Abaddon [Import]

Abaddon [Import]

Track Listings

1. White Nigger Trash

2. I Am Legion

3. Hollow Voices

4. All Out Of Love

5. Brave Words

6. Holy Man

7. Living In My Head

8. Mans Laughter (Instrumental)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Mid-price reissue of the Venom founding member's solo album that combines metal with dance rhythms. Eight tracks, 'White Nigger Trash', 'I Am Legion', 'Hollow Voices', 'All Out Of Love', 'Brave Words', 'Holy Man', 'Living In My Head' & 'Man's Laughter' (instrumental). Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Tracks:

Non Photo-Blue
Sender
Syracuse
Bloods On Fire
Fortress
This Red Book
Soaked
3X0
The Yellow Ones
AFK

Album Description

Although it may seem like gentle pop music at first, the brilliance of "Summer In Abaddon" is slowly revealed over repeated listenings. The songs are buoyant and lively at times, melancholy and dark at others, and always resonate with an underlying intensity. Pinback lays out beautiful melodies that are deceptively complex, layering sounds and instruments upon one another and trading contrasting vocal parts with ease

Customer Reviews:

Plateau Music.......2007-07-17

Pinback are really talented musicians, but I can't help but feel like they achieve only half their potential. I can appreciate that they are going for a unique sound, but in keeping with that, it inevitably makes all their songs sound too similar. Each song sounds like a track that would go between two louder, harder, edgier or whatever tracks. There's such a lack of tension, build up, and climax with this singular, Drop-D acoustic plucking approach. There's no uphill or downhill in the listening experience - just a plateau.

That sad, I really like the song "Fortress."

Celebrated Summer.......2007-04-01

Listening to a Pinback record is about the easiest thing you'll ever do. Their mellow but complex songs are a soundtrack to the working man with a brain and two ears-- soothingly propulsive, powered by choppy guitar lines and fat, hollow-log bass, salted with tasty piano ostinato, and backed by singer Rob Crow, who has a singing voice that makes him sound like he's either constantly drugged or engrossed in something. The guitar tones are perfectly rounded and spongy, and sit chiming and ticking in the middle of everything as if soaking up melody.

Abaddon ("the place of destruction" in the Bible) is a reference to hell. The sleeve art illustrates the listener's colorful descent into an underground bunker beneath a desert at the onset, and their reemergence at the other end. In the complete absence of musical themes like dissonant triads and soul-rending howls to mirror a descent into damnation, we're reminded that hell takes many forms. Sometimes things are destroyed just because they fall apart. This is somehow more fittingly sinister than heavy metal's typical depiction of overt terror and cruelty. The record chronicles a lengthy depression or period of suffering, and the narrator's efforts to come out unscathed-- something fairly universal to humanity.

Like most of Pinback's back catalog, "Summer in Abaddon" is a head-bobbing collection of cleverly disguised lullabies coated with aural superglue. You'll hear the bass riff in "Fortress" mirroring your walk up the escalator, or the sludgy plod of "Non-Photo Blue" following your fingers through yet another ignored forum post ("she's posting all the time, but the boards are down / it's a burned-out building"). The deceptively simple rhythm of "This Red Book" will haunt your subconscious for months.

They should be exalted as the true masters of rhythmic guitar pop. Nearly everything worth commenting on about Pinback arises from their perfect knack for sewing hooks through a heartbeat metronome pulse. Endless rhythmic variations are shelves for the notes and rests to sit on. Pick any Pinback tune at random to listen to. You'll swear you're listening to something human yet mechanical at the same time. Like the endless tick of a fine Swiss watch, the inner workings are ludicrously complex, but the outward result looks simply elegant. "Summer in Abaddon" sees Pinback at the pinnacle of their talents.

Continues to refine .......2006-10-04

Some of the bands tightest work yet, the graceful combination of catchy hooks, playful vocals, and progressive thrust all under a plate of subverted, usually brilliant pop songwriting proves why this band deserves the devoted underground following they have garnered, but begs the question when they will ever actually be accepted by mainstream radio. With such a fine appetite for catchy intelligence, it is a shame the market has not catered more to what has been offered by Pinback, especially by now in the bands continual refinement. Only a few songs bare the less personal, slightly generic mark that bruised some earlier releases; this band more then most around their scene does have quite a unique sound despite the traditional outfit, and thankfully have come to favor their inspired approach with even more body-swaying, smart devotion.

Pinback - Summer in Abaddon.......2006-09-18

This album starts off well.

Really well.

In fact, by three songs into my first listen, I though I had discovered my new favorite album. I recalled the good reviews I'd read online that prompted me to buy my first Pinback album and felt incredibly fortunate that I'd followed their advice.

Those feelings, unfortunately, rarely last.

Imagine my dissapointment when I realized that by track eight I was already having trouble just getting myself to pay attention. Certainly, this wasn't the same band I was listening to just a few songs ago. I found myself thinking: Where is the energy? Where's the variety, the engaging vocals, the toe-tapping instrumentation? I mean, this album was the first time I'd ever heard Pinback, but I felt like I had been somehow misslead by the first three songs.

On subsequent listens I realized the album loses a good part of its charm somewhere between Bloods On Fire and This Red Book. The middle part of the album is chock-full of middle-of-the-road instrumentation [compared to the pulsating energy of Sender and Syracuse, or the swirling melodies of Non Photo-Blue], with engaging hooks as rare as they are short [i.e. the "Stop, it's too late!" bit in Fortress, which just makes the rest of the song pale in comparison]. In a way the songs become undistinguishable by the end. The repetition would easily be more enjoyable if the band threw in a suitably interesting bit or two, but instead when they try to pull this off, like in Bloods On Fire, it sounds too forced and just doesn't fit.

