Guitarist Per Valla has left Abbath, the new band led by the former Immortal frontman (real name: Olve Eikemo), according to Collide.

Speaking exclusively with Collide, Valla offered the following statement: “After having played as session guitarist with Abbath since May this year, I have recently decided that it is time for me to leave the band for personal reasons. I thank the guys for bringing me along on such an awesome ride, and for all the new friends I made in the process. I wish the guys the best of luck in the future".
 
Valla will continue to play with Vredehammer, who are due to release their new album, Violator, on February 5th.

Last week it was announced that drummer Kevin Foley has left Abbath. A message from Foley follows:

“As a few of you might already know, I've been busy this year playing with the Norwegian band Abbath as a mysterious character called "Creature" (sorry to disappoint you if you thought it was the amazing Baard Koldstad). For some personal reasons, I've decided to leave the band.
Still, it's been a great experience and an honour to play all the band's shows so far and record the upcoming album in Sweden with Daniel Bergstrand. I'm really happy with the result. I love the songs, the sound and I'm proud of my drumming on this one. Thanks to everyone who has been involved in this project!

“As for the near future, I will be touring for the last time ever with my brothers from Benighted in January and February, opening for The Black Dahlia Murder all over Europe. It will be the best way possible to close a 10 amazing years long chapter of my life. These guys are my absolute best friends and I have no doubt that we'll have a lot of fun on this tour!

“After that, it will be time for me to move on, look for new projects and do my best to keep making a living out of music. I'm looking forward to 2016!”

Abbath will release their self-titled debut album on January 23rd via Season Of Mist. The album track, “Count The Dead”, is now available for streaming below.

Abbath released the 7” single, "Count The Dead", on December 11th. In addition to the single’s title track, it includes of a cover of Judas Priest’s ”Riding On The Wind".

Order the new single in two versions, limited to 500 copies each, at this location.

Abbath album tracklisting:

“To War!”
“Winterbane”
“Ashes Of The Damned”
“Ocean Of Wounds”
“Count The Dead”
“Fenrir Hunts”
“Root Of The Mountain”
“Endless”
“Nebular Ravens Winter” (bonus track)

“Winter Bane”:

"Nebular Ravens Winter" video:

Pre-order the new album at this location.

Upcoming Abbath live dates include:

January
23 - The Forum - London, UK
29 - Amager Bio - Copenhagen, Denmark
30 - Traekgarn - Gothenburg, Sweden

February
2 - Markthalle - Hamburg, Germany
3 - Astra - Berlin, Germany
4 - Meetfactory - Prague, Czech Republic
5 - Weststadthalle - Essen, Germany
7 - Trix - Antwerp, Belgium
10 - Fri-Son - Fribourg, Switzerland
11 - Live Club - Trezzo Sull'adda Mi, Italy
12 - Z7 - Pratteln, Switzerland
13 - Backstage - Munich, Germany
20 - Blastfest - Bergen, Norway

“Fenrir Hunts” live: