Abu Lahab - We Beheld the Last Contraction of the Seraph

Abu Lahab in history is known as the Father of Flame and this one man industrial black metal band from Morocco certainly lives up to that moniker. This fourth or fifth release (depending on the source, info is scarce) opens with a wall of noise that progresses downward into the pits of hell. With agonising wails, effected instrumentation and crazed spoken word and samples this album borders on madness but it holds together with an energy that is at once unsettling and mesmerising. The music is harsh and memorable and while I have no idea what the lyrics are there is no mistaking the vibe of this EP. This is pure darkness and must be heard.

Tracklist:

1 And No Health Was Left in Us
2 Sharpen the Tooth of Thanatos
3 Levitation of the Gravida
4 Agony of a Hatching Eye
5 Gyrosophism

Website: http://www.last.fm/music/Abu+Lahab

Label: self released

Contact: kaleemuallah@gmail.com           

Release date: 2012