Rating: 8.5

Country: Brazil

Release Date: 2000

Record Label: Evil Vengeance
/ Listenable

Track list:
1. Abattoir
2. Evoking The Abomination
3. Sacrificial Offerings
4. Hellish Annihilation
5. Storming Warfare
6. Abhorrer Existence
7. Reborn In Vengeance
8. Triumph In Blasphemy

Total playing time: 28:25

Band Website: Abhorrence

Abhorrence - Evoking The Abomination

When I first heard of this relatively unknown death metal band from Brazil, I thought it would be just another Krisiun wannabe band, which is something that can be said about 95% of the death metal bands from that country. Obviously I was right, but little did I know that they'd beat Krisiun (shamelessly that too) at their own fucking game.

Evoking The Abomination is the debut album of Abhorrence, yes, a Krisiun clone band playing some fast, unadulterated blasphemous death metal with some influences from early Slayer. The album starts off in a typical Brazilian death fashion as you would expect – pulsating machinegun-like drumming by the demented fucker holding the sticks, guitars with a deafening buzz stirring up a maelstrom, and hungry, savage growling like the Krisiun vocalist but Rangel here sounds more raw and muffled and in some parts his delivery resembles that of early Deicide. Rangel also succeeds in churning out some excellent, catchy and ‘memorable' riffs (whoa!) with ample tempo changes and variations to keep it from droning. How he manages to extract such growls and play guitars with such precision and ferocity at the same time is beyond my understanding, then again so are most things in my life. The leads are bloody fast and exciting, reminiscent of Rebaelliun only not as extravagant, and are usually followed by awe-fucking-some riffs which would compel you to bang your head violently in unison with your thrusting pelvic bone. Fernando is seriously insane here, drumming frantically at speeds faster that your diarrhoeric discharge but with envious accuracy and control. With the running time of 28 minutes, the album is slightly short but considering the type of music it is likely that with a longer album you'd be more tormented than pleased.

The production by Erik Rutan is surprisingly good with a nice organic sound to it and that's exactly what this kind of music needs, not some flat, sterile and mechanized sounding one. All the instruments can be heard properly in the mix while retaining the rawness and muddiness, even exuding a slightly dark and evil feel. Joe Petagno has supplied with killer artwork that suits this album perfectly. I'm struggling to find any real faults with this album apart from their flagrant Krisiun worship, which isn't necessarily a bad thing in this case. If you're hungry for some insane barbaric death metal, this I promise will satiate your hunger.

Evoking The Abomination is highly recommended to the fans of Brazilian death metal. It's way better than the Krisiun albums that were released during the same period and you'd be an illiterate or an utter retard to pick them over this.

March 7th, 2005