Abruptum

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Abruptum
Background information
Origin	Finspång, Sweden
Genres	Avant-Garde metal, ambient black metal, power electronics death metal (early)
Years active	1989–2005, 2008–present
Labels	Deathlike Silence Productions Southern Lord Records Blooddawn Productions

Abruptum is a Swedish ambient black metal solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined the band later.^[1] IT was one of the leaders of the True Satanist Horde, part of the Swedish Black metal scene. Euronymous, co-founder of Mayhem and founder of Deathlike Silence Productions, described Abruptum as "the audial essence of pure black evil".^[1]