Stream Aborted’s “Gloom”-y New Song
It’s Friday, and I can think of no better preamble to your weekend than “Gloom and the Art of Tribulation,” the totally kick-ass new song from Belgium’s Aborted. Opening with a manipulated sample from Rob Zombie’s 2007 version of Halloween, the track then launches quickly becomes by turns pummeling, dizzying, and concussive, like being thrown down a flight of steel stairs. But in true Aborted fashion, it also never loses its sense of cathartic fun; for us weirdos who absolutely delight in brutal death metal, it’s a total blast. I give it 5/5. No constructive criticism to offer here.
Turn the volume WAY the fuck up and blast “Gloom and the Art of Tribulation” below. It will appear on Aborted’s new EP, La Granda Mascarade, which comes out April 17 via Century Media. You can pre-order it here or here. Aborted begin a tour with Napalm Death, Tombs, and WVRM that very same day! Dates for that trek are as follows:
04/17 Salt Lake City, UT – Metro Music Hall [tickets]
04/18 Denver, CO – Gothic Theater [tickets]
04/19 Kansas City, MO – Riot Room [tickets]
04/20 St Louis, MO – Red Flag [tickets]
04/21 Milwaukee, WI – Miramar Theater [tickets]
04/22 Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze [tickets]
04/23 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews [tickets]
04/24 Chicago, IL – Reggie’s* [tickets]
04/25 Toronto, ON – Opera House* [tickets]
04/26 Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey* [tickets]
04/28 Quebec City, QC – La Source* [tickets]
04/29 Montreal, QC – Fairmount Theater* [tickets]
04/30 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club* [tickets]
05/01 Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus Show* [tickets]
05/03 Washington, DC – Black Cat* [tickets]
05/04 Durham, NC – Motorco* [tickets]
05/06 Tampa, FL – Orpheum* [tickets]
05/07 Miami, FL – Churchill’s* [tickets]
05/08 Orlando, FL – The Haven* [tickets]
05/09 Atlanta, GA – 529* [tickets]
05/10 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks* [tickets]
05/11 San Antonio, TX – Rock Box* [tickets]
05/13 Albuquerque, NM – LaunchPad* [tickets]
05/14 Phoenix, AZ – Club Red* [tickets]
05/15 San Diego, CA – Brick By Brick* [tickets]
05/16 Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory* [tickets]
*with Tombs
