ABORTED

Brutal Death Metal / Technical Death Metal • Belgium
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Aborted is a death metal band that originates from Belgium. They formed in 1995 by vocalist Sven De Caluwé, drummer Steven, bassist Koen and guitarist Niek. A second guitarist Christophe augmented the band in 1997 and later Steven would relinquish the drum stool to Frank.

They self-released a demo “The Necrotorous Chronicles” in 1998. The band then released their full length debut “The Purity Of Perversion” in 1999 from Uxicon Records. This quickly led to a split album with Christ Denied in 2000 released by Soulreaper Records.

The “Engineering The Dead” album emerged in 2001 on Listenable Records. After Frank left, the band incorporated session drummer Dirk Verbeuren (Scarve) to record the drums for their third release. Later in 2003, they released the album “Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done” as their second release with Listenable Records. The album included a cover version of Carcass’s
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ABORTED The Purity of Perversion album cover 2.95 | 6 ratings
The Purity of Perversion
Brutal Death Metal 1999
ABORTED Engineering the Dead album cover 3.56 | 5 ratings
Engineering the Dead
Brutal Death Metal 2001
ABORTED Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done album cover 3.78 | 5 ratings
Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
Brutal Death Metal 2003
ABORTED The Archaic Abattoir album cover 3.95 | 6 ratings
The Archaic Abattoir
Brutal Death Metal 2005
ABORTED Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture album cover 3.33 | 5 ratings
Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture
Brutal Death Metal 2007
ABORTED Strychnine.213 album cover 3.44 | 4 ratings
Strychnine.213
Brutal Death Metal 2008
ABORTED Global Flatline album cover 3.78 | 8 ratings
Global Flatline
Brutal Death Metal 2012
ABORTED The Necrotic Manifesto album cover 3.69 | 4 ratings
The Necrotic Manifesto
Brutal Death Metal 2014
ABORTED Retrogore album cover 4.23 | 7 ratings
Retrogore
Brutal Death Metal 2016
ABORTED TerrorVision album cover 3.91 | 8 ratings
TerrorVision
Brutal Death Metal 2018
ABORTED Maniacult album cover 4.09 | 7 ratings
Maniacult
Brutal Death Metal 2021
ABORTED Vault Of Horrors album cover 3.25 | 2 ratings
Vault Of Horrors
Brutal Death Metal 2024

ABORTED EPs & splits

ABORTED Aborted / Christ Denied album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Aborted / Christ Denied
Brutal Death Metal 2000
ABORTED Created to Kill album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Created to Kill
Brutal Death Metal 2002
ABORTED Deceased in the East / Extirpated Live Emanations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Deceased in the East / Extirpated Live Emanations
Brutal Death Metal 2003
ABORTED The Haematobic EP album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Haematobic EP
Brutal Death Metal 2004
ABORTED Coronary Reconstruction album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Coronary Reconstruction
Brutal Death Metal 2010
ABORTED New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out On Century Media Records In January/Early February 2012) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out On Century Media Records In January/Early February 2012)
Brutal Death Metal 2012
ABORTED Scriptures of the Dead album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Scriptures of the Dead
Brutal Death Metal 2014
ABORTED Termination Redux album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Termination Redux
Brutal Death Metal 2016
ABORTED Bathos album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Bathos
Brutal Death Metal 2017
ABORTED La grande mascarade album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
La grande mascarade
Technical Death Metal 2020

ABORTED live albums

ABORTED The Auricular Chronicles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Auricular Chronicles
Brutal Death Metal 2006

ABORTED demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

ABORTED The Splat Pack album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Splat Pack
Brutal Death Metal 1998
ABORTED The Necrotorous Chronicles album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Necrotorous Chronicles
Brutal Death Metal 1998

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ABORTED singles (7)

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Global Flatline
Brutal Death Metal 2011
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Squalor Opera
Brutal Death Metal 2018
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Vespertine Decay
Brutal Death Metal 2018
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Drag Me To Hell
Brutal Death Metal 2021
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Impetus Odi
Brutal Death Metal 2021
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Maniacult
Brutal Death Metal 2021
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3.42 | 2 ratings
Infinite Terror
Brutal Death Metal 2022

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ABORTED Vault Of Horrors

Album · 2024 · Brutal Death Metal
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Kev Rowland
The Belgian death metal act are back with their twelfth album, and they have taken a somewhat unusual approach to this one in that singer Sven de Caluwé, who has been at the helm since the band’s formation in 1995, has brought in some mates to perform with him on each track so we get brutal duets with the likes of Alex Erian (Despised Icon) to Johnny Ciardullo (Carcosa/ Angelmaker), Ben Duerr (Shadow Of Intent), Francesco Paoli (Fleshgod Apocalypse) and others. Ken Bedene (drums), Ian Jekelis (guitars), Daniel Máni Konráðsson (guitars), and Stefano Franceschini (bass) have combined with Sven to create an album which is brutal in its style, intensity and delivery and then added to this with the addition of the singers.

