ABIGOR: SUPREME AND IMMORTAL IS THE ART OF THE DEVIL!

Avantgarde Music has announced an upcoming special release to mark ABIGOR´s 20th year of releasing Satanic Black Metal Art. On this occasion, for the first time since 1998, Silenius contributes the vocals.

The label will release a hand-numbered edition of 500 gatefold cover 7"s. 200 of these will include an additional CD containing the first ever rehearsal with Silenius.

This release wasn´t artificially unearthed  to ´celebrate an anniversary´, like others do these days, but the original material has demanded the form, and urged to be released in the past few years. Now all things conspire to end a cycle and let a new one begin, but more will be revealed soon.

Back in 1997 Abigor recorded ´Supreme Immortal Art´. Ever changing shape, as each release requires a different aesthetic form, the album was planned to turn out as ´majestic´ as possible, contrasting the eerie ´Opus IV´ and the thoroughly traditional ´Apokalypse´. But sadly the powerful basic material was buried under a thick layer of synthetic orchestration and a devastating mix and master, while Silenius´ invocations were loaded with redundant effects. Now this 7" presents the work as it was intended originally, and is based on the 1997 guitar and drum recordings. Silenius layed down new vocals that exceed the performance of old by far, musical arrangements and lyrics were reworked and sharpened.

SOIL OF SOULS on side A, SUPREME AND IMMORTAL (IS THE ART OF THE DEVIL) on side B summarize Abigor´s traditional 90s recordings and the uncompromising standard of their present work.

For the ones who worship the demon of war since 1993, and the ones who need to be taught a lesson in Black Metal history, the first 200 copies hold a CD with Silenius´ first ever rehearsal for the debut album `Verwüstung/Invoke The Dark Age´: 5 songs of raw 4-tracker recordings, the ugly and primitive side of Black Metal resonating from a time long gone, before bad digital computer sounds became the norm in the ´traditional´ or ´cult´ department - lame copies made by those who do not understand why or how early Black Metal was created back in the days.

A circle has closed, and Abigor are currently preparing a statement that will cover their past 20 years and go back even longer in time, their present and the state of the scene including magazines, the internet and disgusting trends, something which will agitate and upset.

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Great performance by Immortal @ the Fortarock Festival. Nice pyro's!

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1. All Shall Fall

2. Sons Of Northern Darkness

3. The Rise Of Darkness

4. Damned In Black

5. Hordes To War

6. The Call Of The Wintermoon

7. In My Kingdom Cold

8. Tyrants

9. One By One

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ABSU To Join Immortal On Upcoming American Performances

Texas-based, mythological occult metal band, ABSU will join the mighty Immortal on their return to the US for six shows early next year. The dates, announced yesterday, will mark the first live performances for ABSU since the Scion Rock Fest in March of this year; the band completing two headline tours in 2009 to support the release of their sixth studio album, titled Absu.

Drummer/vocalist Proscriptor notes, "We feel extremely privileged to have been invited to participate on Immortal’s All Shall Fall US tour in February 2011. Even though it is only a six-date tour, it’s a colossal one for ABSU to be performing with our former label mates of many years. We had the opportunity to share the stage with Immortal over eight years ago and this will be a very good experience for us."

ABSU came to international prominence with the release of their debut album, Barathrum: V.I.T.R.I.O.L in 1993. After several highly acclaimed albums, the band went on hiatus after the release of their 2001 album, Tara. In 2007, the band announced their return, and released Absu in late February 2009. "Absu is the sound incarnate of a band making the underground amazing again," said Terrorizer. Kerrang! affirms, "Absu is an album that stuns on impact alone…. absolutely devastating."

These upcoming performances will mark the first time that ABSU will appear live as a trio. Proscriptor comments, "I am here to announce that guitarist Aethyris McKay has decided to quit ABSU and has recently relocated to Oslo , Norway to join Pantheon I. Working with Aethyris for the past three years has been a prosperous experience and I have the utmost respect for him as my comrade and a superlative musician. He assisted me in resurrecting the band from its hiatus stage and I truly thank him for helping me recast the spell of “mythological occult metal."

