{"id":74458,"date":"2018-06-22T00:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=74458"},"modified":"2018-11-26T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T18:19:41","slug":"album-review-abiosis-revelations-of-macabre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-abiosis-revelations-of-macabre\/","title":{"rendered":"ABIOSIS – Revelations Of Macabre (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABIOSIS
Revelations Of Macabre<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t confuse these American death metallers with their fellow countrymen from California who split up in the 90s, or the UK act who also vanished in the same decade with two members going on to join My Dying Bride. In this instance, Abiosis hail from Salem, Oregon and their sound, although very much death metal, feels far more modern than the two other acts of the same moniker.<\/p>\n

Revelations Of Macabre<\/em> is the debut offering from this quartet whose line-up consists of Logan Williams (vocals and bass), Jake Mattison (vocals and guitar), Jesse Kangas (guitar) and Brandon Self (drums).<\/p>\n

In my opinion, the combo revel in their brutality, taking up a hybridisation of, say, Deicide, Suffocation and Cannibal Corpse. This doesn\u2019t come from their early, classic years but with this interesting platter, we still get a barrage of bludgeoning riffs, blistering speed, catchy slower, guttural segments and hammering extremity \u2013 all led by the gnarly guitar attack and that extremely chesty vocal expression.<\/p>\n

For 49 minutes Abiosis come fully equipped with a savage death metal onslaught, cleverly knitted together blasting rhythms and grinding melodious streaks. At their fastest, Abiosis is a genuinely punishing act. Brandon Self works overtime for much of this pulverising shift; his frantic taps and skin slaps form raking machine gun attacks, but throughout one really gets more appreciative of the band when they slow. This is particularly evident on the climax of the title track and the opening strains of \u2018Angelic Despoilment\u2019, but one of course cannot ignore the hectic cacophony which riddles this platter.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bound In Mortal Flesh\u2019, with its snippet from Hellraiser<\/em> (1987), is an utterly contemptible composition \u2013 the speed and heaviness just flays and slays \u2013 and the aforementioned \u2018Angelic Despoilment\u2019 is a fine example of the fusing of speed and slower, scathing melody as those barking vocals resonate around the room. Damn, if this had come out between 1994 and 1998 we\u2019d still be frothing about Revelations Of Macabre<\/em> now; tracks such as \u2018From Sanity To Void\u2019 just devilish in their structure with hyper percussion forged with staggering bass thrashes and that grizzly guitar tone.<\/p>\n

\u2018Eternal Submission To Emptiness\u2019 begins like an icy black metal track \u2013 the melody is rather dissonant before the sudden jerk of haste \u2013 while \u2018Plains Of Abiosis\u2019 just rolls like a deadly machine; a squirming melody escaping the barbed mass of impenetrable speed before those riffs tighten to a chesty chug.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s certainly not fusty like Tomb Mold or Mortuous, Abiosis exist on a different plateau; grumbling deep, but remaining clear of any sort of clogging grave fumes. Instead, it\u2019s all about the vocal bark and the rhythmic bite as \u2018Diarrhetic Immolation\u2019 in rather comedic fashion begins with a series of anal eruptions before the swarming riffs take over, the percussion just relentlessly bashing the brain until the welcome silence takes hold. Yep, Revelations Of Macabre<\/em> is a good death metal album; at times a tad no frills in its extremity, but always giving the listener a good kicking with its beefiness.<\/p>\n

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

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