Bloodstock : 30 Bands Not To Miss - Abbath
15. Abbath – Ronnie James Dio stage - Saturday 12th of August – late afternoon.
All hail the Godfather of true Nordic Black Metal. Abbath is a larger-than-life cartoon character brought to life. The architect of widescreen symphonic black metal, his persona burns off the stage.
Playful but persuasive, he is a showman in corpse paint. A hyperactive troubadour that hogs the spotlight with panache and pizzazz. So if you want Black Metal reimagined as Broadway the legend that is former Immortal frontman Abbath is for you. Are you not entertained?
I just love Metal. I love it all. The bombastity of symphonic, the brutality of death, the rousing choruses of power, the nihilistic evil of black, the pounding atmospherics of doom, the whirling time changes of prog, the faithful familiarity of trad, the other worldlyness of post, the sheer unrefined power of thrash. I love it all!