i am always surprised how a band can maintain a certain sound when it never has a somewhat solid membership. you know, like soulfly. sure, their albums always change a little bit but there is a certain signature that makes you recognise a soulfly song without knowing it. and that's me speaking and not being a soulfly fan at all. to cut a long story short, soulfly shares this characteristic with another band, and that is aborted. this fine extreme metal band from belgium never had a steady line-up but if you put on an aborted record, with the first tune you know it's them. this brings us to their new effort called "the necrotic manifesto" and yes, it's definitely aborted.
after some more or less unsatisfying records like "strychnine.213" or "slaughter and apparatus" and after the last record "global flatline" was a killer and a return to form, aborted managed to continue their kind of back-to-the-roots-program. it might be not as diverse as "global" but boy, it's some strong shit. it needed some spins but it really unfolded its pure dynamic. songs like "an enumaeration of cadavers", "sade & libertine lunacy" or "die verzweiflung" (with german lyrics) are death metal perfection. everyone remotely interested in fast and intelligent death should pick this one up.
i stumbled upon this over at nuclear blast and while this is a century media release, nb got their own shop exclusive, just like last time with "global flatline". the century media colour is mint green and looks pretty good too, but as i read "neon pink" i simply couldn't resist. looks sharp! the cover artwork is not as cool as with the last record but it still fits in with the aborted style very nicely. gatefold sleeve with all lyrics, 180gr vinyl and a cd with the whole album and even some bonus tracks (a converge cover of "concubine" among them) rounds out this cracker of a record. century media. 2014.
