HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present the long-awaited sixth album of Australia's ABOMINATOR, The Fire Brethren, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.
From their initial demos in the mid '90s to successive albums for such legendary labels as Necropolis, Osmose, and Displeased, ABOMINATOR's brand of barbaric black / death metal was immediately recognizable and utterly uncompromising. And although lineup shuffles were aplenty, with former Bestial Warlust frontman Damon Bloodstorm manning the mic for a while, the duo of Volcano and Undertaker always sought the most extreme expression but always delivered it with finesse and even, daresay, class. No strictly gutter-dwelling noise for them; their heat-seeking missile of a sound was the embodiment of iron-fisted will.
And while it's been a whole decade since their last LP - 2015's Evil Proclaimed, the band's first album for longtime fans HELLS HEADBANGERS - ABOMINATOR return with renewed fury on The Fire Brethren. Evil Proclaimed was unique in that it likewise was nearly a decade after its predecessor, The Eternal Conflagration, but more so because it ranged ABOMINATOR's entire discography. Thus, it's not surprising that The Fire Brethren similarly follows suit: from the filth 'n' fury of their demo days to the mesmerizing jet-stream of their early 2000s work, their signature sound(s) is well accounted for, all bridged by a still-growing sense of dynamics and even the rare appearance of a (demonic) guitar lead. But, just as they did 30 years ago, Volcano and Undertaker wrote and recorded the entirety of The Fire Brethren all themselves - recording at multiple locations before deciding on Toyland Studio as the best place to forge the final sound - staying true to their original direction and the wider arc of '90s underground black / death.
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