Abruptum
Sign in to saveAbruptum is a Swedish ambient black metal solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined the band later. IT was one of the leaders of the True Satanist Horde, part of the Swedish Black metal scene. Euronymous, co-founder of Mayhem and founder of Deathlike Silence Productions, described Abruptum as "the audial essence of pure black evil". Conversely, Joe DaVita of Loudwire described the cover artwork to the band's 1995 release Evil Genius as "look[ing] lik
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Abruptum
- Musical artist.image
- File:Marduk Paris 21207 11.jpg
- Musical artist.origin
- Finspång, Sweden
- Musical artist.genre
- Experimental black metal, ambient black metal, power electronics, death metal (early)
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1989–2005, 2008–present
- Musical artist.label
- Deathlike Silence ProductionsSouthern Lord RecordsBlooddawn Productions
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- Image
- Marduk Paris 21207 11.jpg
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- inception
- 1989-00-00
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
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Abruptum is a Swedish ambient black metal solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined the band later. IT was one of the leaders of the True Satanist Horde, part of the Swedish Black metal scene. Euronymous, co-founder of Mayhem and founder of Deathlike Silence Productions, described Abruptum as "the audial essence of pure black evil". Conversely, Joe DaVita of Loudwire described the cover artwork to the band's 1995 release Evil Genius as "look[ing] like when the mainstream spoofs black metal."
==History== IT had already planned to create the band in 1987, but it was not until 1990 that he found the right members to do it. The same year, they recorded their first two demos. After the release of the first demo, they fired their bass player, Ext. After the release of a 7-inch EP Evil in 1991 (later re-released by Psychoslaughter), All began to drink heavily and was forced to leave the band. IT then found a new member in "Evil". Around this time, IT reunited with All to form the side project, Vondur.