I (band)

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Background information
Origin	Bergen, Norway
Genres	Black metal; heavy metal;
Years active	2006–2007
Labels	Nuclear Blast
Associated acts	Immortal; Gorgoroth; Enslaved
Website	i-metal.net
Members	Abbath Doom Occulta; Ice Dale; TC King; Armagedda

I were a Norwegian black metal supergroup formed in 2006. The band features Immortal members Abbath and Armagedda, Gorgoroth bassist TC King, and Enslaved's Ice Dale. The band cites Bathory as one of their major influences.^[1]

History

The band's debut album, Between Two Worlds, was released on November 3, 2006 in the United Kingdom and November 14, 2006 in the United States through Nuclear Blast Records.^[1] Their first and only live show was at The Hole in the Sky Festival in Bergen on August 26, 2006. Currently there are no more scheduled live shows.^[2] In 2007 Abbath has stated that he had started working on new songs for the next album,^[3] although no further comment has been made since. Given Abbath's formation of the band Abbath in 2015 following his departure from Immortal along with I bassist TC King, it is unlikely that a future I album will emerge. As part of prompting their new project, Abbath covered I's Warriors in October 2015.^[4]

Style

The band features Abbath's raw black metal vocals accompanied with a classic metal influenced sound. Blasts beats and some of the more "erratic" structural traits of black metal have also been excluded, this gives the band more of a classic metal sound but the black metal influences are still evident giving the band a unique sound.

Discography

Between Two Worlds (2006)

Line-up

Abbath Doom Occulta (Olve Eikemo) – vocals, guitar
Ice Dale (Arve Isdal) – guitar
TC King (King ov Hell, Tom Cato Visnes) – bass guitar
Armagedda – drums

References

^ ^a ^b "Official homepage". Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2006-11-07.
^ Nuclear Blast Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The World's Most Dangerous Music Magazine". Terrorizer.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
^ "Abbath Comes Out to Play (a Cover of I's "Warriors")". Metalsucks.net. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

External links

[imetal-1] "Official homepage". Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2006-11-07.

[2] Nuclear Blast Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "The World's Most Dangerous Music Magazine". Terrorizer.com. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

[4] "Abbath Comes Out to Play (a Cover of I's "Warriors")". Metalsucks.net. 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2020-03-21.

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