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/:: Artist :: Abscession ::\
:: Album :: Grave Offerings ::
:: Year :: 2015 ::
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:: . Genre :: Death Metal Source :: CDDA . ::
:: Label :: Final Gate Records R.date :: 03.02.2015 ::
_::__ Cat.nr. :: FGR012 Size :: 87,10 MB __::_
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/: Encoder :: LAME 3.98.4 -V0 :\
..: Bitrate :: 283kbps : .
. Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo .
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Website :: https://www.facebook.com/Abscession
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:: 01. Where Sleeping Gods Dwell 03:34 ::
:: 02. Gargoyle 03:10 ::
:: 03. In my Coffin 03:34 ::
:: 04. Cabin 13 02:41 ::
:: 05. Blowtorch Blues 04:21 ::
:: 06. Freshly Dug Graves 03:43 ::
:: 07. Plague Bearer 04:36 ::
:: 08. The Ruiner 03:56 ::
:: 09. Engorged with Gore 03:27 ::
:: 10. Downfall pt. 1 10:22 ::
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:: Death metal. From Sweden. Do I need to say more? Although ::
:: that's the band's official description on their facebook ::
:: page, I feel like my job here is to lose some more words ::
:: for you readers. Almost forgot, the band's name is ::
:: Abscession and we are discussing their debut album Grave ::
:: Offerings today. The band is a three-piece orchestra with ::
:: the usual setup, plus some keyboards. And they are from ::
:: Sweden. They play death metal. ::
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:: The album consists of nine songs with usual death metal ::
:: lengths and one exception, which I will come to later. ::
:: Abscession's sound can be best described as a mixture of ::
:: Florida and Swedish death metal, for example consider ::
:: merging Deicide with Evocation and you pretty much get the ::
:: idea. Therefore, heavy and fast riffs shine through the ::
:: walls of guitars, supported by a deep lying bass and ::
:: powerful, sometimes technical drums. The harsh vocals are ::
:: very strong on this album, showing an awesome technique of ::
:: growling and a perfect balance between understandable words ::
:: and snorting sounds from hell. While we're at it, some ::
:: lyrics thematize H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, which ::
:: should be reason enough to give this album a spin. ::
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:: From time to time one can also hear background keys, ::
:: especially when the guitars are silent, and prominently in ::
:: the last track, "Downfall pt. 1". This song needs some ::
:: discussion because of other features that make it different ::
:: from the previous nine, as there is a part with clean ::
:: vocals and an overall more melodeath like riffing with ::
:: melodic leads that sound like all of a sudden the modern ::
:: Kalmah want to join the Florida-Swedish team, too. Another ::
:: special track surely is "In My Coffin", a slow doomish song ::
:: with melancholic lyrics that seems not quite appropriate at ::
:: first glance, but after having listened to Grave Offerings ::
:: a few times it suddenly works as a welcomed variety. ::
:: ::
:: Looking at the overall impression, one must say that there ::
:: are great songs in the first half, yet in the second half ::
:: it just doesn't feel quite as special as before. Out of its ::
:: five tracks, mainly "Plague Bearer" and the above discussed ::
:: "Downfall Pt. 1" stay in mind. The rest is still very ::
:: solid, yet nothing that couldn't be heard from other bands, ::
:: too. Production-wise I feel like it's important to praise ::
:: this album on the highest level, as there is almost ::
:: everything one could wish for. Powerful guitars and bass ::
:: with lots of deep and noble tone, nothing like annoying ::
:: high-gain, run-of-the-mill bathtub-equalizer sound. The ::
:: vocals, again, are strong as fuck and it's audible that ::
:: they didn't require a lot of editing. The only thing that ::
:: could be done a little better are the drums, as they feel ::
:: not as deep and heavy compared to the guitars, but that's ::
:: still just one step from perfection. ::
:: ::
:: Conclusion: You like standard death metal with some special ::
:: features and strong vocals? Then your name could be Fenriz. ::
:: And even if not, Abscession's album will still be a ::
:: purchase you won't regret. ::
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