[1] Abaddon was formed in Chicago in 1999, initially as a solo project of Nullifer Bones with accompanying live musicians.
Later that year, the first full-length EP, Entitled Master, was released in limited print cassette tape form on September 9.
During this period they created mostly atmospherical black metal and classical music with a dark ambient feel.
[8] On September 12, 2012, they released "The Bringer of Light" single in a limited print USB flash drive and t-shirt package.
[14][15][16] On August 10, Abaddon released the 2nd track for the same album, a single entitled "Mark Ov Emptiness"[17][18] together with another official music video.