Abyssal - A Beacon In The Husk
| Release date: | 21 June 2019 |
| Style: | Blackened death metal |
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01. Dialogue
02. I - Recollection: Shapes Upon The Retina
03. I - Recollection: Awakening / Metamorphosis
04. II - Discernment: The Cloister Beneath The Grime
05. II - Discernment: Khyphotic Suzerains
06. II - Discernment: The Triumph Of Fools
07. III - Descent: We Who Beheld The Fall Of Axioms
08. III - Descent: A Beacon In The Husk
09. Soliloquy
02. I - Recollection: Shapes Upon The Retina
03. I - Recollection: Awakening / Metamorphosis
04. II - Discernment: The Cloister Beneath The Grime
05. II - Discernment: Khyphotic Suzerains
06. II - Discernment: The Triumph Of Fools
07. III - Descent: We Who Beheld The Fall Of Axioms
08. III - Descent: A Beacon In The Husk
09. Soliloquy
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In a sea of unoriginal, serviceable but nonetheless great OSDM, bands like Abyssal really know how to stick out. Read more ›› |
Found in 4 lists
Top lists
| Neachy | 2019 | #4 |
| Anghellic67 | 2019 Album Ranking | #313 |
| musclassia | 2019: The Curtain Call (Jan-Jun) | #104 |
| quieted_darkness | My Top 50 Metal Albums Of 2019 | #21 |
Comments
Comments: 17
Visited by: 153 users
| 3rdWorld China was a neat Posts: 4367 From: India  |
Artwork a bit too lucid by Abyssal standards but thats alright, looking forward to listening this.
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| Alex F Slick Dick Rick Posts: 3397 From: USA  |
I'm 100% ready for this
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| christmas.inHell Posts: 141  |
Mmm.. bacon with husk yummy yummy 
---- death to all but science Iron Maiden | Rate'Em All! http://www.metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=5766
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| Mercurial Posts: 1130  |
Feel like these guys just invented Ambient Death Metal with this. Some of the tracks are just gloriously shape-free, yet sustain that OSDM atmosphere. The others only vaguely conform to death metal rules but nail it with the totally alien, freeform guitar work. Only 1 listen so far but I could easily see this being their best, seems like they carved out something unique to them here, instead of going for straight up Portal-intensity worship.
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| flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1086 From: USA  |
First impression is that it's not quite as good as Antikatastaseis, but they're way ahead of the pack as usual. Gotta spend more time with it.
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| Apothecary PsyCHEdelic Posts: 5318 From: USA  |
Holy hell this might just be the heaviest thing I've heard all year. "Ambient death metal" is indeed a worthy descriptor.
---- Life was a commercial for itself, endlessly replayed. Nothing changed, it just spread out farther and farther in the form of neon ooze.
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| VIG Viggg Posts: 2555 From: USA  |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40065 From: The Netherlands  |
Written by Mercurial on 21.06.2019 at 11:23 That sopund more or less like what Chaos Echoes does.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Mercurial Posts: 1130 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 24.06.2019 at 08:18 Yeah kinda. I'd probably say Chaos Echoes are still the weirder, more left field band with an eerie, neutral sound. Whereas this is still kind of suffocating like some traditional OSDM.
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| DeliciousDishes Posts: 282 From: Germany  |
Isn't this just cavernous death metal with more hall in the sound?
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| Alakazam Posts: 790  |
Halfway in and getting dISEMBOWELMENT vibes with what there going for, albeit more pace.
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| Rulatore Posts: 973 From: Brazil  |
Absolutely hate the production here. The music might be good (I stopped at track 4), but the sound just ruins it for me
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| mz Posts: 4359  |
Yep,I approve the intensity, craziness and chaos presented here. I love how this band changes the style a bit between albums, while staying recognizable. Amazing record.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| gavdann Posts: 101 From: UK  |
Written by Rulatore on 26.06.2019 at 05:09 The production helps give it that foreboding vibe. I think it's a great record but it's not a record for all occasions.
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 19447 From: Canada  |
Echoing what others have pointed out, this is an incredibly dense and atmospheric album. It takes a while to let it work its way into your ears and they don't do themselves any favors with this unconventional droning ambient blend of death metal in terms of engaging a wider audience, but it holds true to its cavernous roots. It's mood-specific and at times paced like a funeral doom record, so it can be quite difficult to engage with, but when everything lines up properly it could be argued this is the best death metal album of the year.
---- I have no memory of this place.
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| Cynic Metalhead Atrocious Virgin Posts: 5593 From: India  |
I might be in a minority who thinks 'Antikatastaseis' overshadowed by this album.
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| mz Posts: 4359 |
This is gonna be a classic from 2019. Easily one of the best DM records of the last couple of years.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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