Review Summary: Chuck the corpse grinder: Belgian titans have left the sandbox.
So you can't talk about roses and delivering pink underwear to your neighbor now, can you?
It goes without saying that the concept of death is an endless source, a womb of inspiration to many musicians and lyricists. So is love. But as it currently stands, every angle of love has seemingly been discovered, and every possible feeling has seemingly been relived through music, and therefore any further attempt to recreate it will make me, due horny teen as I am, more sick and confused, and jealous. Widening our search parameters of music, we can find other hot topics for lyrics which usually, but not necessarily, lend themselves to the type of music associated. If
Aborted could be faulted for anything lately, it would only be for making their appearance less of a shock value, diluting the potency of their identity. But why the sudden lack of blood and dead corpses in their latest trend? No longer does 2007 star a rusty chainsaw-wielding cannibalistic doctor who invaginates his patients in an unworshipful process of splitting their body in half. Negative. The album cover clothing
Slaughter and Apparatus: A Methodical Overture merely illustrates your average cyborg John Doe in what seems like a fence adjoining a prison of some sort.
Slaughter and Apparatus picks up from where
The Archaic Abattoir left off, leeching a fundamental melody which, more than ever, produces crushing hooks and groovy structures. One needn’t look any further for de Caluwé’s seamless guttural roar and Sebastian’s alternate rasp shout. Nor should the powerful blast-beat tormented battering which introduces Dave Haley from Psycroptic stay undetected. However much the melody hinders a more pure and straightforward ambiance which was flourishing in Goremageddon, there are endless benefits from this marriage. A combination of the intensity of Goremageddon and the mellow side of Archaic Abattoir secures both epic hook sections and chords, and ripping riffs.
Aborted no longer feels the need to project an equally terrifying image of their lyrical content to be of some consistency in the meat market, where sooner, lantern-jawing musicianship brings about something that is more sophisticated than anything that they had previously cut.
Carcass, all subjectivity aside, is no doubt an influential and essential DM/Grind band of epic proportions, and
Aborted has gotten their decent share. Perhaps as an act of blessing, it was time for Jeff Walker to pass on the torch and guest-star in this album. He is featured on tracks
Avenious and
Odious Emanation which are both, in all fairness, stellar in view of this album. Even the formerly mentioned song, which sounds almost like the lead singer from ‘The Haunted’ is present, will cue up its own fan base of a more Melodic DM sound. The
Surprise! You’re Dead cover song additionally finds its place fairly well in the album. Although
Aborted have enjoyed toying with their own aptitudes, this album features uncompromising brutality, which isn’t what the troupe initially sought, yet has a more lasting effect. Chuck the corpse grinder: Belgian titans have left the sandbox.
Key Tracks:
- The Chondrin Enigma
- Ingenuity in Genocide
- Prolific Murder Contrivance
Final Rating: 4.3/5
