{"id":30529,"date":"2015-06-02T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=30529"},"modified":"2015-06-05T09:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T09:45:15","slug":"album-review-coathanger-abortion-observations-of-humanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-coathanger-abortion-observations-of-humanity\/","title":{"rendered":"COATHANGER ABORTION – Observations Of Humanity (2015) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

COATHANGER ABORTION
Observations Of Humanity<\/strong><\/span>
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\nComatose Music (2015)<\/span>
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Now, there\u2019s a name to take home to your parents. Tennessee titans Coathanger Abortion are back for another bite with their sophomore outing Observations Of Humanity<\/em> and \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 it\u2019s more of the same pulverising yet catchy perverse death metal. <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not familiar with the name, these guys have been around since 2001 and \u2013 believe it or not \u2013 the quintet is not the gore-obsessed lunatics many would have you think. If anything, Coathanger Abortion is more of a well-measured, extremely accessible and tidy combo who brings an old school style of vocal phlegm to their oozing, creeping sound. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s been six years since their debut 2009 outing Dying Breed<\/em>, and for the most part, this return to form is mid-paced with injections of speed, but it\u2019s nothing too jarring on the senses, and yet it\u2019s a no frills style of death metal which I find rather appealing. Stranger still, a majority of the tracks are quite lengthy, and yet it doesn\u2019t feel that way once you\u2019re settled in to this cacophony. <\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Suffering The Weak\u2019 showcases that adoration for early 90s groove-based deathliness; its repetitive chorus and the deep, churning rhythms create a wall of density that many rarely appreciate anymore as modern death metal succumbs to glossy dynamics and an all too irritating drum sound, but as frontman Robby Wooten vomits away, it\u2019s worth lending a separate ear to what\u2019s going on behind him. The main foundation here is the chunky drum sound, a rumbling bass and a guitar maze lead. <\/p>\n

\u2018Media Mindsnare\u2019 brings both speed and oozing brutality, the posse cleverly shifting from blasts of destructive speed and creaking slowness. And yet in spite of weight, there is always that nifty air with the guitars which refuse to become stagnant, despite the savage suffocation of the grinding trudge of \u2018Wading Through Existence\u2019 and the hammering \u2018Coathanger Abortion\u2019 \u2013 which is probably the album\u2019s most aggressive part. <\/p>\n

Rarely a track goes by that isn\u2019t both intense yet enjoyable, Observations Of Humanity<\/em> somehow nodding to old school dynamics but existing of its own free will too. The vocal coughs are very much of the vintage variety, working in cohorts with what at times is a thrashing menace that becomes married to more darker, brooding lessons in drudgery via the morbid grooves of \u2018The Possession\u2019 and the album\u2019s most epic pairing of \u2018Hypocritical Majority\u2019 and \u2018Detained Indefinitely\u2019. <\/p>\n

As a brace, they act as final midriff punches boasting epic musicianship; harkening back to the solid, no frills vigour of the early 90s, the vocals in a sense become that extra oozing groove to complement a guitar sound that is just so darn accessible. This is proof that death metal of today doesn\u2019t need to be flashy or furious, \u2018Hypocritical Majority\u2019 being a fine web of intrigue and churning riffage before making way for the faster tides of \u2018Detained Indefinitely\u2019. <\/p>\n

Modern death metal rarely excites me, but Coathanger Abortion\u2019s return to the fray is one we should rejoice because with their new album they\u2019ve bridged the gap between old and new. Although lacking the overall speed and hostility of its peers, Observations Of Humanity<\/em> remains a killer death metal record of today.<\/p>\n

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

COATHANGER ABORTIONObservations Of Humanity Comatose Music (2015)Rating: 8\/10 Now, there\u2019s a name to take home to your parents. Tennessee titans Coathanger Abortion are back for another bite with their sophomore outing Observations Of Humanity and \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 it\u2019s more of the same pulverising yet catchy perverse death metal. If you\u2019re not familiar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-coathanger-abortion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30529","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=30529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30533,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30529\/revisions\/30533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}