History Music / ImmortalBand

* LongTitle: Honestly, at least half of them on the first three albums and quite a few after that, but "Storming Through Red Clouds and Holocaustwinds" has to take the cake.

* Horgh (Reidar Horghagen) - drums (1996–2003, 2006–Present) (see also Music/{{Hypocrisy}})

* SincerestFormOfFlattery: They've made no secret of Music/{{Bathory}}'s influence on them, dedicating one song on I's ''Between Two Worlds'' to Quorthon. With ''All Shall Fall'' they take this UpToEleven as several songs sound like they could have been outtakes from ''Blood Fire Death''. This is hardly a bad thing; it's hard to imagine a better tribute to Quorthon's influence over black metal.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: ''Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism'' is mostly a 9 as a result of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, ''Holocaust'' through ''Beasts'' are pure, ''hard'' 10 bordering on 11 (due to the [[EchoingAcoustics production]] and the near-constant use of blastbeats) and everything from ''At the Heart of Winter'' on is in the 9-low 10 range.
** ''Northern Chaos Gods'' brings it back up to the 10-11 range.

On August 14, 2015, Demonaz and Horgh announced that they had reconvened the band and that they will continue without Abbath. Demonaz took over the lead vocals and also returned to guitar, having recovered from his tendinitis after having surgery to correct it in 2013. Abbath's first, self-titled album was released in January 2016 through Season of Mist and apparently consists largely of material written for what was supposed to be Immortal's new album before the split. (He will release his second, entitled ''Outstrider'', in July 2019.) Meanwhile, Demonaz and Horgh decided to write and record Immortal's ninth album, ''Northern Chaos Gods''. It is currently unclear how much of the material on this album dates back to the sessions from when Abbath was still in the band, or whether his contributions from those sessions were subjected to an OrwellianRetcon. In January 2018, they announced they had finished the recording, which was released in July by Nuclear Blast to substantial acclaim.

* CareerEndingInjury: Demonaz Doom Occulta was forced to stop playing guitar due to developing tendinitis in his arms in 1997. He still writes the band's lyrics and is considered an active member by the band itself. In 2015, following Abbath's departure, Demonaz replaced him as the new vocalist and started playing guitar again.

On August 14, 2015, Demonaz and Horgh announced that they had reconvened the band and that they will continue without Abbath. Demonaz took over the lead vocals and also returned to guitar, having recovered from his tendinitis after having surgery to correct it in 2013. Abbath's first, self-titled album was released in January 2016 through Season of Mist and apparently consists largely of material written for what was supposed to be Immortal's new album before the split. Meanwhile, Demonaz and Horgh decided to write and record Immortal's ninth album, ''Northern Chaos Gods''. It is currently unclear how much of the material on this album dates back to the sessions from when Abbath was still in the band, or whether his contributions from those sessions were subjected to an OrwellianRetcon. In January 2018, they announced they had finished the recording, which was released in July by Nuclear Blast to substantial acclaim.

The band split up in 2003 for various personal reasons. Afterwards, Abbath formed the {{Supergroup}} I with various other musicians from the Norwegian black metal scene (including members of such groups as Music/{{Enslaved}} and Music/{{Gorgoroth}}); the group released the album ''Between Two Worlds'' in 2006 to critical acclaim. The band's style is generally considered to be a fusion of BlackMetal with the style of Music/{{Motorhead}}, also referred to as "black and roll", and has been considered an influence on the later work of other bands, notably Satyricon. I is currently on hiatus.

On August 14, 2015, Demonaz and Horgh announced that they had reconvened the band and that they will continue without Abbath. Demonaz took over the lead vocals and also returned to guitar, having recovered from his tendinitis. Abbath's first, self-titled album was released in January 2016 through Season of Mist and apparently consists largely of material written for what was supposed to be Immortal's new album before the split. Meanwhile, Demonaz and Horgh decided to write and record Immortal's ninth album, ''Northern Chaos Gods''. It is currently unclear how much of the material on this album dates back to the sessions from when Abbath was still in the band, or whether his contributions from those sessions were subjected to an OrwellianRetcon. In January 2018, they announced they had finished the recording, which was released in July by Nuclear Blast to substantial acclaim.

Their earlier releases were in a more traditional black metal style, but as of the acclaimed ''At the Heart of Winter'', they have fused black metal with elements of German ThrashMetal. Euronymous of Music/{{Mayhem}} is credited for getting Abbath into black metal and as a result, Abbath getting the infamous [[Music/{{Burzum}} Varg Vikernes]] into black metal as well; however, despite these associations, Immortal's primary members have never been involved in the more controversial activities of some of their contemporaries in black metal, and their lyrics have also never involved the religious or political ideologies often associated with the scene.

