### Aborted: Strychnine. 213

#### 04/06/08 || Euthanatos

Legendary isn’t really too strong a word for Aborted, after all, ever since releasing “The Purity of Perversion”, these Belgian bastards have unleashed shock waves upon the metal world. Starting out as a gore-themed death metal act that impressed because of technicality and brutality (as I am impressing you right now with my rhyming), the band eventually found melody, captivating even more people and pissing the hell off of a bunch of tr00 kvlt arysk metalheads.

“Strychnine.213” is the new pearl in Aborted’s clam (what?) and it sounds quite different than everything they’ve released in the past. For starters, even though it is still death metal and very aggressive, this is probably the least brutal album of their discography. And yes, melody is abound, much to dismay of the Disgorge legions. As far as this reviewer is concerned though, evil manic assault of the band’s instruments isn’t really the primary concern. Musicality is what it really boils down to, and Aborted sure are displaying bucket loads of it here. As a matter of fact, this little fucker sounds a lot better than “The Archaic Abattoir” and probably just as good as “Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture”.

For starters, there is a lot of diversity between the songs, not that endless onslaught of the ear drums. And, as I’ve mentioned before when reviewing bands like Pig Destroyer, I find it really interesting when bands manage to release pissed off music that actually makes sense and is pleasing to the ear. Sure, you may want to disembowel virgins and stuff a dog’s entrails in Christ’s rectum, but I’d love to hear the details of your inane exploits. While the drums blast beat away like there is no tomorrow (the new guy, Dan, is a pounding maniac), there is some very intricate guitar work here, and there are a number of memorable solos, particularly in “I35”. The bass… yeah, never mind about the bass, the vocals show great improvement as well, and even though there are some questionable effects here and there, I’d much rather listen to Sven de Caluwé expand his horizons than sit through what resembles a volcano erupting inside a small box.

It’s actually quite curious how Aborted sound so fucking tight even though most of members only joined the band a year ago. They would make you believe they’ve been doing this as long as Sven. That shows fucking professionalism, so learn, children! Brutal death metal? Gore grind? Nah, those days are long gone for Aborted. If you’re interested in that, take a hint, there are a shitload of bands doing that out there. Some are good, some are not. Have fun sorting those out. If you want to listen to great song writing and amazing musicianship, ah, this here is for you then.

The cover: Ohhh, this one is really cool, some bitch gagged, bound and tortured. Probably the best Aborted cover, by the way.

7 necrophiliacs lamenting these modern times out of 10.

- Information
- Released: 2008
- Label: Century Media
- Website: www.goremageddon.be
- Band
- Sven de Caluwé: vocals
- Sebastien Tuvi: guitar
- Peter Goemaere: guitar
- Sven Janssens: bass
- Dan Wilding: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Carrion
- 02. Ophiolatry On A Hemocite Platter
- 03. I35
- 04. Pestiferous Subterfuge
- 05. The Chyme Congeries
- 06. A Murmur In Decrepit Wits
- 07. Enterrement Of An Idol
- 08. Hereditary Bane
- 09. Avarice Of Vilification
- 10. The Obfuscate