ABSCESS
Horrorhammer
(Tyrant Syndicate / Peaceville Records)
34:55min

ABSCESS strike back with a brand new, killer album. The morbid alliance of Reifert / Coralles (under the ABSCESS moniker) returns to bring forth another gem of pure sickness. The days of “Urine Junkies” are gone for good (although such a turn was evident in their last couple of albums) only to get replaced (again) by visions of shivering death. And in the case of ABSCESS we deal with a seminal band in delivering aural horror. Still, “Horrorhammer” is not a Death Metal album per se. Its main core is Metal but there are loads of Doom Metal as well as Punk influences in it which are – of course – performed in a totally morbid / sick way. The twisting guitars spit out riff after riff, the whole album is delivered in a suffocating mid-tempo while the fucked up vocals lead the way. The closest parallelism I could think of “Horrorhammer” is that of a reanimated rotten corpse surrounded by a stench of decay and filth. This album is supposed to make you feel unpleasant. And in the case of “Horrorhammer” that feels good, really good… www.tyrantsyndicate.com, www.abscessfreaks.com.

Manolis A.

Manolis A.

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ABSCESS - Split CD (Alfonso Perez)
ABSCESS - Dawn Of Inhumanity (Matthias Auch)
ABSCESS - Thirst For Blood, Hunger For Flesh (Frank Stöver)
ABSCESS - Through The Cracks Of Death (Edouard Vergriete)
ABSCESS - Tormented (Hacker)

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