Abigorum
Exaltatus Mechanism
Satanath Records/Death Portal Studio
From 2012 until 2018 Abigorum was one man project from Russia. This year, the band became an international trio. To former member of Abigorum; Aleksey "Satanath" Korolyov (now playing on drums and keys) have joined Tino - guitar, vocals and Sandra on bass. Both of them are Germans.
The biggest change and compromise in this album are German vocals and lyrics which seems natural because vocals have been taken over by Tino. The exception is Für Die Ewigkeit which has English lyrics. Music also has changed drastically because from being an ambient/metal band in the past, now, they have channelled the sound of the band much onto metal direction and have improved a sound which is now more organic - probably mixes were done in home-studio.
The album has very primitive songs and feels like the band members just met to write music which in fact has happened, in 2019. It seems not much time for writing songs but anyway, the album is out now.
Exaltatus Mechanism has very obscure, doom/black metal songs. On drums and guitars they play very minimalistic, ridiculously slow songs (1-3). They use bass effect on drum, like in classical music. You can hear it throughout the album many times which enriches the monotony of sound. Für Die Ewigkeit is a bit faster song as for them and includes more harsh guitars with tendencies to black metal sound, also raspy vocals and few different music ideas within the song. Der Ängstliche Mensch with melodic guitar moments is a good try because the song without it is dragging you down, to depths of the abyss. For me, it`s important to hear creativity from rhythm and leading guitarists, Über Dich has little more of it, they just sound very gloomy, never leaving the darkness. In last, short song, vocals are done differently, music stays the same – no labyrinths at all.
Atmosphere of the album is bleak and doomed, casting out nightmares in your room, at this stage, seems that they do their worst while they like it.
I`ve heard similar albums before- first Samael album: Worship Him or disbanded Xantotol (PL). It felt good when I was listening to these records and I will keep doing the same thing with Abigorum`s Exaltatus Mechanism, I can`t see why not, I have my mysterious ways to enjoy it...
The biggest change and compromise in this album are German vocals and lyrics which seems natural because vocals have been taken over by Tino. The exception is Für Die Ewigkeit which has English lyrics. Music also has changed drastically because from being an ambient/metal band in the past, now, they have channelled the sound of the band much onto metal direction and have improved a sound which is now more organic - probably mixes were done in home-studio.
The album has very primitive songs and feels like the band members just met to write music which in fact has happened, in 2019. It seems not much time for writing songs but anyway, the album is out now.
Exaltatus Mechanism has very obscure, doom/black metal songs. On drums and guitars they play very minimalistic, ridiculously slow songs (1-3). They use bass effect on drum, like in classical music. You can hear it throughout the album many times which enriches the monotony of sound. Für Die Ewigkeit is a bit faster song as for them and includes more harsh guitars with tendencies to black metal sound, also raspy vocals and few different music ideas within the song. Der Ängstliche Mensch with melodic guitar moments is a good try because the song without it is dragging you down, to depths of the abyss. For me, it`s important to hear creativity from rhythm and leading guitarists, Über Dich has little more of it, they just sound very gloomy, never leaving the darkness. In last, short song, vocals are done differently, music stays the same – no labyrinths at all.
Atmosphere of the album is bleak and doomed, casting out nightmares in your room, at this stage, seems that they do their worst while they like it.
I`ve heard similar albums before- first Samael album: Worship Him or disbanded Xantotol (PL). It felt good when I was listening to these records and I will keep doing the same thing with Abigorum`s Exaltatus Mechanism, I can`t see why not, I have my mysterious ways to enjoy it...
Tracklist:
1 Grau Und Schwarz
2 Maskenball
3 Jetzt
4 Für Die Ewigkeit
5 Königreich Dunkelheit
6 Der Ängstliche Mensch
7 Krieg
8 Über Dich
9 Das Kloster
1 Grau Und Schwarz
2 Maskenball
3 Jetzt
4 Für Die Ewigkeit
5 Königreich Dunkelheit
6 Der Ängstliche Mensch
7 Krieg
8 Über Dich
9 Das Kloster
Review by Slawek Migacz
Added: 30.12.2019
Added: 30.12.2019