Immortal w/ ABSU U.S. Tour:

2/19/2011 Gramercy Theater - New York, NY

2/20/2011 Sonar - Baltimore, MD

2/21/2011 Mr. Small's Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA

2/22/2011 Bottom Lounge - Chicago, IL

2/24/2011 The Summit Theatre - Denver, CO

2/26/2011 Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX

After completion of the dates with Immortal, ABSU will enter the studio to begin recording their new album, titled Abzu. The recording will be the second of a three-part series. Proscriptor reveals, "this recording will feature our signature sound in maniacal fashion. Now, we’re appending dirtier elements of psychedelia and fusion characteristics. Lyrically, it will descend deeper into Enki’s lower world as well the Enochian Magic(k) System. I can tell you this album will definitely not be a "natural progression" from previous releases, but a feat of metaphysical conquest and murkiness."

Projected track listing of Abzu (in no particular order) is: "Circles Of The Oath," "A Song For Ea," "Skrying In The Spirit Vision," "The Waters – The Denizens," "Warren Of Imhullu," "Earth Ripper," "Ontologically, It Became Time & Space," "Vita Janua Mortis."

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IMMORTAL - ARTWORK + TRACK LISTING TO LIVE DVD+CD REVEALED!

Founding figures in the birth and construction of the black metal genre and important figures in the Norwegian scene that later became the topic of mainstream press and film documentaries,IMMORTAL remain one of thee most revered and esteemed black metal bands in all the world.

Many remember the shock in 2003 when - thirteen years into their existence and one year after the band was nominated for an Alarm award for Sons Of Northern Darkness IMMORTAL suddenly announced they would disband.

It was four years into their abrupt retirement when the men in black reconnected with their creative force and announced to their worldwide fan base that IMMORTALwould reunite and return to the stage. Luckily, every moment of IMMORTAL's headlining reunion show at the prestigious Wacken Open Air festival in Germany in 2007 was captured for all future generations of black metal fans to enjoy.

IMMORTAL manager Håkon Grav had this to say about the long-awaited DVD:

"This release has been due many years, but finally we can present IMMORTAL 's first concert DVD. The band paid their dues with hard roadwork during the first decade and then some during their career, but they were hardly given the tools and surroundings worthy of a full-blown video production like this demands. The mighty Wacken Open Air proved to be the perfect partner for us in that sense, and this was truly a special night for both the band and the fans. The band played several great shows on the reunion tour, but the fact that headlining the Black Stage at Wacken would be something spectacular was a given in advance, and now the DVD is here to prove it again. It has taken some time, but good things rarely come easily or quickly. If you were present at the show, I think you will appreciate the possibility to relive the magic, and if you're witnessing the show for the first time within your own four walls, I hope you enjoy it just as much! For those of you coming to Wacken again this year - what can I say but 'Auf Wiedersehen!'

The Seventh Date Of Blashyrkh, the band's first official live DVD & live CD release in the history of their existence, features songs that span IMMORTAL's timeless discography and includes three back-to-back-to-back selections from their most acclaimed release to date. The leather & spikes, the war paint, the bursting pyrotechnics, the essential anthems, Abbath's on-stage acrobatics, and an audience that drew upwards of 70,000 people... the magic's all there, ready to be absorbed into your consciousness.

Take a walk through the mystical Norwegian landscape and witness Abbath, Horgh, and Apollyon as they return to the fabled & mythical kingdom of Blashyrkh, where they are destined to rule for all eternity.

The Seventh Date Of Blashyrkh will be released in Europe on August 6th and in North America on September 14th.

