Artist Detailed Info: Illt

There are 2 concurrently-existing metal acts with the name ILLT:

1) ILLT is an atmospheric black metal band from Russia, formed in 2014. They have released a number of demos and singles over the years.

https://www.facebook.com/thetrueillt/
https://thetrueillt.bandcamp.com/music

2) ILLT is the alter ego of Norwegian composer and guitarist Roy Westad. He started out as a guitarist before establishing himself as a film composer back in 2008. Since then, he has been involved in countless film and TV projects, and received the Norwegian Emmy for Best Original Score in 2014. But he always held extreme metal close to his heart. His background as a guitarist helped form his style as a film composer, and his film scoring career has helped in developing the form of ILLT.

Now he’s ready to unleash his debut «Urhat» (meaning something like «ancient hate» in Norwegian) on the world, and with him on the album he has Dirk Verbeuren on drums, Speed Strid on vocals, as well as lead guitarists Karl Sanders and Mr.Damage. The album is an eclectic yet seamless blend of groovy and blackened death/thrash/doom/rock. Brutal yet melodic, modern yet raw.

ILLT states: «I have a pretty schizophrenic taste in music, I’m quickly bored, and I hate rules and boundaries. This album was written by pure instinct on my own terms, and the result is a genre-defying and emotional ride through intense riff-based metal.» The lyrical themes are centered around anger, hopelessness and contempt for the human race, and deal with the darkest sides of religion, politics and de-evolution.

Debut album «Urhat» line-up: Vocals: Speed Strid Guitars & Bass: ILLT Drums: Dirk Verbeuren Lead Guitars: Karl Sanders, Mr.Damage

In September 2021, ILLT released URHAT.

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