"Olve Eikemo" (born 1973, Bergen, Norway), better known by his stage name '''Abbath Doom Occulta''', is a Norwegian composer, vocalist, guitarist, and one of the founding members of the influential black metal band Immortal. Before he founded Immortal, Abbath played bass for the early Norwegian extreme metal band Old Funeral, with future Immortal member Demonaz and Varg Vikernes of Burzum fame (Though they were all not in the band at the same time). While working with Old Funeral, he also joined Demonaz's band Amputation who later became the infamous Immortal. He also plays bass in Demonaz's newly started project Demonaz.
*IMMORTAL HISTORY*
Immortal's history begins in 1989 as death metal band Amputation. At various times throughout Immortal's existence, Abbath was lead vocalist, bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, drummer, and lyricist, mainly due to the inconsistent line-ups they were able to put together. During a long period of time, however, Abbath served the band as Vocalist, Bassist and (studio) Drummer while Demonaz played lead guitar. It wasn't until Horgh arrived that Immortal was able to secure a steady line-up; the problems however continued. After the release of Blizzard Beasts Demonaz was diagnosed with acute tendinitis, and was consequently forced to quit as guitarist, but remained as lyricist and band manager. They released ''At the Heart of Winter'' in 1999, this time with Abbath handling guitar and bass, with Horgh still on drums. This album marks a large shift in sound and style for the music of Immortal. In 2000 they released ''Damned in Black'', with Iscariah on bass. ''Sons of Northern Darkness'' was released in 2002, with the same lineup.
Soon after the release of ''Sons of Northern Darkness'', Immortal ceased to exist. The break-up was not caused by tensions or problems, but was rather a mutual one between all members, who claimed to do this for personal reasons.
In early June 2006, it was announced through a German Rock Hard magazine, that Abbath and Horgh would reunite as Immortal. They have begun practicing old material. In regard to when Immortal would start playing live again, Abbath is quoted saying:
"One year more or less doesn’t make a difference. We have all the time in the world."
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Abbath used to use a GHL Jackson Randy Rhoads copy which he modded with new pickups, hardware, and a new paint job. Currently hes been using an ESP LTD DV8 Dave Mustaine Model which he modified to accept a Floyd Rose tremolo system. He might use Marshall Amplifiers. This is not confirmed.
In an isssue of Guitar World which features an interview with him, it is mentioned that he has an endorsment deal with ESP.
In 2006, Abbath started a new band called simply, "I (band)". Abbath is the frontman and guitarist of "I" and is joined by former Immortal drummer Armagedda on drums, Gorgoroth bassist King on bass, Enslaved guitarist Arve Isdal on guitars, and former Immortal guitarist Demonaz writing lyrics. The debut album called "Between Two Worlds" was released in 2006.
Bömbers is a Motörhead tribute band formed in 1996. Abbath provides the Vocals and Bass, Tore (ex-Old Funeral) is on Guitars, and Pez (Punishment Park) is on Drums. During the Inferno Metal Festival 2007, Abbath joined the German thrash metal-band Sodom on stage and performed a Motörhead-cover of "Ace of Spades".
The character Lars Heavy metal umlaut, from the Guitar Hero Series features much of the same clothing Abbath wears, and identical corpse paint. The reference is more apparent in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, as Ümlaüt's hair is jet black (rather than blonde) just like Abbath.
Abbath, along with Horgh have been featured on various Photoshopped pictures and memes due to their over-the-top appearance in the At the Heart of Winter booklet. A large collection of these images appear on the Facebook group "Any picture can be improved by adding Immortal to it".
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