01. Intro

02. The Sun No Longer Rises

03. Withstand The Fall Of Time

04. Sons Of Northern Darkness

05. Tyrants

06. One By One

07. Wrath From Above

08. Unholy Forces Of Evil

09. Unsilent Storms In The North Abyss

10. At The Heart Of Winter

11. Battles In The North

12. Blashyrk (Mighty Ravendark)

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IMMORTAL - NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES REVEALED!

Abbath, Horgh,Apollyon andDemonaz of the Norwegian black metal band IMMORTAL have issued the following statement:

"North American hordes, we are coming your way! After the fantastic experiences we had in New York and Los Angeles in 2007, we are returning next year, and this time we will make sure we visit our Canadian hordes on the East coast as well! We will see you during Easter 2010, which will be a dark and cold one!”

Confirmed tour dates for Blashyrkh in North America 2010 are:

March 27, 2010: The Opera House - Toronto, ON – CANADA

March 28, 2010: Metropolis - Montreal, QC - CANADA

March 30, 2010: Masonic Temple - Brooklyn, NY

April 02, 2010: The Avalon - Hollywood, CA

VIP Meet & Greet tickets are/will soon be made available for purchase here:

Toronto @ Ticketmaster.ca

Montreal @ Ticketpro.ca

Brooklyn @ Ticketweb.com

Los Angeles @ LiveNation.com

The VIP Meet & Greet tickers will be limited to 75 at each show and will include a laminate pass, early entrance to the venue, a limited print poster, and a signing session with the members of IMMORTALfollowing their performance. The VIP tickets for the Brooklyn, New York show will include an additional Meet & Greet with the band after their sound check.

All Shall Fall, the band’s first new album in seven years, debuted at no. 7 on the Heatseekers Album chart (new & developing artists who have never appeared in the Top 100 of the Billboard Top 200 chart) and at no. 162 on the Billboard 200 for selling 3,300 copies its first week of release in North America. European debut chart entries for All Shall Fall are as follows: no. 20 in Finland, no. 23 in Norway , no. 33 in Germany.

All Shall Fall was recorded at Abyss Studio in Sweden with Peter Tagtgren (Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom, Marduk) and Grieghallen Studio in Norway in April - June 2009. The album was mastered by Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Sonic Syndicate, Centinex) at Blacklounge Studio in Sweden. Album art features the work of Par Olofsson (Exodus, Abysmal Dawn, Dying Fetus). Band photos are by Peter Beste.

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WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, GET YOUR HANDS ON THE BLASHYRKH LIMITED EDITION BAG! All Shall Fall, the first studio album by Norway’s IMMORTAL in the past 8 years, was released on September 25, 2009 (Europe) and will be released on October 6, 2009 (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records. For the die-hard fans and collectors, this one's for you! The Blashyrkh Limited Edition Bag edition includes: Digipak version of All Shall Fall Logo T-Shirt (Size of your choice) Abbath's replica battle axe in the form of a stainless steel pendant 4 buttons Double-sided poster Special black IMMORTAL plastic bag! Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal - Blashyrk Limited Edition Bag Immortal MySpace Page

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IMMORTAL - HOODIE PACKAGE DEAL The grim and frostibitten winter is approaching and here's the perfect way to battle the freezing atmospheres! Get your hands on the zip-up hoodie (size of your choice) and the jewel case version of All Shall Fall. HOODIE DETAILS: Front features logo with cover artwork. Sleeves feature the legendary 'I' Back features art along with "The Rise of Darkness" lyrics: "Demonic In This Realm I Haunt Marked By The Sign Caught Between Mighty Winds Kingdom of Evil Find" Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal - Hoodie + CD - Package Deal Immortal Facebook Page

IMMORTAL - SHIRT + CD PACKAGE DEAL Live somewhere that isn't cold in the winter? Or maybe you're also looking for a band shirt? No problem! Fans can also order the album art T-Shirt (size of your choice) and the jewel case version of All Shall Fall. SHIRT DETAILS: Front features logo with cover artwork. Back features art along with "The Rise of Darkness" lyrics: "Demonic In This Realm I Haunt Marked By The Sign Caught Between Mighty Winds Kingdom of Evil Find" Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal - Shirt + CD - Package Deal Immortal Twitter Page