It is a very clean sounding album, and in some way I think this would have been improved by some muddiness as in many ways there is too much separation and it comes across as quite clinical in places as opposed to a group of guys creating a maelstrom of blood and carnage in the studio. If there had been more of a focus on feel and less on getting it sounding quite so perfect, then the end result would have been more natural and less contrived. Blastbeats, grindcore influences and hardcore vocals among the death growls make this an interesting release which fans of the genre will enjoy even if it is not quite essential.

ABORTED Vault Of Horrors

Album · 2024 · Brutal Death Metal
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UMUR
"Vault of Horrors" is the twelfth full-length studio album by Belgian death metal act Aborted. The album was released through Nuclear Blast in March 2024. It´s the successor to "Maniacult" from September 2021. The two full-length studio albums are bridged by the non-album single "Infinite Terror" from October 2022.

Stylistically the core sound of the material on "Vault of Horrors" is no surprise if you´re familiar with the previous technically well played and brutal death metal releases from Aborted, but when that is said it´s still a slightly different sounding release, because Aborted have invited various guests to perform vocals on each track on the album along with lead vocalist Sven de Caluwé. So some of the these tracks almost work like extreme metal duets. Alex Erian from Despised Icon for example lends his aggressive hardcore snarling/screaming to "Death Cult", which along with de Caluwé´s brutal growling and aggressive snarling makes for a nicely varied vocal part of the song.

When the novelty of the tracks featuring different guest vocalists is over, "Vault of Horrors" however pretty much turns out to be Aborted by the numbers. Sharp and brutal riffs and rhythms, blistering lead guitar work, and variation between fast-paced blasting and mid-paced heavy grooves. It´s all clean, a bit sterile, and if you enjoy this type of massive professional sounding production, a very well sounding album. It´s become a bit predictable what Aborted releases these days (guest vocalists or not), and a bit more grit, sleaze, and organic playing and production values, would be a welcome change on the next release. Still a 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.

ABORTED Infinite Terror

Single · 2022 · Brutal Death Metal
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UMUR
"Infinite Terror" is a non-album single by Belgian death metal act Aborted, which was released as a stop gap release between the release of the band´s eleventh and twelfth full-length studio albums "Maniacult" (September 2021) and "Vault of Horrors" (March 2024). The single was released through Nuclear Blast in October 2022 and it´s the first Aborted release on Nuclear Blast after they signed to the label (after a long run with Century Media Records).

"Infinite Terror" is a one-track digital single and it features all the trademarks of Aborted. Relatively technical and brutal death metal performed by skilled musicians, featuring very well played guitar solos, and the combination of brutal growling vocals and snarling aggressive vocals which lead vocalist Sven de Caluwé have by now perfected and made his signature sound. "Infinite Terror" is a high quality song, but it´s nothing out of the ordinary for Aborted and packed in a sharp, clear, and powerful sounding production job, this is just another taste of what this great band can do. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.

ABORTED TerrorVision

Album · 2018 · Brutal Death Metal
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UMUR
"TerrorVision" is the 10th full-length studio album by Belgian death metal act Aborted. The album was released through Century Media Records in September 2018. It´s the successor to "Retrogore" from 2016 although the two albums are bridged by the "Bathos" single from June 2017. There has been one lineup change since the release of "Retrogore (2016)" as bassist JB van der Wal has been replaced by Stefano Franceschini.

Stylistically the material on "TerrorVision" is in the trademark sound of Aborted. Brutal and technically well played gore themed death metal featuring both deep growling vocals and higher pitched aggressive vocals. The musicianship is generally through the roof with technical precision drumming, sharp and brutal guitar riffs, well played leads, and Sven de Caluwé delivering his distinct sounding vocal arsenal in the usual convincing manner. Aborted have a relatively unique sound and are one of the artists on the more brutal end of the death metal spectrum, which manage to stand out.

The material on "TerrorVision" are well written and the album also features a fat, brutal, and detailed sound production, which suits the material well, so upon conclusion it´s another quality release by Aborted. It doesn´t reach the heights of it´s direct predecessor, which to my ears is one of the highlights of the band´s discography, and in that respect "TerrorVision" is a slight disappointment, but overall it´s a strong release and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

ABORTED Bathos

EP · 2017 · Brutal Death Metal
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UMUR
"Bathos" is a single release by Belgian death metal act Aborted. The single was released through Century Media Records in June 2017. It bridges the gap between the band´s 9th and 10th full-length studio albums "Retrogore (2016)" and "TerrorVision (2018)". There has been one lineup change since "Retrogore (2016)" as bassist JB van der Wal has been replaced by Stefano Franceschini.

"Bathos" features the title track and "Fallacious Crescendo" and clocks in at 8 minutes of playing time. "Bathos" is one of Aborted´s more "core" tinged tracks, while "Fallacious Crescendo" pretty much just crushes with a brutal technical death metal sound like we´re used to from Aborted. I´m not sure if it´s true, but both could well be leftover tracks from the "Retrogore (2016)" sessions, as both are in the more average quality end of the scale for Aborted.

"Bathos" is a well produced single. Brutal, heavy, and raw sounding and perfectly suiting the equally brutal music, and while it´s not a standout release in Aborted´s discography I´ll take even a standard quality Aborted release over a lot of other artists in the more brutal end of the death metal scale. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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