Personally, I like the lyrics. They are mysterious and ambiguous but not too abstract. Terrin Durfey's voice, while distinguished and engaging in the first few songs, gets somehow pushed back and becomes just another instrument by the end of the album. The whole album falls into the background and only reappears somewhat by the final two songs. AFK tries to recapture the passion of the album's opener, but ends up just tripping over itself in the process.

In summation, an consistant, honest effort, but don't be misslead by the first few songs, it is by no means the perfect album it's made out to be. 6/10.

You will NOT be disappointed. .......2006-08-31

Album is good from beginning to end. Music this good deserves to be listened to endlessly. Older albums have some of the best songs by them. Please check out Rob Crow, his contributions to this band seem to be the life blood of the music. My favorite songs are the ones he has written. "sun froze" killer track.

Average customer rating:

Great Deathcore
Amazing death metal with a twist

Abaddon
The Concubine
Manufacturer: Corrosive Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

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Customer Reviews:

Great Deathcore.......2007-01-17

I find the Concubine to be a fantastic band and this album says it. With the start of the first track you know it is going to be good with it's hard pounding breakdowns and great solos. Also there is a very technical part of their music which has a great prog feel. The growls are above average in my oponion and do not follow the basic growl structure of just cookie monster style. I think this a great death metal (more specifically deathcore) album of 2006 and definately worth buying.

Amazing death metal with a twist.......2007-01-05

This album has a great death metal feel, with breakdowns, and blast beats and what not. But it also gets very melodic and interisting in that way. The vocals are also more than your average kill everyone death metal lyrics (not that theres ne thing wrong with that.) For a death metal fan it is a must have.

Average customer rating:

Nadir
Abaddon Incarnate
Manufacturer: Sentinel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001AW0SE
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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I Will Nail You In
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Dark Crusade
Abaddon Incarnate
Manufacturer: Xtreem Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000N99DWE

Product Description

Centerfold Redemption Dead Again A Kandarian Odyssey Carrion Caresses >mp3 Self Portrait Of Hatred 1756 Terminate My Battery Embrace The Vicious Meat Philosophy Of The Elite Entrusted With Disgust Now Below He Sells Agony Eternal Solitude Forbidden Global Bastardisation Hour Of The Dog ABADDON INCARNATE proved to the world that they had the ability to compete with the big boys of Grind with their previous effort "Nadir". Now, after a period of line-up instability, they have returned with a new album on a new label to silence any critics they may have had. With "Dark Crusade" these Irish grind masters have returned with another monster of an album, but this time round there has been numerous changes in the direction of their sound. The direction seems to have had a bit of a reversal from the feverish grinding tones on "Nadir" to a more Death Metal approach, earlier found on their debut album "The Last Supper". However the time spent playing short, brutal and direct grinding tunes has had an effect on the band and therefore "Dark Crusade" is full of short, brutal and rapid fire Death Metal tunes. The overall sound of the album is very sharp and brutal and the material is a nice hybrid of their previous Death and Grind styles. There is some crusty influences heard at times that have been given a Death Metal makeover with some heavier early EXTREME NOISE TERROR moments coming out quite clear in the midst of everything else. In general though there also appears to be a strong influence from NAPALM DEATH (old and new) and BRUTAL TRUTH making this a very enjoyable listen. The musicianship and songsmanship are certainly of a high enough standard to be considered as one of the better bands of this style around at the present moment. With a lot of emphasis being but on the riff the band really uses a lot of dynamics within the obviously restrictive grind genre to create short but powerful and, above all, interesting songs...

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Summer in Abaddon

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000STC7JK
Release Date: 2007-09-11

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Summer in Abaddon

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006OS69W
Release Date: 2005-01-04

Album Description

Includes bonus track. Rogue. 2005.

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Summer in Abaddon
Pinback
Manufacturer: Pony Canyon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002YD83A
Release Date: 2004-10-25

Tracks:

Non Photo-Blue
Sender
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Soaked
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Afk

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the West Coast indie pop act's 2004 album includes one bonus track 'Todo'. P-Vine. 2004.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track: 'todo'.

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Abaddon
Abaddon
Manufacturer: Snapper
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005B0DT
Release Date: 2001-04-16

Tracks:

White Nigger Trash
I Am Legion
Hollow Voices
All Out Of Love
Brave Words
Holy Man
Living In My Head
Mans Laughter (Instrumental)

Album Description

Mid-price reissue of the Venom founding member's solo album that combines metal with dance rhythms. Eight tracks, 'White Nigger Trash', 'I Am Legion', 'Hollow Voices', 'All Out Of Love', 'Brave Words', 'Holy Man', 'Living In My Head' & 'Man's Laughter' (instrumental). Standard jewel case. 2001 release.

Album Details

Solo Album from the Founding Member of the Black Metal Band Venom.

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Abaddon
Abaddon
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BRIBEY
Release Date: 2001-11-30

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I Am Legion
Abaddon
Manufacturer: Snapper UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004RC9D
Release Date: 2000-06-06

Tracks:

White Nigger Trash
I Am Legion
Hollow Voices
All Out Of Love
Brave Words
Holy Man
Living In My Head
Man's Laughter (Instrumental)

Product Description

1. White Nigger Trash
2. I Am Legion
3. Hollow Voices
4. All Out Of Love
5. Brave Words
6. Holy Man
7. Living In My Head
8. Man's Laughter - (Insrumental)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

????.......2005-02-28

This is crap. I thought this was gonna be good because a sticker on the case said it had the ex-drummer from Venom, but that doesn't matter because this is just loud, obnoxious industrial crap. And who would name one of their songs "White N***** Trash"? I'd even pick Manson over this garbage. Avoid this CD at all costs. 0/10

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