IMMORTAL - THE OFFICIAL YOUTUBE CHANNEL Want to watch official IMMORTAL videos and share your thoughts with fellow fans? Then please drop by the one and only officialIMMORTAL channel on YouTube! To visit the channel, please click here or below...and don't forget to subscribe! Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal YouTube Page Immortal Bebo Page Immortal - ALL SHALL FALL Album Review

IMMORTAL - TAKING OVER METAL PRESS! As the most important Black Metal release of the year approaches in North America (October 6, 2009), fans can now take a glimpse at just some of the killer features you can pick up at your local magazine stands around the world! Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal - Cover Features - Metal Magazines! Immortal ReverbNation Page

IMMORTAL - FREE iPHONE / iTOUCH APP Having been around for nearly 20 years,IMMORTAL have blasted into the future with an iPhone / iTouch application, FREE to fans, and loaded to the brim with content anyone can access from anywhere! The app is currently available by clicking here or visiting theiTunes App store, and will feature news, fan conversation wall, tour dates, photos, discography with iTunes purchase links and best of all, sound samples! So what are you waiting for?! IT'S FREE!! Order All Shall Fall at: BUY - NB USA BUY - NB EUROPE BUY - eMusic BUY - Napster BUY - Rhapsody BUY - iTunes BUY - Amazon BUY - Amazon MP3 BUY - FYE BUY - Hot Topic Immortal - FREE iPhone / iTouch App Immortal MySpace Page

NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL - A BRIEF LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF EXTREME MUSIC 1982 – Britain’s Venom coin the term “black metal” with the release of their album of the same name. 1986 – Mayhem’s now-legendary demo, Pure Fucking Armageddon, circulates in the underground. Black Death is founded; band name is later changed to Darkthrone. 1987 – Mayhem releases their Deathcrush demo with Swede Sven Erik Kristiansen (aka Maniac) on vocals. 1988 – Darkthrone records their first demo, Land Of Frost. 1989 – Deathlike Silence Productions is founded by Mayhem’s Euronymous and Yngve Ohlin (aka Dead). Varg “Count Grishnackh” Vikernes (real name: Kristian Vikernes) joins Olve Eikemo (soon to be known as Abbath Doom Occulta) and Harald Nævdal in Old Funeral. 1990 – Burzum is formed by Count Grishnackh. 1991 – IMMORTAL releases their self-titled, 3-song EP. Emperor is founded by Samoth. Darkthrone members adopt pseudonyms & record their 2nd album, A Blaze In The Northern Sky. Mayhem’s singer, Dead, commits suicide. Euronymous opens the Helvete record shop in Old Town in Oslo’s East End. Count Grishnackh releases the first instrumental self-titled Burzum demo. Ivar Bjørnson & Grutle Kjellson form Enslaved. 1992 – IMMORTAL releases Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism. Deathlike Silence Productions releases Burzum’s self-titled debut album. Enslaved record their first demo, Yggdrasill. Emperor (Samoth, Ihsahn, and Mortiis) releases their Wrath Of The Tyrantdemo. Thirteen churches were burned, ten cases were solved. 1993 – IMMORTAL releases Pure Holocaust. Guitarist Silenoz, vocalist Shagrath, and drummer Tjoldav form Dimmu Borgir. Emperor releases self-titled split EP with Enslaved. Mayhem’s line-up (featuring Varg Vikernes) releases De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Satyricon releases Dark Medieval Times. Darkthrone releases Under A Funeral Moon. Burzum releases Det Som Engang Var. Euronymous is murdered by Vikernes. Emperor member Bard G. Eithun (aka Faust) murders a gay man. Helvete closes. Ten churches were burned, five cases were solved. Total church burnings to date: 23. 1994 – Emperor releases In The Nightside Eclipse. Darkthrone releases Transylvanian Hunger. Burzum releases Hvis Lyset Tar Oss. Enslaved releases their full-length debut, Vikingligr Veldi and later,Frost. Satyricon releases The Shadowthrone. Gorgoroth releasesPentagram. Dimmu Borgir releases For All Tid. Fourteen churches were burned, seven cases solved. Total church burnings to date: 37. 1995 – IMMORTAL releases Battles In The North. Darkthrone releases Panzerfaust. Satyricon releases their 2nd demo as The Forest Is My Throne – a split with Enslaved that includes theirYggdrasill demo. Seven churches burned, three cases solved. Total church burnings to date: 44. 1996 – Burzum releases Filsofem. Darkthrone releases Total Deathand later, Goatlord. Satyricon releases Nemesis Divina. Dimmu Borgir releases Stormblast. Gorgoroth releases Antichrist. 1997 – IMMORTAL releases Blizzard Beasts. Emperor releasesAnthems To The Welkin At Dusk. Dimmu Borgir releases Enthrone Darkness Triumphant. Enslaved releases Eld. Burzum releases Daudi Baldrs. Gorgoroth releases Under The Sign Of Hell. 1998 – Dimmu Borgir releases Godless Savage Garden. Enslaved releases Blodhemn. Gaahl joins the Gorgoroth line-up on Destroyer,Or About How To Philosophize With The Hammer. 1999 – IMMORTAL releases At The Heart Of Winter. Emperor’s IX: Equilibrium is released. Satyricon releases Rebel Extravaganza. Dimmu Borgir releases Spiritual Black Dimensions. Darkthrone releases Ravishing Grimness. Burzum releases Hlidskjalf. 2000 – IMMORTAL releases Damned In Black. Mayhem releasesGrand Declaration Of War, their first full-length studio album since Euronymous’ murder. Enslaved releases Mardraum. Gorgoroth releases Incipit Satan. 2001 – Emperor disbands. Their last release is Prometheus: The Discipline Of Fire And Demise. Dimmu Borgir releases Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia. Enslaved releases Monumension. Darkthrone releases Plaguewielder. 2002 – IMMORTAL’s Sons Of Northern Darkness is released. 31,000 copies sell in North America. Satyricon releases Volcano andTen Horns - Ten Diadems. 2003 – IMMORTAL disbands. Darkthrone releases Hate Them. Dimmu Borgir releases Death Cult Armageddon. IMMORTAL frontman Abbath appears as guest vocals on the Death Cult Armageddon track: Progenies of the Great Apocalypse.Enslaved releases Below The Lights. Gorgoroth releases Twilight Of The Idols (In Conspiracy With Satan). 2004 – Enslaved releases Isa; wins Norwegian Grammy & Alarm Prize. Darkthrone releases Sardonic Wrath. Mayhem releasesChimera. 2006 – Enslaved releases Ruun; wins Norwegian Grammy for “Best Metal Album.” Darkthrone releases The Cult Is Alive. Gorgoroth releases Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam. Satyricon releases Now, Diabolical. 2007 – IMMORTAL reunites for “7 Dates of Blashyrkh”: Sold-out reunion shows in New York and Los Angeles. Darkthrone releases F.O.A.D. (Fuck Off And Die). Dimmu Borgir releases In Sorte Diaboli. Mayhem releases Ordo Ad Chao. 2008 – Darkthrone releases Dark Thrones And Black Flags. Satyricon releases The Age Of Nero. Enslaved releases Vertebrae; win third Norwegian Grammy for “Best Metal Album.” 2009 –Varg Vikernes is released from prison on probation on May 22nd. One church is burned on May 29th. Gorgoroth releasesQuantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt. IMMORTAL records All Shall Fall with Peter Tägtgren at Abyss Studios. Billboard chart entry predicted. Immortal MySpace Page