Abruptum - Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes DLP

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 “IT” Särkkä, 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’s second wave. With their debut album on Deathlike Silence Productions carrying the catalog number Anti-Mosh 04, Abruptum was one of the first bands—preceded only by Merciless and Mayhem—to appear on the label that would come to define black metal and export it outside of Scandinavia. Even back then, Särkkä’s credentials were unimpeachable. Before forming Abruptum, he had been in bands with his high school friend Dan Swanö, who later formed Edge of Sanity and opened Unisound Studio, and who credits Särkkä 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 typ