Cinereous Incarnate.

April 03, 2018

Our third LP will be called Cinereous Incarnate - set to be released on June 8 2018.

The full length, 43 min LP, is slated for release through I, Voidhanger Records (CD), Daymare Recordings (Japanse enhanced CD), Sentient Ruin Laboratories (US LP/tape/digital), Vendetta Records (EU LP), and Tartarus Records (EU tape). Track listing:

1. Nether
2. Cinereous
3. Ashen Reign
4. Wings of Annihilation
5. Incarnate
6. Devouring Night
7. Fear of God (Amebix cover - Japanese CD bonus track only)

Recorded and mixed at Earhammer by Greg Wilkinson (drums captured at Nu-Tone Recording by Ben Hirschfield), mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, and with contributing soundscapes from Kevin Gan Yuen of Sutekh Hexen and SF industrial act Only Now. Artwork also by Kevin Gan Yuen. All versions will be meticulously crafted: the LP will come with a single pocket heavy gatefold jacket with black inner flood, spot UV, and pantone offset black and metallic silver graphics. Vinyl colors will be in 3 configurations: black (limited), ashen grey (standard), and milky white with black swirls (standard). The CD and tape will be a mini gatefold and cardstock folding case respectively, and will feature the same graphic features as the LP (spot UV graphics, pantone black and metallic offset print on the booklets). Pre-orders for all formats and track premieres imminent. Checkout the trailer by Chariot of Black Moth below.

“Wound Empire”, our second album, released February 10, 2015 (10 years ago today).

Released on/by:

Cassette tape: @SentientRuin and @AnOutRecordings (US, out of print)
CD: Church of Fuck (UK, out of print)
LP: Fragile Branch Recordin

“Wound Empire”, our second album, released February 10, 2015 (10 years ago today). Released on/by: Cassette tape: @SentientRuin and @AnOutRecordings (US, out of print) CD: Church of Fuck (UK, out of print) LP: Fragile Branch Recordings (US), @VendettaRecs (DE), @7DegreesRecords (DE), @recordsshove (IT) - out of print On this release Abstracter was: Donovan Kelly: bass Emad Dajani: drums Robin Kahn: guitar Mattia Alagna: vocals Recorded and mixed by/at @earhammer510, Oakland CA / Mastered by by/at @audiosiege, Portland OR / Artwork and layout by @viraloptic / Photography contributions by @neji_maki_dori and @lightfromabyss. On this release we kept carving our path, finding our way, and developing our skills, style and concept. Back then Abstracter was still the first truly serious musical project for all of us, so much growing, learning, and musical self-research was underway. Some of the first elements that became staple with the band later first emerged here: we were able to refine the dissonant guitar approach which influenced us so much from Godflesh as well as from the various black metal bands we loved and decided to incorporate into the song wring as well, and influences from crust bands like Amebix, Dystopia and His Hero is Gone pushed us in a darker and angrier territory and helped us fully establish our dystopian and apocalyptic concept. These three different aspects remain (greatly evolved) in the band to this day and are the key to the “abysmal” sound that would come later through ulterior learning curves, musicianship development, and evolutionary steps. “Wound Empire” made us improve as musicians and gave us the first accomplished voice to our ideas, visions, and desires of self-expression back then. Maybe one day we will reissue the album. Big thanks to all and anyone who checked out and supported the album back in early 2015 when it was released, and to anyone who’s stuck with us to present day throughout our (admittedly) enigmatic and shapeshifting musical journey. Who knows what will come next, but you will find out very soon.

Abstracter