Biography

The history of Abgott

+++1997+++
All had begun November 97 when Agamoth spawned the uncompromised demo tape Celtic Metal Battle. A proper line up will be gathered and the project Abgott had begun also starting to hit the road for almost a year around their native land selling out the 900 limited edition copies produced.

+++1999/2000+++
At the Dawn of a new Millennium the legendary, self-titled and self-financed, debut album is recorded at Ressole Studios, producing a hybrid and unconventional black metal with the intention to take distances from the institutionalized Scandinavian black metal. With a good response from the press and media the band reach well founds to get back on the road.

+++2000/01+++
Abgott promoted their album around Italy, with the War Shall Be 2000/01 Tour, either as headliner or support. The main Italian magazines will support the band for their live performances with extraordinary reviews (Grind Zone, Metal Shock, Metal Hammer, Psycho and far more underground magazine); on the road they sell 1860 copies.

+++2001+++
Agamoth will record the next chapter Fizala, even more unconventional and experimental concept black metal album lyrically based on the myth of Ancient Divinities and musically direct toward new boundaries into extreme metal.

+++2002/03+++
In to UK Agamoth find a deal with Helvete Record for a limited production and distribution of this new milestone into the extreme metal dimension. More good responses from the European specialized media and press will bring the band back alive this time around Europe supporting: Napalm Death, Destruction, Hatesphere and Ancient Rites, among the biggest.
+++2004+++
Fizala finally breaks throu

h USA with Juan Garcia (Agent Steel) and his own label Oracle. The first printing of 5.000 copies for the American and Canadian territory only, sold extraordinary faster and the album is printed a second time the same year. Abgott is back on the road in UK for fifteen shows, in Italy for seven shows and in Poland for an open air festival. Abgott will support Dark Funeral. Showing so much good willing to succeed, the band started to collaborate with Conquer Record, taking part to compilations with Acheron, Incantation. Agamoth and his crazy crew started to obtain more and more attention from the British magazines with unexpected result.

+++2005+++
With an exponential increase of their live activities Abgott sign another deal with artist relations and promotion manager Melinda Knight @ Helvete. Straight after the management organized an excellent series of shows as support act for Behemoth Demigod Tour 2005 in UK, then as support around Europe for Enslaved, Ancient, Napalm Death, Marduk and Destruction (again) and for a total of eighteen gigs in UK plus more in France, Italy, Belgium, Poland.

+++2006+++
Agamoth choices for the new studios will be Alpha and Omega with Alex Azzali (Ancient, Mortuary Drape, Kataract) as producer, for a strong and powerful new chapter Artefact Of Madness, once more twisting and bending the extreme metal rules, adding a strong jazz influence in his composition. The controversial band starts the New Year live shows as support band for Hypocrisy. Abgott finally will sign a record deal with Helvete & Hate Management with world wide distribution thru Plastic Head & Code7.

+++2007+++
New Live Activities for Abgott headlining shows in UK; first ever show to be headlined @ the Underworld in Camden Town – London and headline tour 2007 in Italy. Production of a new video with the direction of Nathan T-Heys produced by Kayak Productions, shot at the 3 Mills Studios London; sees the collaboration of Swedish Horror Fetish Actress/Model Gothness (www.gothness.net). More hot news to be disclosed…