#abbath immortal

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Chose your clown

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C-c-c-cocaine

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Abbath, Demonaz and Grim

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Have some Abbath this weekend

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✨The Mad Adventures of KrissyCat and Olive Boy✨

AU in which the other is an animal (more of an animal than they already are). You've got a spoiled-rotten sociopathic cat and an emotional support frog

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I made an account for art, sketches and wips that I don't usually post here if anyone is interested!

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OLVE!

He's so shy here 💔

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Any thoughts on Abbath? I LOVE the way you draw him!! 💕

Ah, my second favourite narcissist. No, wait, that's Maynard, third then.

I love Abbath's image and approach on the Black Metal scene. The guy never took himself too seriously, and this is a quality that I admire in people. He is a joker and such a great entertainer. It's pretty obvious that he wanted to live the life of Lemmy Kilmister (partying hard and drinking until he breaks his liver) instead of subscribing to the boring and soulless 'hail Satan' trend. Some might argue that he kind of helped in making Black Metal mainstream (and this is true), but it was expected to happen anyway. Yet, he doesn't even come close to how Dimmu Borgir 'stained' the scene.

He seems like he always had great humor. He has a very theatrical and strong personality that's appealing and it helps him remain relevant in the scene. It's quite obvious that he likes his own image a lot and he markets it for more money and fame, especially now more than ever with his new band/project 'Abbath', but that's nothing new, and he's not the only one who does it. (You've got Ihsahn and many more)

Immortal never wanted to be associated with church-burnings and satanism, as he stated in interviews because he 'didn't want to end up in prison'. This is my favourite quote from Abbath. He was laughing at the camera, making a painfully obvious reference to Vikernes and failed shenanigans.

His drinking problem is undeniable, and so it is the fact that he needed urgent professional help for a while. I know he went to rehab in recent years after fucking up concerts and cancelling tours. I remember that Demonaz also talked about this as one of the main reasons why Immortal broke up, which is kind of evident anyway, but it's nice to have the speculation confirmed. What is funny is that they used to be very good friends and classically ended up fighting in court for copy rights in Immortal and stuff like that. Whenever money is involved, you get to see a more realistic side of your best friends.

I appreciate his upgrade from playing bass to playing guitar, it's something that you rarely see in bass players. (I'm just being mean here) It's kind of unfortunate that you don't hear any bass in the early Immortal releases, but basslines were basically nonexistent in the early Black Metal scene anyway. Everything except for the guitar and drums is forever lost in the background noise and in the low quality of the recordings. It's obvious that he invested much more in spikes and bullet belts instead of his own equipment, but this is part of Abbath's charm.

I love watching his interviews and guessing what type of liquor is in his glass lmao, he likes beer for most of the time. One thing needs to be appreciated, and this is his strong will to be an addict in the Scandinavian society that frowns so much upon alcohol consumption. Their excise taxes are insane an it's not easy to get your hands on hard liquor as it is in the rest of Europe, but he successfully maintained his habit since the early 90s. So, kudos to Abbath 🙌

What is interesting though is that substance abuse is used as a way of numbing feelings and basically keeping you away from how you feel inside. This is my first thought when it comes to musicians who are known to be using. I do believe that Abbath has strong NPD traits considering his inflated sense of self, personality cult, messy private life (divorced from Demonaz's sister with a child if I remember correctly), and excessive drinking. This is just my speculation (and a bit of personal experience), but drinking excessively when it comes to NPD, it's usually how you avoid the emptiness inside (we all know how narcissists have no sense of self and it would make sense for him to run away from his problems and enjoy the fame). Of course, I don't know why the guy drinks, but it's quite obvious that it ruined a bit of his career and most probably his life too.

I don't know how he's doing now. I would probably have a lot more to say, but I don't remember at this moment.

I love his vocals, very unique, very raw and haunting. He really went in a different and quite original direction.