Abruptum is a black metal band from Sweden. It has been suggested that Pakistani black metal be merged into this article or section. ...

It was formed in 1990 by It (real name Tony Särkää), All (real name Jim Berger), and Ext. Following the completion of their first demo in 1990, Ext was thrown out of the band. According to It, Ext was disturbed by the pure evilness of the demo after hearing the finished product and that he joined the nearest church after his departure.[1] All would stay for their second demo The Satanist Tunes but was forced to quit due to his problems with alcohol.

It continued the band as a solo project until joined by Evil (real name Morgan Håkansson). Abruptum was signed to Euronymous's label Deathlike Silence Productions, on which they released two albums. They were noted by him as being "the audial presence of Pure Black Evil" and It considered him to be "a true ally." They would later contribute the opening track to the compilation album Nordic Black Metal, which was later dedicated to Euronymous following his death. Øystein Aarseth (1968-1993) went by the stage name Euronymous, and was a guitarist for the infamous Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. ... Deathlike Silence Productions was a record label founded in the late 1980s. ...

It would leave the band and the black metal scene altogether in 1996, following numerous threats made to him and to his family. Evil kept Abruptum going and released material on his own record label, Blooddawn Productions, until 2005 when he announced that he had ended Abruptum.

Discography

• Abruptum (demo, 1990)
• The Satanist Tunes (demo, 1990)
• Evil (EP, 1991)
• Orchestra of Dark (demo, 1991)
• Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectere Me (Deathlike Silence Productions, 1993)
• In Umbra Malitae Ambulabo, In Aeternum In Triumpho Tenebrarum (Deathlike Silence Productions, 1994)
• Evil Genuis (Hellspawn, 1995)
• Vi Sonas Veris Nigrae Malitiaes (Full Moon Productions, 1996)
• De Profundis Mors Vas Cousumet (Blooddawn Productions, 2000)
• In Ictu Oculi (Blooddawn Productions, 2001)
• Casus Lucifer (Blooddawn Productions, 2004)

Links

Abruptum at Allmusic [2]