Abstersion - Mors Vincent Omnia (2020)
Canada
Darker Than Black
From the first moment you hear the feedback, this demo doesn't let up. It's vicious and demands your attention. Abstersion's "Mors Vincint Omnia" tape is a 15 minute onslaught that is a pleasure to the ears and the best thing musically I've heard come out of 2020. The guitar riffs are fast, tremelo picked in the style of Bone Awl, but down tuned and with a more clean production, so it will remind me of punk occasionally. The drums don't particularly stand out as they are nonstop alternating blasts for the majority but they are good and do their part. As we get to the vocals, they are definitely something that stood out to me. It's not often you hear a black metal band using low-pitched growls throughout their entire songs but here it seems to work perfectly. There was no stand out song as they all meshed and flowed into one another ending way too soon. If you're into relentless hateful black metal with a punk edge, I would recommend checking this out. (LR)