Abaddon Incarnate

Abaddon Incarnate are an Irish deathgrind band, formed in Dublin in 1994 under the name Bereaved. They have released six albums, the latest of which, The Wretched Sermon, was released in 2022. Originally a blackened death metal band, their style shifted to deathgrind on subsequent releases.

Abaddon Incarnate
Also known as	Bereaved (1991–1994)
Origin	Dublin, Ireland
Genres	Deathgrind Blackened death metal (early)
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Season of Mist Sentinel Xtreem Underground Movement Candlelight Transcending Obscurity Metalage
Members	Bill Whelan Olan Parkinson Cory-Annatar-Sloan
Website	abaddonincarnateofficial.com

History

Abaddon Incarnate was formed in Dublin in 1994, playing blackened death metal. Under the name Bereaved the band released two demo cassette tapes, Signs of Death in 1992 and Tortured Souls in 1994. The decision was made to change their name to Abaddon Incarnate on the release of their third demo, When the Demons Come. Since then the band has released two more promos (in 1996 and 2001) and five full-length album releases, namely The Last Supper in 1999, Nadir in 2001, Dark Crusade in 2003 and Cascade in 2009, Pessimist in 2014. Additionally a split 7-inch with U.S. grindcore band "Phobia" was released in 2011.^[1]

The band has toured extensively in Europe including Spain, France, Britain, Switzerland, Germany. In South America they were the first extreme Irish metal band to play in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. Also they have toured in Russia and Australia.

Abaddon Incarnate are currently signed to Transcending Obscurity Records (UK) but have previously been signed to the Slovakian label Metalage Productions French label Season of Mist, to the Irish label Sentinel Records, and to the Spanish label Xtreem Music.

Original drummer Olan Parkinson rejoined in 2019 after filling in for some Irish dates and now under Transcending Obscurity the band will release their sixth album The Wretched Sermon in early 2022. In June 2022, the band revealed that the album would be released on 5 August.^[2]

Members

Current

• Bill Whelan – guitar, vocals (1994–present)
• Olan Parkinson – drums (1994–2002, 2020–present)
• Cory Sloan – bass, vocals (1999–2002, 2003–2004, 2024–present)

Former

• Rob Tierney – bass (1994–1999)
• Jason Connolly – drums (2003–2007)
• Steve Finnerty – bass (2007–2015)
• Johnny King – drums (2007–2016)
• Karl Leavey – drums (2016–2019)
• Wayne Glass – vocals (2016–2020)
• Stephen "Steve" Maher – guitar, vocals (1994–2024)
• Irene Siragusa – bass, vocals (2015–2024)

Discography

As Bereaved

• Signs of Death (demo, 1992) with Alan Kelly, Shane Foley
• Tortured Souls (demo, 1994) with Alan Kelly, Shane Foley

As Abaddon Incarnate

Studio albums

• The Last Supper (Season of Mist, 1999)
• Nadir (Sentinel, 2001)
• Dark Crusade (Xtreem Music, 2004)
• Cascade (Metal Age, 2009)
• Pessimist (Candlelight Records, 2014)
• The Wretched Sermon (Transcending Obscurity, 2022)

Demos/split

• When the Demons Come (demo, 1995)
• 2-track Sampler (demo, 1996)
• 3 Track Sampler 2001 (demo, 2001)
• Phobia/Abaddon Incarnate split 7-inch (Underground Movement, 2011)