Abaddon (black metal)
Abaddon is an Italian extreme metal band from Emilia-Romagna, formed in 1999. It is heavily associated with sister band Spectrum-X.[1]
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Origin | Italy/USA |
Genres | black metal, death metal, blackened death metal |
Years active | 1999–present |
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Website | abaddon |
History
Early history and first album (1999-2003)
Abaddon was created in Chicago Illinois in 1999, initially as a solo-project of Nullifer Bones with accompanying live musicians.
The first musical creation to be released was an untitled demo released in 1999 on Nullifer Bones's birthday, August 2.
Later that year (1999), the first full length EP, Entitled Master, was released in limited print cassette tape form on September 9, 1999.[2]
During this period the band toured throughout Illinois & Wisconsin including The Rave / Eagles Club.
Joining of Candy Bones (2004-2009)
In 2004 founder Nullifer Bones moved to Italy where he created the project Spectrum-X with his future wife, musician Candy Bones.
A few tracks created for the Master EP from 1999 were performed live and some were used on a Spectrum-X demo entitled Dreambook which was released in 2004.
In 2006 Candy Bones joined the project as bassist; during this period they created mostly atmospherical black metal and classical music with a dark ambient feel.
The musical tracks they created in these years ended up being used on the Spectrum-X albums "Tea Party with Zombies"[3] and "Darkest Night Ever,"[4] which were released by the Japanese record label Darkest Labyrinth.
During this period they were featured in many different magazines including Gothic Bible to advertise the Japanese Goth subculture accessories company Suppurate System,[5] Kera magazine for heavy metal subculture clothing,[6] German gothic magazine Dark Spy, and finally Alamode magazine for the Darkest Labyrinth compilation album and festival.[7]
In 2008 they toured in Osaka and Tokyo. They returned again in 2010.[7]
Recommencing exclusive activity (2010-2016)
In 2010 Abaddon returned to creating music exclusively for use under the name Abaddon.
Later in the year Zack Undead joined the project as 2nd guitarist.[8]
On September 12, 2012 they released a single--"The bringer of light"—in a limited print USB flash drive and t-shirt package.[9][10]
Current activity leading up to upcoming album (2017-present)
In 2017 the band announced that they were nearing the release of their newest album. (name yet to be revealed)[1][11]
On June 11, 2017 Abaddon released the first track to be revealed for their upcoming album, a single entitled "Dominator"[12][13] and an official music video for the track.[14][15][16]
On August 10, 2017 Abaddon released the 2nd track for the same album, a single entitled "Mark Ov Emptiness"[17][18] together with another official music video.[19][20]
Music Videos (official videos)
Discography
Demos
- Untitled (1999)
Singles
Associated Albums
- Spectrum-X Dreambook (2004) Spectrum-X
- Spectrum-X Tea Party With Zombies (2006)[23] Spectrum-X
- Spectrum-X Tea Party With Zombies (2008)[3]Spectrum-X
- Spectrum-X Darkest Night Ever (2008)[4]Spectrum-X
Members
Current members
- Nullifer Bones Lead vocalist guitarist and more (1999–present)
- Candy Bones Bassist (2006–present)
- Zack Undead guitarist (2010–present)
Current Live musicians
- Francesco Migliorini drummer (2017–present)
References
- "Independent Voice interview and news about Abaddon & Spectrum-X".
- "Abaddon - Master EP release".
- "Tea Party With zombies". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20.
- "Darkest Night Ever". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20.
- "Abaddon & Spectrum-X sponsored by suppurate system on gothic lolita bible". Gothic & Lolita Bible.
- "Abaddon & Spectrum-X on Kera magazine". Kera Magazine.
- "Abaddon & Spectrum-X on alamode magazine for darkest labyrinth compilation cd and festival". Alamode Magazine. 7.
- "Abaddon interview / news article for metal rules".
- "Abaddon - the bringer of light".
- "Abaddon - The bringer of light". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
- "Abaddon video interview talking about news". YouTube.
- "Abaddon - Dominator".
- "Abaddon - Dominator release". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20.
- "Abaddon - Dominator (official video)". YouTube.
- "Metal Addicts news - Abaddon release dominator music video".
- "Black Metal Radio News - Abaddon Dominator release".
- "Abaddon - Mark Ov Emptiness release".
- "Abaddon - Mark Ov Emptiness release". Archived from the original on 2017-08-20.
- "Abaddon - Mark Ov Emptiness (official video)". YouTube.
- "Metal addicts news - Abaddon release Mark Ov Emptiness video".
- "Black metal radio abaddon dominator release".
- "Metal Addicts Abaddon mark ov emptiness release". 11 August 2017.
- "abaddon - spectrum-x tea party with zombies original 2006".