Absu (album)

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Tare
Studio album by Absu

Publication
(s)

2009

Label (s) Candlelight Records

Genre (s)

Metal

Title (number)

13

occupation
  • Texts on Nunbarshegunu , Those of the Void Will Re-Enter and Ye Uttuku Spells : Ashmedi
  • Guitar solos at Night Fire Canonization and Girra's Temple : Blasphemer
  • Programming / Synthesizer / Arrangements at Twix Yesterday, The Day & the Morrow : Equitant
  • Synthesizer solo at B) Our Earth of Black (Part II of … Of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs Are the Attendance of Familiar Spirits… ): David Harbor
  • Guitar solo with In the Name of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee and Those of the Void Will Re-Enter : Michael Harris
  • Backing vocals on Night Fire Canonization and Amy : Nornagest
  • Backing vocals, disc brakes , gates, Greek bells and vibraslap with Amy and A) Diversified Signs Inscribed (Part I of … Of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs Are the Attendance of Familiar Spirits… ): Vorskaath

production

Absu

chronology
Tara
(2001) 		Tare Abzu
(2011)

Absu is the fifth album by the American metal band Absu .

Guest musicians on the album are Blasphemer (Ex- Mayhem , Ava Inferi ), David Harbor (Ex- King Diamond / David Harbor), Michael Harris (Darkology / Michael Harris), Mindwalker (The Firstborn), Nornagest ( Enthroned ), Vorskaath ( Zemial ) and the former absu bassist and guitarist Equitant. Ashmedi ( Melechesh ) contributed the lyrics to Nunbarshegunu , Those of the Void Will Re-Enter and Ye Uttuku Spells , the former absu singer and guitarist Shaftiel was involved in the composition of Night Fire Canonization and Girra's Temple and Vastator in that of Nunbarshegunu , In the Name of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee , Those of the Void Will Re-Enter, and Ye Uttuku Spells .

Emergence

On October 8, 2001, Absu announced a self-titled album that the band is currently composing and arranging and will record the following year. According to the title, the band will focus more on mythology and magic / magick of the ancient Sumerians than on Celtic stories and Kabbalah . Absu is currently working with a new guitarist, whose name will not be announced until the official entry, and is preparing for live performances in 2002. Due to his fragile relationship, however , Proscriptor stopped working with Absu for four months at the end of 2001 and auditioned for Slayer . After his return, Equitant Absu left in April 2002, but the band continued without him. While working on the album Absu , Proscriptor broke the bones in his left wrist in an accident. The work on the album was stopped, the guitarists lost their motivation. Some of the orthopedic surgeons were "not exactly optimistic" about Proscriptor's ability to play the drums again. However, thanks to tailor-made bandages and rehabilitation measures, he was soon able to play the drums again, ironically better than before the accident. After the healing he flew to the Netherlands and then to Sweden to rehearse and record their third album Sphynx with the band Melechesh . After he returned to Dallas in early January 2003, Shaftiel announced his exit. Proscriptor then dissolved Absu and devoted himself to his role as father, other music projects and tarot productions, for which he also opened his own production studio.

In the spring of 2007, Proscriptor turned to Aethyris because "Shaftiel and Equitant were no longer interested in continuing the band". Aethyris mentioned a lead guitarist named Vastator who "would be an ideal replacement for Shaftiel"; But he stayed with the band for only six months and left because of musical differences. Four of the songs on the album were composed by him. After his departure, Proscriptor and Aethyris recruited their musician friend Zawicizuz from Infernal Oak, Rape Pillage and Burn Fame. Absu took on the role of producer and sound engineer himself, with Candlelight Records as executive producer . Zawicizuz was in charge of pre-production, and the sound engineers for the drums were Gary Long and Sterling Winfield. Absu was mixed by JT Longoria, the mastering was done by Proscriptor.

After the album was recorded, bassist and co-vocalist Ezezu was contacted by the Texan band Panzram to complete the line-up. With Proscriptor on drums and vocals, Ezezu on vocals and bass, Aethyris on guitar and Zawicizuz on guitar as well as background singer, the recordings for the live DVD, which comes with the special edition of the album, were also made.

Track list

Half of the tracks were composed by current guitarists Aethyris and Zawicizuz, the other half by Shaftiel and Vastator.

  1. Between the Absu of Eridu and Erech (Aethyris / Proscriptor) 4:08
  2. Night Fire Canonization (Proscriptor / Shaftiel) 3:19
  3. Amy (Proscriptor / Zawicizuz) 4:54
  4. Nunbarshegunu (Aethyris / Ashmedi / Vastator) 3:05
  5. 13 Globes (Aethyris / Proscriptor) 4:46
  6. … Of the Dead Who Never Rest in Their Tombs Are the Attendance of Familiar Spirits… Including: A.) Diversified Signs Inscribed; B.) Our Earth of Black; C.) Voor (Proscriptor / Zawicizuz) 7:03
  7. Magic (k) Square Cipher (Aethyris / Proscriptor) 4:48
  8. In the Name of Auebothiabathabaithobeuee (Proscriptor / Vastator) 3:25
  9. Girra's Temple (Proscriptor / Shaftiel) 2:38
  10. Those of the Void Will Re-Enter (Aethyris / Ashmedi / Vastator) 4:56
  11. Scepter Command (Aethyris / Proscriptor) 5:00
  12. Ye Uttuku Spells (Aethyris / Ashmedi / Vastator) 4:41
  13. Twix Yesterday, the Day and the Morrow (Equitant) 0:57

DVD Title List (Live in Montréal, Québec, Canada on June 19, 2009)

  1. An Involution of Thorns (Intro) / Descent to Acheron
  2. Apzu
  3. Night Fire Canonization
  4. The Thrice is the Greatest to Ninnigal
  5. 13 Globes
  6. Amy
  7. Nunbarshegunu
  8. For [Instrumental] / Swords and Leather
  9. Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181) / Vorago (Spell 182)
  10. Manannan
  11. Twix Yesterday, the Day & the Morrow [Instrumental] / Girra's Temple
  12. Highland Tyrant Attack
  13. Encore: The Coming of War
  14. Encore Deux: Magic (k) Square Cipher

Reviews

According to Stahlschrulle from metal.de , the album is "less mythical" due to the Thrash Metal elements that are even more pronounced than Tara , which, however, "should not be viewed as a point of criticism at this point" due to the high quality of the album; the “lack of mysticism ” is “compensated for by the instrumental pieces”. In addition, Proscriptors drumming was praised, which one does not notice the temporary impairment. Absu is "a hot contender for the best album of the year, [...] full of sophistication" and "therefore deserves the unreserved purchase recommendation".

Travis from Diabolical Conquest, on the other hand, sees neither a reinvention nor a particularly daring step in a new direction nor a spiritual continuation of the previous material. Proscriptor's voice was still the band's weak point, and their own esotericism had now crossed the line between the pseudo- arcane narrative you 'd expect from a fantasy writer with a few books on mythology and the irony of any other metal band . The lyrics all correspond to the same formula.

The rock-hard magazine put the album on the list of "250 Black Metal Albums You Should Know".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Knowledge Of The Tyrants. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007 ; accessed on June 27, 2012 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c blizzard: ABSU. (No longer available online.) NecroWeb, March 21, 2009, archived from the original on February 23, 2016 ; Retrieved September 3, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Stahlschrulle: Absu - Absu. metal.de, accessed on September 3, 2012 .
  4. ↑ Travis: Absu - Absu. Diabolical Conquest, June 11, 2009, archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; accessed on September 3, 2012 .
  5. ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , October 2009, p. 75 .