Rating: 7.5

Country: Slovakia

Release Date: 2004

Record Label: Obscene Productions

Track list:
1. Dead Laughter
2. Rebels Getting Older
3. Cancer Wins
4. I'm For Sale
5. The End Is Near [mp3]
6. Serial Killer Star
7. No Talk To Communists
8. False Babble
9. A Slave Or A Man
10. Money Is Your God
11. Keep It Silent
12. I'm Not Permanently Sick
13. Slut City
14. Pig Power
15. Icky Ficky
16. We All Are Snakes
17. Fucking Ignorant
18. Instant Life
19. Power Of Humour
20. Last Drink
21. Heavy Mental [mp3]
22. N.W.O
23. Filth

Band Website: Abortion

Abortion - Gonna Be Worse

Libor Hanulay (aka Chipso): Guitar
Richard Oros (aka Charlie): Drums, vocals
Anton Varga (aka Lepra): Bass, vocals



Slovak grinders Abortion have somehow managed to give birth to their fourth full-length album, christening it Gonna Be Worse. Not a lot has changed since their last album, Have A Nice Day; they're still playing in their crust/grindcore style similar to Razor Sharp Daggers era Agathocles but with some goofiness. Also, this time around the production is top notch and the packing nice and slick and blue (!) Oh, and mercifully they've gotten rid of those incredibly irritating Looney Tunes samples. One such sample from their previous album (in the song "Give Me Leader") got firmly recorded it my head and played itself over and over again till it made me scream and bang my head in a not so metal way.

Over here I don't think these dudes are trying to play at an ultra fast speed, beating the living shit out of their instruments or creating a hell lot of noise; instead, they've been trying to inject a healthy dose of groove and catchiness into their music, and at the same time making sure they don't compromise on their grinding brutality. It's well balanced in that sense, heavy but not something as heavy that would need you to charge yourself up probably by dropping on the floor and doing rapid push-ups before you press play. It's something that you'll be most likely in the mood for almost any time. The songs range mostly from fast (but not insanely fast) to mid paced and slow down only in the song "Money Is Your God". The vocals are pretty good, mostly alternated between deep gruff constipated growls and excited, enthusiastic squawks that sound as if coming from a duck made to swim on a pool of acid. There's some neat shouting to be heard as well. The drummer does well to keep up with the music and adjusts himself to match the pace and tempo changes. The lyrics seem political but with a sense of humour, so that's cool.

The album starts off well, plummets in the middle but again picks up with a couple of killer songs at the end that are the without a doubt the album's best -"Heavy Mental" and "N.W.O.". Man, I can't stress enough on how much they kick my hairy, nonexistent ass. If all the songs on the album were like them then this would've been a masterpiece, but alas, it's hampered by quite some standard/filler songs. The good feeling towards the end (thanks mostly to those two songs) is almost ruined by the last song which is just noise, a real bad idea to end the album if you ask me. It's almost like the satisfaction of a good heavy meal ruined by a deep uncontrollable burp that brings some vomit to your mouth. But you can avoid that by using the ultimate saviour - the mighty stop button. Well, overall, Abortion are at their best when they're playing those catchy, goofy songs and they should really play more of those, especially since their music isn't very original.

Gonna Be Worse is certainly the band's best effort till date. It's helluva fun and is bound to find its way in your player very often.

March 7th, 2005