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Key facts
- Origin
- Bergen , Norway
- Genres
- Black metal
- Years active
- 1991–2003 2006–present
- Labels
- Nuclear Blast Osmose
- Spinoffs
- I Abbath
- Spinoff of
- Old Funeral
- Members
- Demonaz Doom Occulta
- Past members
- Abbath Doom Occulta Armagedda Grim Horgh Iscariah Apollyon
- Website
- immortalofficial .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.immortalofficial.com
- Image
- Immortal band.jpg
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- Commons category
- Immortal
- Commons gallery
- Immortal
- inception
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 182000
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- name
- Immortal
- native label
- Immortal
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Immortal is a Norwegian black metal band from Bergen. The group was founded in 1991 by frontman and guitarist (originally bassist) Abbath Doom Occulta (Olve Eikemo) and guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta (Harald Nævdal). The pair worked with various drummers (including Grim, Armagedda and Hellhammer), and were later joined by former drummer Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) in 1996.
In March 2015, long-serving member Abbath announced his departure from the group following a dispute with the other members of the band, and he went on to form a new band under his name called Abbath. It was initially reported that following Abbath's departure, the band would split up. However, In August 2015, Demonaz and Horgh said that the band would continue without Abbath. Demonaz would return to playing guitar with the band for the first time since 1997, and would do vocals as well. Northern Chaos Gods was officially released on 6 July 2018 under Nuclear Blast Records. Although the band has been a trio for most of its history, several albums have been recorded as a duo, with varying combinations of Abbath, Demonaz, and Horgh.