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Olve Eikemo
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Olve Eikemo (born 27 June 1973), better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with Old Funeral alongside future Immortal member Demonaz. Following his departure from Immortal in 2015, he announced that he would be forming a new band under the Abbath name. Although primarily a guitarist, Abbath is also a proficient bassist and drummer, having started his career as a bassist and recorded all drums for Immortal albums Pure Holocaust and Battl
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Olve Eikemo is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, composer, drummer, and guitarist. Born in 1973, he began his work period in 1988. He is a member of the bands Immortal and Abbath. His musical genres include black metal, viking metal, thrash metal, and traditional heavy metal.
Eikemo plays the bass guitar, guitar, percussion instrument, and keyboard instrument. He is also known by the pseudonym Abbath Doom Occulta. He speaks and writes Norwegian.
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- Musical artist.name
- Olve Eikemo
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- Olve Eikemo (Abbath) in Toronto, 2010
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- Olve Eikemo
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- Abbath Doom Occulta
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Bergen, Norway
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1988–present
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- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Odda Municipality
- Occupation
- multi-instrumentalist
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Instrument
- keyboard instrument
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- date of birth
- 1973-06-27
- birth name
- Olve Eikemo
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- pseudonym
- Abbath Doom Occulta
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- Commons category
- Abbath
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- Alcohol issues
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- Discography
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Olve Eikemo (born 27 June 1973), better known by his stage name Abbath Doom Occulta or simply Abbath, is a Norwegian musician best known as a founding member of the black metal band Immortal. Before founding Immortal, Abbath performed with Old Funeral alongside future Immortal member Demonaz. Following his departure from Immortal in 2015, he announced that he would be forming a new band under the Abbath name. Although primarily a guitarist, Abbath is also a proficient bassist and drummer, having started his career as a bassist and recorded all drums for Immortal albums Pure Holocaust and Battles in the North.
==Early life== Olve was born in Odda Municipality and grew up in Lysefjorden in Os Municipality, outside of Bergen, Norway. As a young boy, he was an avid fan of hard rock band Kiss and his first heavy metal album was Creatures of the Night, which made him feel "immortal". He started his musical career with the band Old Funeral. He cites getting his first Venom video and Bathory album as a turning point in his musical development towards black metal.
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