Abbey Ov Thelema was founded in the beginning of summer of 2009 in Zvolen, Slovakia, as a dark ambient one-man side project of Delgrast, who was already active in another black metal band, Nevaloth.

Two demos were released among close friends, "Abbey ov Thelema" (2009) and "Major Arcana" (2010). The first one consists mostly of ambient songs originally written for Nevaloth, the second one is a conceptual work focused on the tarot's 22 most powerful cards, known as Major Arcana.

After that the ambient style of the project has changed dramatically. Vilozof from Nevaloth joined the Abbey on guitar, and the material prepared for the first album can be described as a sort of an avant-garde, experimental and atmospheric black metal. In summer of 2011, we contacted many labels, looking for one which would release the prepared album. From the many offers we picked Sonic Temple Records for a CD release, and also Morak Production for releasing the album on tape.

Finally, in October of 2011, the debut album "A Fragment ov the Great Work" is revealed to the world.

The band is named after a small house in Sicily, which was in the years 1920-1923 used as an occult centrum founded by Aleister Crowley and Leah Hirsing.

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