From www.immortalslave.tk  

Immortal Slave was started in early 1989 by Vardaman (then drummer) and Angelique (vocals and guitar). The project ended with Angelique’s death in early 1991.

In 1994, however, Vardaman (now having learned to play guitar) decided to continue with Immortal Slave on his own. He started writing gothic/doom/death/black metal songs and in late 1995 recorded the demo “Love is Mortal, Hatred is Forever”, which was released in 1996 on Sound Action and Gothic Gospel Records in the USA. This was the beginnings of a small, but global underground following for Immortal Slave.

Shortly afterwards, Vardaman started hunting for other band members in order to play some shows in South Africa.