I, the new band featuring Abbath (IMMORTAL), Ice Dale (ENSLAVED, AUDREY HORNE), TC King (SAHG, ex-GORGOROTH) and Armagedda (ex-IMMORTAL), has uploaded two tracks from its upcoming debut album, "Between Two Worlds", on its MySpace page. Check out the songs "The Storm I Ride" and "Cursed We Are" at this location.

"Between Two Worlds" is scheduled for release in North America on November 14 via Nuclear Blast Records (November 3 in Germany). Recorded in Bergen, Norway's Lydriket Studio with Geir Luedy, and mixed by Peter Tägtgren (IMMORTAL, DIMMU BORGIR, MARDUK), "Between Two Worlds" "will kick your teeth in and break your back!" according to the band. "Heavy, groovy, melodic, atmospheric, heck — call it even catchy — THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE!"

"Between Two Worlds" track listing:

01. The Storm I Ride
02. Warriors
03. Between Two Worlds
04. Battalions
05. Mountains
06. Days of North Winds
07. Far Beyond the Quiet
08. Cursed We Are

There will also be a limited-edition version of the album with two bonus tracks: "Bridges of Fire" and "Shadowed Realms".

Decibel magazine had this to say about "Between Two Worlds": "Everything about the debut album from Norway's I screams black metal, excepting the death 'n' roll guitar riffs that pervade throughout. Abbath has managed to fuse his signature snarl with MOTÖRHEAD-styled rock and Demonaz's BATHORY-influenced lyrics in a way no band has previously attempted. IMMORTAL fans will surely embrace the band, as will extreme music newcomers that don't know the band members' history. This is a worthy new start for these scene mainstays."

Check out new promotional photos at this location. Pictures from the band's appearance last month at the Hole in the Sky festival in Bergen, Norway can be found here.

I thought Abbath wore corpsepaint 24/7. This is like finding out there is no Santa.

Kevord said:

his leather pants make up for it

I'm telling you the end is near. What next Horgh on Trim spa.

so where's the fuckin' link

http://www.myspace.com/abbathi

thank you very much sir

hahaha, I am TOTALLY digging this
Abbath's vocals and these lyrics over a good bouncy metal riff is pure fun
I love some of the ways the guys who've been playing black metal for 15+ years are now cutting loose and playing fun music, it's just a total fuck off to anyone who plays or listens to black metal and still takes it too seriously....I mean, I'd love to mosh to this

Kevord said:



..... what the fuck is this! i demand i change my name! what the hell is he doing? telling us to go to bed or something?!

to eat your broccoli, I think

Kevord said:

As soon as my husband gets over this whole "you can't have 100 cats" thing, I'm going to adopt a fat-assed black and white cat and name him Horgh.

Also Abbath is awesome, that picture is hilarious (did you expect a serious metal pose out of ABBATH?) and this band fucking kills.

Abbath is the man. This new band is awesome.

And yeah, with corpsepaint or not, did you really expect he was going to act all serious for the promo picture? He is clearly a hilarious douchebag and that is why this photo was used.

abbath rules

pam said:

Enough, already. What are you, an overweight middle-aged dyke from JP? If not, enough with the damn cats. If so, join a fuckin' softball team, get an apartment with your 'room mate' of ten years and get it over with.

i hate cats. they make me sick.

That's because you're not 45 year old from Revere named Doris.

I've got the record, it's basically Immortal Lite. Seriously, think Immortal mixed with Thor from the 80s, that's what it sounds like. Not bad, not particularly great.

I almost d/l this off slsk the other day

sounds like every other black metal band i was really impressed with a immortal for a long time then black metal just lost it for me its like shitty spooky thrash(not all of it but most of it) that takes itself to seriously....i have more respect now that he lost the panda paint and spikey shin guards and those are some bad ass leather pants...now everyone can start being mad at me

Yeah, the I record isn't really the average spiked, corpse painted stuff, it's a lot less heavy and has a lot more air to breathe.

That said, it's not as good as Immortal by a longshot.

i love immortal and i dig the I songs i've heard, so i will definitely get this record. i read somewhere he was trying to mix immortal with motorhead and other rock elements. i love immortal and i love motorhead, so my expectations are high. i think i'll enjoy the record.

That's pretty much it, he mixes Immortal with some 80s-ish NWOBHM (Motorhead, Priest, etc with a dash of Thor).

sounds like fun to me.

RichHorror said:

...said by the man who's sent me no less that 100 pictures of kittens in the last year.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

Downloaded this today to check it out. I'll be buying it when it comes out, I fucking love it.

It's like Immortal meets Motorhead. Outstanding.

RichHorror said:

riiight.

I'm all man, lady.

Man who likes kitties.

Dead ones. And guns. And bare knuckle boxing.

and fluffy little kittens on windowsills.

hey man, I is pretty fucken cool !!!

abbath had a previous band called Bombers which was a tribute band to Motorhead. Maybe he got used to the voice and wouldn't let it go. It sounds great anyway, the album is a kickass

Why are there no non-white people in that band?