ABADDON INCARNATE – Pessimist

AIAbaddon Incarnate’s fifth album ‘Pessimist’ is a monster.  Their first release for Candlelight Records (home to Corrosion of Conformity and cult thrashers Pestilence) leaves no doubt as to the band’s intentions of being the fastest and most brutal band in Ireland.  A split second after hitting the play button their musical assault begins and the title track churns away at full pelt.  Drummer Johnny King (a member of the band since 2007) hammers at his bass pedals with the manner of a man in possession of extra limbs, while simultaneously hammering at his snares in a lightning speed attack, occasionally resulting in sounds clearly inspired by one-time Suffocation drummer Mike Smith.   The other half of Abaddon’s rhythm section, bassist Steve Finnerty plays equally hard, his instrument grinding at top speed, not so much bringing an anchoring bottom end – an important part of extreme metal (see early Carcass) – but more adding a layer of buzz-saw noise throughout.  The twin guitars of Steve Maher and Bill Whelan, meanwhile shred furiously, their shrill tones cutting through everything daring to stand in their way.

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At The Gates, Destruction & Dark Funeral announced for BlastFest 2015

German thrash legends Destruction, Dark Funeral and black metallers At The Gates are among the first brace of bands confirmed for BlastFest 2015, a new extreme metal festival held in Norway. With a handful of bands already announced and twenty more to be confirmed, it’s set to put itself firmly upon the metal calendar.

The full press release can be read below.

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Norway’s Crest of Darkness posts new rehearal clip

In preparations for recording new material, Norwegian death metallers Crest of Darkness have been busy rehearsing. They recently posted a video clip of recent rehearsals which can be seen in full below.

On August 17th, the band enter the studio to begin recording a new EP (yet to be titled) to follow up 2013’s ‘In The Presence of Death’. The first things to be recorded for the new material will be drum tracks.

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