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Anatomia
1.  Forlorn
2.  Turbo Lover (Judas Priest cover)
Absconder
3.  Screams Engulfed in Silence
4.  Consumed
5.  Plunging into Unknown Depths

Total playing time:  26:45

Release Date: January 3rd, 2012
Label: Horror Pain Gore Death
Productions

Anatomia/Absconder - Audible Assault Split

Reviewer: Chris

January 8, 2012

The recent split CD of Anatomia and Absconder is a deadly beginning to the new year in every facet. You have two legends in the death metal arena head-to-head on one release that is five tracks of musical brutality undefined.

Anatomia: Japan’s answer to death/doom, Anatomia has a very sinister and demented sound to the music. On Audible Assault the band offers two tracks, the second being an odd, but certainly interesting choice of cover song. “Forlorn” is a mid-paced effort that finds the guttural vocals issuing supremacy over the down-tempo music that is definitely more doom-laden than battering and volatile. I rather like this style as a nice break in the expected; Anatomia carves a deep and swollen insignia right into the chest as you take in these low, brooding chords that seemingly waft in and over the room, but leaving a definitive trail of murky and ugly sound trails in its wake. As for the Judas Priest cover of the AOR/MTV-coveted “Turbo Lover” all I can say is that this is a far more murky and sickening version. If you can possibly envision the track slowed to a virtual crawl amidst a thick line of D-power chords disseminated with brute despair you’ll have Anatomia’s version. There is not one trace of the frilly-clothed Rob Halford swaying and gyrating here; this is plain and unreasonable disfigurement of a catchy, yet contrived song that is more a laughable footnote in Priest’s career, and it’s really quite good. Overall, Anatomia’s side of the split is memorable and wholly sullen, its intended mark hit in every feasible way. I’m glad to discover these guys now and will be seeking out a back catalog.

Absconder: Brad Buldak’s formula for making solid, disturbing music has never left, even from the old Morgue days. After a fine demo last year, Absconder issues three tracks that are a short distance from Anatomia’s side, but with some added punch. There’s no low-fi doom here; this is brutal death metal in its rawest and most putrid form. “Screams Engulfed By Silence” starts out a little on the deathly-doom side, but that quickly gives way to a faster-paced foray into the traditional death metal without the subservience to drop-tuned predictability. The almost thrashy feel to the music here is a great straying from the norm; the level of tangibility to the riffs and the structure is high caliber throughout. Dare I say there’s a technical efficiency to the music of Absconder that seeps into the psyche and disrupts the chemical make-up to such a state that the riffs take mental residence rather easily for a long period. “Consumed” is the track that finds speed and death metal happy bedfellows, while “Plunging Into Unknown Depths” is the death metal track that lets you know Absconder is the real deal. Brad’s vocals are a growling familiarity, but the fit is hand-to-glove in every conceivable fashion. The main riff is one of the better ones that the old man’s memory finds fascinating in recent reviews. Glad to see Brad and co. are pulling out all stops and just keeping the local movement going with solid music worth hearing.

This split CD is a real must-have if you’re into both sides of the proverbial coin. Might I suggest you grab this and consume into a forlorn state?

Anatomia

Absconder