Abbath

Abbath, born Olve Eikemo in Bergen, is for me one of black metal's true originals rather than a mere genre footnote. As a founding member of Immortal, he helped forge the icy, theatrical Norwegian sound that countless bands later imitated. That unmistakable croak of a voice and the corpse paint felt absurd to me at first, then slowly became hypnotic. What impresses me most is his range as a musician who drums, plays guitar and sings. Walking away from Immortal in 2015 to build a band under his own name took real conviction. I quietly admire artists who guard their cold, uncompromising vision.

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Name (English)

Abbath

Name (Japanese)

オルヴェ・エイケモ

Reading

おるゔぇ・えいけも

Born

June 27, 1973 (age 53)

Origin

Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Occupation

singer-songwriter / composer / drummer / guitarist / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Ox

• Official sitehttp://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=217463562
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbath
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306080

Tags

• Hordaland
• singer-songwriter
• composer
• drummer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.