Immortal was a prominent black metal band from Bergen, Norway. The group began in 1989 as "Amputation", a death metal band. Immortal's early full-length releases were of a tradional black metal style, but their acclaimed album "At the Heart of Winter" saw the band begin to experiment with a complex fusion of black metal and German thrash. The resultant sound was a style which characterized Immortal's later works. Immortal has been influential to many modern heavy metal artists; its founders, Abbath and Demonaz, have attained a legendary status in the Scandinavian heavy metal scene, which includes many of the world's best black metal bands.
