{"id":24726,"date":"2015-03-04T00:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T00:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=24726"},"modified":"2015-03-04T21:55:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T21:55:03","slug":"album-review-abominator-evil-proclaimed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-abominator-evil-proclaimed\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOMINATOR – Evil Proclaimed (2015) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABOMINATOR
Evil Proclaimed<\/strong><\/span>
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\nHells Headbangers (2015)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The design of the fifth full-length opus from Australia\u2019s Abominator is a touch predictable. It seems that many bands who dabble in destructive war-torn blackened death metal tend to opt for similar artwork and often daubed in a red logo, but hey, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that air of familiarity if the content delivers. <\/p>\n

Abominator have been on a hiatus since the 2006 album The Eternal Conflagration<\/em>, but for me it\u2019s great that core duo Chris Volcano (vocals \/ drums; ex-Destroyer 666) and Andrew Undertaker (guitar) have returned to, and I quote the press release, \u201creignite the hellfire\u201d. The band members may have monikers which make them sound like American wrestlers, but the sound they create is one din not to be scoffed at.<\/p>\n

Sure, it\u2019s a rather predictable foray into holocaustic satanic speed, but I\u2019m not going to argue with such a confrontational racket. As if formed from the very fires of Hell which similarly scorched all manner of other underground bands of this ilk, Evil Proclaimed<\/em> comes frothing, spitting, hammering, clanking, sniping and rattling out of its lair like a rabid demon intent on severing flesh and crunching bones. Abominator \u2013 right from its moniker to its look and its sound \u2013 is not attempting any originality, but merely wants to seethe with so much war-torn anger that as each track comes hurtling past you\u2019ll be choking on the fumes of destruction. <\/p>\n

Clearly inspired by the murky, rust-ridden black \/ thrash scene of the 80s, Evil Proclaimed<\/em> goes for the throat with eight barbaric noises which rumble and clank like wayward machine-gun fire. The vocals are expectedly ashen; as if Mr. Volcano is choking on lava, which in turn coats his throbbing lungs. You know what is coming and yet still you are not foolish enough to hide from the barrage. <\/p>\n

\u2018Black Mass Warfare\u2019, \u2018Invoker Of The Four Winds\u2019 et al simply deal with bestial themes and come charging at such a furious pace that once you\u2019ve suffered a few listens, you may struggle to differentiate one track from the other. Indeed, this is the main flaw of every Abominator release, but then again I don\u2019t think these guys are trying to sell original lumps of newly formed scrap metal. Instead, they are more than happy to supply familiar coughs, splutters and bullet-belts to whoever will listen. <\/p>\n

Of course, within such rusty pulverisation there are some fine slower moments of evil \u2013 notably three-quarters way through the demonic belching of \u2018The Brimstone Nucleus\u2019 \u2013 but for the most part it\u2019s the same sort of horrid black \/ thrash \/ death hybrid we\u2019ve always known about since the 80s. Hey though, when a bomb is about to be dropped on a town the only thing you expect is that it\u2019s going to cause death and pain, and so with Evil Proclaimed<\/em> you\u2019re just here for the whole crushing experience. Throw in the usual rancid vocal growls, mix in a dash of wailing guitar solo amidst the smog-ridden riffage and then coat such a row with one helluva percussive noise and you\u2019ve got yourself another flaming, erupting volcano of intensity. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to paint such a review with any other colours than black, white, grey and red, because these are the main ingredients which make up such a burning furnace of a record. As the likes of \u2018Ashes Of A Demonic Legacy\u2019 and \u2018Indomitable Master\u2019 initially suggest a variation of pace, we\u2019re soon once again ripped to shreds by another straightforward barrage of brash brutality. <\/p>\n

Offering nothing more than an unhealthy dose of black \/ death metal carnage, bands like Abominator are no doubt the armoured woodlouse of their chosen field in that after the nuclear bomb has dropped, they\u2019ll still be left \u2013 scurrying around through the ash telling their tales of anguish.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABOMINATOREvil Proclaimed Hells Headbangers (2015)Rating: 7\/10 The design of the fifth full-length opus from Australia\u2019s Abominator is a touch predictable. It seems that many bands who dabble in destructive war-torn blackened death metal tend to opt for similar artwork and often daubed in a red logo, but hey, there\u2019s nothing wrong with that air of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1699,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abominator","category-album-ep-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24726"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24729,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24726\/revisions\/24729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}