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Abbath
Abbath at With Full Force 2018
Background information
Origin	Bergen, Norway
Genres	Black metal
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Season of Mist
Members	Abbath Doom Occulta Ukri Suvilehto Raud
Past members	Creature King ov Hell Silmaeth Emil Wiksten Mia Wallace
Website	www.abbath.net

Abbath is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2015 by former Immortal guitarist and vocalist Abbath Doom Occulta after departing from Immortal earlier in 2015. To date, the band has released three studio albums: Abbath (2016), Outstrider (2019) and Dread Reaver (2022).

History

In April 2015, Metal Hammer announced that Abbath Doom Occulta had recruited members to the band, specifically King ov Hell from God Seed and drummer Creature to participate in the band. They also recruited Vredehammer guitarist and vocalist Per Valla to tour with the band as lead guitarist. The band was set to enter a recording studio later this year to work on their debut album for a 2016 release. During their Debut performance at Tuska Open Air 2015, they played a completed song titled "Fenrir Hunts" that would be featured on then-upcoming debut album.

Their debut self-titled album Abbath was released January 22, 2016 on Season of Mist. On 12 December 2015, it was announced that drummer Creature left the band. Several days later on 15 December, live member Per Valla left the band. At the start of 2016 Gabe Seeber, donning the Creature mask, joined as live drummer replacing Creature Kevin Foley and replacing Per Valla is Ole André Farstad, who played on the debut album, joined as live guitarist.

On 6 October 2016, Abbath announced on their Facebook page that they were working on their second album, planned for a 2017 release. On 11 July 2018, King ov Hell left the band due to conflicting views on lyrical concepts of the upcoming album. Emil Wiksten also left the band shortly after.

On 14 March 2019 they announced their second studio album Outstrider would be released on 5 July 2019 and a new line up that recorded the album and would perform live was revealed which included drummer Ukri Suvilehto, guitarist Raud and bassist Mia Wallace.

On 25 November 2019 Abbath Doom Occulta announced via Facebook that he was going into rehab for addiction following a concert in Buenos Aires, Argentina, cancelling the remainder of Abbath's South American tour. The concert was delayed for two hours and concluded with Abbath throwing his guitar into the crowd after several false starts and being escorted to his dressing room. This led to a large amount of backlash on social media and violent clashes with fans and police.

On 28 January 2020, Mia Wallace revealed that she was no longer part of the band. This message was relayed to her over the phone by the Abbath's manager shortly before the beginning of the Outstrider 2020 European tour. No formal announcement was made by the band, but she was replaced on bass by touring member Rusty Cornell. Wallace would go on to become the bassist of Nervosa, and she would return to Abbath in 2021.

It was announced in early 2021 that Abbath was recording their third studio album, due out later that year. On 12 January 2022, Abbath announced the title of the album as Dread Reaver, which was released on March 25.

Band members

• Abbath, live at With Full Force 2018
• Singer Abbath Doom Occulta
• Guitarist Ole André Farstad
• Drummer Ukri Suvilehto
• Bassist Rusty Cornell

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

• Abbath (2016)
• Outstrider (2019)
• Dread Reaver (2022)

Other releases

• "Winter Bane" (single, 2015)
• "Count the Dead" (single, 2015)
• "Ashes of the Damned" (single, 2016)
• "Harvest Pyre" (single, 2019)
• "Calm in Ire (Of Hurricane)" (single, 2019)
• "Outstrider" (single, 2019)
• "Dream Cull" (single, 2022)
• "Dread Reaver" (single, 2022)
• "The Book of Breath" (single, 2022)

References

1. June 2015 (25 June 2015). "Abbath to make live debut in Helsinki". Loudersound.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
2. "Metal Hammer | Louder". Loudersound.com.
3. "Youtube - Abbath LIVE Debut @ Tuska Open Air 2015- Part 1". YouTube.
4. "Abbath Loses Guitarist and Drummer". MetalSucks.net. 15 December 2015.
5. "Abbath - Releasing New Album In 2017". Metalstorm.net. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
6. "Bassist KING OV HELL Quits ABBATH Over 'Conflicting Views On Lyrical Concepts' Of Upcoming Album". Blabbermouth. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
7. "ABBATH Reveal Complete Details For Upcoming Outstrider Album". bravewords.com. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
8. Hartmann, Graham (25 November 2019). "Abbath Entering Rehab Following Disastrous Argentina Concert". Loudwire. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
9. "Abbath Cancels South American Tour After Disastrous Buenos Aires Show". Kerrang.com.
10. "ABBATH Bassist Mia Wallace Forced To Depart Band - METAL PURGATORY MEDIA". metalpurgatorymedia.com. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
11. "Bassist Mia Wallace Says She Was "Forced" To Exit Abbath". Theprp.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
12. Trapp, Philip. "Nervosa Bassist Mia Wallace Returns to Abbath Following 2020 Split". Loudwire.
13. "ABBATH Enters Studio to Record Third Album". Blabbermouth.net. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
14. "ABBATH Announces 'Dread Reaver' Album, Releases 'Dream Cull' Music Video". Blabbermouth.net. 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

External links

• The Official Abbath Website.

• 2015 establishments in Norway
• Musical groups established in 2015
• Norwegian musical trios
• Norwegian musical quartets
• Norwegian black metal musical groups
• Season of Mist artists