Abnormality have released their third full-length, Sociopathic Constructs, via Metal Blade Records. For a preview of Sociopathic Constructs, the new single, “A Catastrophic and Catalyzing Event”, can be watched below:
The album will be featured in the following formats:
- jewelcase-CD
- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
- root beer marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 200 copies)
- turquoise marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 100 copies)
- amber / red marbled vinyl (US exclusive – limited to 200 copies)
* exclusive bundles with shirts, plus digital options are also available!
The album was tracked primarily at The Brick HitHouse in Hyannis, Massachusetts with producers Peter Rutcho (Revocation, Ravage) and Shane Frisby (Becoming The Archetype, Bury Your Dead) with vocals produced by Zdenek Sikyr at Studio Hostivar (Cult of Fire, Master’s Hammer) in Prague. Having worked with Rutcho since 2010, it was a painless, professional process, the band also bringing in Chaney Crabb of Entheos to add a guest vocal to the devastating “Penance”. “‘Sociopathic Constructs’ is the result of tons of hard work and shows the progress we have made as a band since ‘Mechanisms’ (2016),” asserts Sundaramurthy. “We feel the time is now for such an album, the brutality perfectly reflects the darkness, violence, and harsh reality of our world.”
Sociopathic Constructs serves to further cement Abnormality’s place at the cutting edge of savage ultra-technical death metal. With this release, the quintet have stepped up their game across the board, making for a record that is as violent, complex and thought provoking as any you will hear in 2019, and the band were not afraid to explore and mix things up. “I think this record we felt free enough to just go where we wanted to within a song,” states guitarist Jeremy Henry. “We had no qualms with switching styles and approaches from riff to riff. To have a whole section grinding away and then just switch gears, hit the brakes and drop a slow, old school Morbid Angel warship groove in there. We felt free to follow our instincts, and just let our influences shine through.”
Sociopathic Constructs track-listing
- Monarch Alpha
- Penance
- Kakistocracy
- Transmogrification of the Echoborgs
- A Catastrophic and Catalyzing Event
- Aeturnum
- Dying Breed
- A Seething Perversion
- Curb Stomp
Abnormality live – Aggressive Misanthropy Across Europe 2019
July 6 – Obscene Extreme Festival – Trutnov, Czech Republic @ Battlefield * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July – 7 Graz, Austria @ Club Q * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 9 – Bologna, Italy @ Freakout Club * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 10 – Torino, Italy @ Ziggy Club * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 11 – Milano, Italy @ Circolo Svolta * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 12 – Montpellier, France @ Secret Place * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 13 – Move Your Fucking Brain Fest – Barcelona, Spain @ Death Field * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 15 – Charleroi, Belgium @ MCP Apache * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 16 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Ebrietas * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 17 – Vienna, Austria @ Viper Room * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 18 – Budapest, Hungary @ Durer Kert * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
July 19 – Death Metal Supremacy No 6 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania @ Flying Circus * w/ Gorgasm, Abnormality, Cenotaph
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