Aborym
Psychogrotesque

Aborym are back. 

Four years have passed since that masterpiece, that boulder full of negativity known as "Generator." A destructive and annihilating album that introduced significant innovations within Aborym's music, making the sound more organic yet increasingly extreme, where the robotic seamlessly merged with the human.

Personally, I thought it would be difficult to emulate such a record, with such distinct atmospheres and characteristics, and musically "ahead of its time"... Well, with "Psychogrotesque," Aborym has surpassed themselves. Definitively. They have made such a leap forward that now, who can see them anymore? "Psychogrotesque" is the most destructive and annihilating record the Roman combo has ever created, and if you thought that with "With No Human Intervention" or the magical fire of "Fire Walk With Us," Aborym had gone beyond, well... this album will truly scare you.

It is extreme, dark, sick, and twisted. And in its arrangements, in its experimentation, and in its narration of a totally psychotic but realistic concept, it astounds, leaves one speechless. The sick voice of that genius Fabban, accompanied by Hell:IO:Kabbalus (already the mind behind the masterpiece "Kalki Avatara," and also in Malfeitor) on guitar and octopus Bard Faust on drums, narrates through the metaphor of the psychiatric hospital, the situation of modern man, lobotomized by the system and reduced to being a sub-human; the buzzing of flies accompanies us on this long journey: a single track divided into ten chapters, each giving us different emotions. There is fear, desolation, discomfort, and a dirty feeling of claustrophobia and terror, as if we were the tormented protagonist of the record. Amidst violent riffs, synth carpets ("II") and blast-beat outbursts ("III," "VI," "VII"), amidst evocative horrific declamations ("IV"), sax solos ("V") and moments of schizophrenic techno-ebm ("VIII"), "Psychogrotesque" leaves us empty inside. Terrified. Something that hundreds of Black Metal or Death Metal bands today would like to achieve but cannot afford; Fabban's voice is the voice of a monster, chilling and treacherous, both in the most brutal and the slowest and most thoughtful moments, where he directly spits negativity and suffering at us, or in the more electronic moments where he unveils a harsh and dark timbre. The production is perfect, crystal clear, also supported by Marc Urselli (Memory Lab, and moreover sound engineer for John Zorn and Eric Clapton) and the collaborations with other artists are fantastic; to name a few: Giulio Moschini, Richard K Szabo of TWZ, Pete from Blood Tsunami, the great Davide Tiso from Ephel Duath, and the ferocious Karin Crisis, once again a beast in her vocal outbursts. Not to mention the artwork, from the chilling cover to its well-crafted and richly detailed interior. Those who download it miss out on a lot, the exact background for this album.

"Psychogrotesque" is The Extreme-Metal Album, the musical avant-garde, and, according to the author, the album of the year.

Yet another masterpiece from a band that has never been afraid to dare and go beyond all those pseudo-limits that the stupid or mentally closed often impose on themselves. National Extreme Pride.