On August 14, 2015, Demonaz and Horgh announced that they had reconvened the band and that they will continue without Abbath. Demonaz took over the lead vocals and also returned to guitar. Abbath's first, self-titled album was released in January 2016 through Season of Mist and apparently consists largely of material written for what was supposed to be Immortal's new album before the split. Meanwhile Demonaz and Horgh decided to write and record Immortal's ninth album, purpoted for release by Nuclear Blast. It currently remains to be seen how much of the material on Immortal's upcoming album dates back to the sessions from when Abbath was still in the band, whether his contributions from those sessions will be subjected to an OrwellianRetcon. In January 2018 they announced to have finished the recording.

** ''Northern Chaos Gods'' is a return to the sound introduced on ''Pure Holocaust''.

* NonAppearingTitle: "Descent Into Eminent Silence", "Winter Of Ages", "Withstand The Fall Of Time", "Wrath from Above", "Against the Tide (in the Arctic World)", "My Dimension", "The Darkness That Embrace Me", "Norden on Fire", "Grim and Dark".

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Abbath and Demonaz, who had a lengthy partnership in Immortal that was as lengthy as the partner/TrueCompanion-ship of [[Music/{{Darkthrone}} Fenriz and Nocturno Culto]]. But 2015 surprised everyone when Abbath quit Immortal and cut ties with Demonaz over the amount of NoodleIncident in regards to whatever caused the split.

* EpicRocking: Most of their songs, especially since they shifted their style to Melodic Black/Thrash Metal on ''At the Heart of Winter'', which consisted exclusively of this trope. All of their albums since ''Blizzard Beasts'' have contained at least one example of this, with ''Sons of Northern Darkness'' taking the prize for largest number of epic songs after ''Heart of Winter''.

Immortal reformed in 2007 for a string of live performances; after the reunion, the band decided to reform the band on a permanent basis, releasing the album ''All Shall Fall'' in 2009. However, internal conflicts between the band members resulting from tumultuous recording sessions for the band's ninth album resulted in a second disbandment in 2015. What exactly occurred during the sessions [[RashomonStyle seems to depend upon whom you believe]], but in the wake of the disbandment, Abbath started a new band [[EgocentricTeamNaming in his name]] (which admittedly is a well known quantity in the world of black metal, so it's a sensible business decision) with bassist [[Music/{{Gorgoroth}} King ov Hell]] and drummer Baard Kolstad. Immortal's ninth album was apparently largely finished before the band's second disbandment, but it's not clear what will become of the material from these sessions.

On August 14, 2015, Demonaz and Horgh announced that they had reconvened the band and that they will continue without Abbath. Abbath's first, self-titled album was released in January 2016 through Season of Mist; Immortal's ninth album has been announced for release later in the same year through Nuclear Blast. It currently remains to be seen how much of the material on Immortal's upcoming album dates back to the sessions from when Abbath was still in the band, whether his contributions from those sessions will be subjected to an OrwellianRetcon, or indeed whether any of the material from Abbath's solo album is based on any of the material from the earlier sessions.

* Demonaz Doom Occulta (Harald Nævdal) - guitar (up to 1997), lyrics (switched to lyricist and band manager after his injury) (1989–2003, 2006–Present)

* CareerEndingInjury: Demonaz Doom Occulta was forced to stop playing guitar due to developing tendinitis in his arms in 1997. He still writes the band's lyrics and is considered an active member by the band itself.

!!Tropes that apply to Immortal:

Immortal was formed by Abbath and Demonaz Doom Occulta after their previous band, Amputation, didn't take off. The band's beginnings can also be traced back to the death metal band Old Funeral, of which both Abbath and Demonaz (As well as Varg Vikernes of Music/Burzum at one point) were members.

Immortal was formed by Abbath and Demonaz Doom Occulta after their previous band, Amputation, didn't take off. The band's beginnings can also be traced back to the death metal band Old Funeral, of which both Abbath and Demonaz were members.

Tropes that apply to Immortal:

[[caption-width-right:345:Hearting mountains since the dawn of time.]]

Please do not confuse them with [[Film/{{Immortal}} the film of the same name]] or, if such were even possible, "MyImmortal".

* AbbeyRoadCrossing: [[http://www.last.fm/music/Abbath/+images/9b77f38ebb101c60a34a857c1c4f02a3 Abbath Road]].

* NewSoundAlbum: two of them- ''Pure Holocaust'' for introducing the insanely fast, blastbeat-heavy style they played for most of the 90s and ''At the Heart of Winter'', which began the [[EpicRocking epic]], ThrashMetal-influenced era of their career.

* [[{{Mayhem}} Hellhammer]] (Jan Axel Blomberg) - drums (live, 1995)

* CoverVersion: They covered "From the Dark Past" on the {{Mayhem}} tribute album ''Originators of the Northern Darkness''.