Abnormality (band)

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Abnormality
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Background information
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Genres Brutal death metal, technical death metal, slam death metal
Years active2005 (2005)–2020
Labels Metal Blade Records, Sevared Records
Members
  • Mallika Sundaramurthy
  • Jay Blaisdell
  • Jeremy Henry
  • Sam Kirsch
  • Josh Staples
Past members
  • Shawn MacDonald
  • Michael O'Meara
  • Ben Durgin
Website Official website

Abnormality was an American death metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. [1] Formed in 2005 from various acts such as Sexcrement, Forced Asphyxiation, Goratory, Parasitic Extirpation and Iranach, [2] the band has released three studio albums, Contaminating The Hive Mind, Mechanisms Of Omniscience and Sociopathic Constructs [3] as well as EP The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion. In 2015, the quintet signed with Metal Blade Records. [4]

Contents

History

In 2005, Abnormality formed from various bands, creating debut EP The Collective Calm in Mortal Oblivion five years later. [5]

In June 2012, the band released Contaminating The Hive Mind, their debut studio album. In April of the following year, the group published a music video for "Fabrication Of The Enemy". [1]

In October 2015, the band announced that they were working on their second studio album with producer Pete Rutcho. [4] In 2016, the band announced the title of the work as Mechanisms Of Omniscience, releasing three songs from that album. [6] [7] [8]

In April and May 2016, the band toured with Battlecross, Soulfly, Suffocation and Lody Kong. [9]

In November 2020, the band announced they had broken up. [10]

Critical reception

Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles described the ensemble as "Marrying the ceaseless brutality coming out of New York and New England to the hyper-blasting intensity endemic to Quebecois death metal", going on to state that Mechanisms Of Omniscience is "as unrelenting as it is passionate" and that the album "tackles real world issues with intelligence and raw emotion". [2]

Metalsucks describes the song "Cymatic Hallucinations" as "if Abnormality took all the best elements of modern tech-death, mashed it up with the old school variety, infused it with a sense of groove rarely felt in metal’s more technical corners and created one seething, roaring, fire-breathing death metal beast". [11]

Blabbermouth describes debut album Contaminating The Hive Mind as "cementing their status as one of the heaviest and most dynamic bands in the [extreme metal] genre". [12]

Members

Final
Former

Timeline

Abnormality (band)

Discography

Studio albums
Demos/EPs

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References

  1. 1 2 "ABNORMALITY Premiere 'Fabrication Of The Enemy' Video". Bravewords.com. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "ABNORMALITY Premiers "Mechanisms Of Omniscience" Music Video". Bravewords.com. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Abnormality To Release 'Mechanisms Of Omniscience' Album In April". Blabbermouth.net. March 11, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "ABNORMALITY To Release Sophomore Album In 2016". Bravewords.com. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Abnormality: Making Of 'Mechanisms Of Omniscience' Album (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ "ABNORMALITY – New Track "Cymatic Hallucinations" Streaming". bravewords.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "ABNORMALITY – "Swarm" Track Streaming". bravewords.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "ABNORMALITY Premiers "Mechanisms Of Omniscience" Music Video". bravewords.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Soulfly To Tour U.S. With Suffocation, Battlecross – Blabbermouth.net". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. March 2, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
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  11. ↑ "Exclusive Track Premiere: Abnormality, "Cymatic Hallucinations"". MetalSucks. April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Abnormality: Making Of 'Mechanisms Of Omniscience' Album (Video)". Blabbermouth.net. April 17, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
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