Though they bore little sonic resemblance to their peers at the time, the story of black metal cannot be told without reference to Abruptum. Founded in 1989 by Tony \u0093IT\u0094 S\u00e4rkk\u00e4, a pillar of the early Swedish scene who, in addition to Abruptum, also played in Opthamalia and Vondur, among other bands, Abruptum rode the crest of black metal\u0092s second wave. With their debut album on Deathlike Silence Productions carrying the catalog number Anti-Mosh 04, Abruptum was one of the first bands\u0097preceded only by Merciless and Mayhem\u0097to appear on the label that would come to define black metal and export it outside of Scandinavia. Even back then, S\u00e4rkk\u00e4\u0092s credentials were unimpeachable. Before forming Abruptum, he had been in bands with his high school friend Dan Swan\u00f6, who later formed Edge of Sanity and opened Unisound Studio, and who credits S\u00e4rkk\u00e4 for guiding him into the more extreme corners of the underground scene. Abruptum had little in common with the furious riffs and blast beats that typically characterized the genre; Abruptum was more an entity, a presence, than a band. \u0093The audial essence of pure black evil,\u0094 an expression, attributed to Euronymous, that adorns some of the band\u0092s album covers, captures the intent of Abruptum. In many respects, the formlessness of their music conjures a darker atmosphere than more traditional black metal, which still bears remnants of the rock music from which it evolved. Abruptum, by contrast, was a ritualistic distillation of the genre\u0092s core elements. Like a dissected cadaver, splayed with its organs excised and isolated, Abruptum deconstructed black metal and recontextualized it. In this way, Abruptum, perhaps more than any other band, demonstrated that the fundamental essence of black metal is defined not by style or sound, but by intention and disposition. By the time they released their third full-length album \u0093Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes,\u0094 in 1996, on Full Moon Productions, IT had parted ways with ALL and recorded the album alone. With \u0093Vi Sonus\u0085,\u0094 IT pushed Abruptum to new extremes, cultivating a sound that is cold, opaque, and lifeless. The album also marked an inflection point for Abruptum, for soon after the release of \u0093Vi Sonus\u0085,\u0094 IT recruited Morgan \u0093Evil\u0094 H\u00e5kansson, best known as the guitarist and founding member of Marduk. The two collaborated on one EP together, after which H\u00e5kansson took over the project and has remained the lone custodian of Abruptum ever since, maintaining the band\u0092s legacy, even after S\u00e4rkk\u00e4\u0092s death in 2017. NWN! is honored to present this new edition of \u0093Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes,\u0094 IT\u0092s ultimate expression of pure black evil.<\/p>\n
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