝐒𝐢́𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞! 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2OGceA1nrP1kCdIjE64DlA https://www.instagram.com/beast_ofmetal/

🇳🇴💀🎸𝕾𝖙𝖊𝖕𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖋🎤💀🇳🇴

[stoneoferech]

Immortal

[child0feden]

okay but why the fuck is he staring at me like that?

[brayan-s-mora-ballestero]

Immortal

[m4liciousintent]

𝔖𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔑𝔬𝔯𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔫 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰

[rockbrary]

Immortal Release Brand New Single'War Against All'

New Album War Against All Out On May 26th IMMORTAL have completed work on their upcoming new studio album, War Against All, due to be released on May 26th via Nuclear Blast Records. The band’s 10th studio album will feature 8 new songs in the classic, frostbitten IMMORTAL style. Today, IMMORTAL release their first song, the album title track ‘War Against All’, delivering just what fans have been…

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Sicuramente At the Heart of Winter è il disco più complesso degli Immortal. E considerando la dimensione boombastic nella quale sono sbarcati dopo Sons of Northern Darkness, col senno di poi, nel 1999, sembra avessero composto un trattato filosofico. “Un maestoso affresco in onore del lontano nord”; questo recitava il poster promozionale dell’epoca e, in effetti, considerando che Abbath e Demonaz hanno sempre cantato le lodi e gli inni delle terre dei ghiacci, questo album è la loro rappresentazione più completa. C’è anche quell’immancabile grotta che porta fin dentro le viscere laviche della terra. Ghiaccio e fuoco che si fondono in un ambiente invivibile ma sublime. Nel 1999 c’era già forte aria di cambiamento nel mondo del black metal, basti pensare le moderne invenzioni degli Emperor, il lato più sozzo e urbano dei Satyricon con Rebel Extravaganza, le piroette effettuate dagli Arcturus. C’era questa sensazione che molte band fossero arrivate ad un punto di non-ritorno (Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir) mentre contemporaneamente altri gruppi come Marduk o Gorgoroth continuavano nella loro direzione più violenta. Gli Immortal (un paio di anni dopo i Dimmu Borgir) rinunciano al loro logo criptico e illeggibile in favore di qualcosa più accessibile visivamente, ma non necessariamente anche a livello di ascolto. Dopo Blizzard Beast, un album che rasentava la mezz’ora di durata, con brani brutali, quasi death metal corti anche due minuti e mezzo, “Withstand the Fall of Time” si muove in una direzione e approccio diverso, quasi opposto. Otto minuti e mezzo di violenza e melodia, scorci a voli d’uccello sui panorami innevati, il tutto accompagnato dalla classiche chitarre di Abbath e i suoi tipici e indescrivibili riff che toccano punti di epicità che saranno irripetuti. Abbath per la prima volta utilizzerà pure il collante armonico dei synth, che quasi non si sentono ma saranno fondamentali per aumentare il senso del vento e del blizzard. Questa volta Horg entra in pianta stabile e attiva nella composizione (mentre in Blizzard Beast aveva raggiunto gli Immortal solo per le foto di copertina e per il tour), spaziando fra violenza e cadenza. C’è spazio per cambi di tempo, atmosfere thrasheggianti – ma non troppo – ma soprattutto fuoriesce una componente heavy (”Solarfall”) che si ricollega direttamente coi Bathory di mezza era.

Horgh e Abbath camminano insieme e si scambiano il songwriting; a volte le chitarre trascinano il carro; a volte il carro è spinto dalle potentissime pelli e “When Dark and Light don’t differ” è l’esempio più clamoroso di questa potentissima composizione a quattro mani.

“Tragedies Blow at Horizon” è il brano che mi ricordo con più passione, quello che imparai a risuonare prima; un brano dove la batteria emette delle mitragliate, con una composizione che gioca fra il ghiaccio e il calore delle chitarre acustiche. Un calore che più che altro è un calmarsi del vento e saziarsi delle nevi. “Years of Silent Sorrow” conclude l’album con dei vortici sonori che ti trascinano giù nel buco, nelle interiora vulcaniche. Quarantasei minuti di estrema varietà e freschezza di composizione; c’è da dire che questa volta la mano di Peter Tägtgren agli Abyss Studios ha davvero dato un surplus che spesso invece non emergeva. E pensare che questo è lo stesso studio nello stesso anno di Panzer Division Marduk. Una cotanta dose di epica e tragedia non si è mai sentita né si sentirà più negli Immortal, soprattutto negli ultimi minuti. Farewell…