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Robert P. Del Grande | USA | 10/05/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I enjoy this album, It's heavy with damn good violence. Don't know why so many people are calling this "average". What is so average about it? And, a reviewer here called them "nu-gore" LOL!!! Give me a break, is that a stupid new genre being created now? What is next? lol. It is amazing at how far some people will go to categorize a band that they don't like. If you don't like them, then just say you don't like them. Don't put them in some false fictional genre. PATHETIC I tell you. Aborted's "Goremageddon" is a good album, if you like death-metal, get this. Oh, and there is another reviewer here saying that if anyone gives this band 5 stars, then they haven't been into death metal that long. I have not been into death-metal that long, this is true, BUT at the same time, I have heard many death metal bands when I wasn't open to death-metal and I can say that none of them sound as good as Goremageddon. And I PROUDLY give this album 5 stars, no regrets."

Blasting, guttural gory death metal

bobby drake | ireland | 05/13/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"pretty orthodox blasting, guttural gory death metal with plenty of groovy bits that will appeal to fans of exhumed, misery index, dying fetus. you'll have to be a death metal fan to get into this, but for fans of the genre it's the best work yet from a great f'ing band."

Best grind since Nasum broke up

Björn Everfrost | North From Here | 07/04/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, so they may not be true grind, but since when was there such a thing as true grind since Scum? Exactly. Anywho, I see people either praising the Hell out of this or passing this off entirely. Again, its an acquired taste. But I certainly like this more then the other so called "deathgrind" out there (Job for a Cowboy and Cephalic Carnage).

But, if your into Exhumed, definately check these guys out. Buzzsaw riffs, crushing vocals, and extremely tight drumming make up Goremageddon. And its fast. But you probabaly already knew that.

Favorites: Pretty much all of them."

Gore-grind's best new band

A. Stutheit | Denver, CO USA | 12/09/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Brutal. That is simply the best word to describe the third full-length album by Belgium's Aborted, 2003's "Goremageddon." There's also no label that is more fitting for this album than Listenable Records, as it is an unholy blend of gore metal, grindcore, death-grind, technical death metal, and even a tiny bit of melodeath that is comparable to the likes of Carcass (both newer and latter day), Exhumed, Brutal Truth, Cryptopsy (circa 1998's "Whisper Supremacy"), and Cannibal Corpse. The result is an uncompromisingly calamitous, mind numbing cacophony of raw, abrasive production, great, ferocious riffs, insanely fast, skull-cracking blast beats, deep, adherent, sludgy grooves, ripping guitar solos, and torturous, guttural vocals that usually verge on the classic gore-grind pig-squeal style. And, of course, with a name like Aborted, you can expect the lyrics to be every bit as brutal as the music (think along the lines of subject matter like eating mutilated bodies, and doctors mutilating and twisting his patients' bodies, and you'll get the gist.)

The songs on "Goremageddon" do become a bit same-y sounding, but they definitely wreak more-than-enough carnage and devastation to take up that slack. After beginning with a creepy horror-movie sample (someone declares "the doctor is in"), opener "Meticulous Invagination" sets the album's tone immediately by tearing the listener's head off with a crushing deluge of monstrous, grinding riffs, pummeling drums, grumbling bass notes, skin-crawling shrieks, and a good, melodic solo. "Parasitic Flesh Resection" keeps the ball rolling with ridiculous, jackhammering blast beats throughout. The listener doesn't get a moment of relief until track three, "The Saw & The Carnage Done," which begins with a moderately paced tempo, but it gains steam and builds up to its usual blinding, blasting fury in almost no time at all. A really cool, dive-bombing solo is also included here. Other standouts include "Charted Carnal Effigy," which boasts a thunderous breakdown, winding solo, and tastefully semi-melodic guitar leads; the buzzsaw riffing behind "Clinical Colostomy"; the crunching groove and mini bass solo of "Medical Deviance"; the two shredding solos that crop up in "Nemesis"; and the set closer, "Carnal Forge," a competently covered Carcass classic.

It almost goes without saying that "Goremageddon" isn't for everybody (just look at the title!) The busy arrangements and numerous moments of teeth-shaking brutality present here will make this album a bit overwhelming for genre newcomers; everybody else, however, will find this to be quite a killer, enjoyable, and very technically-impressive slab of extreme metal which cements Aborted's status as the best gore-grind/metal band since Dying Fetus."

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