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"The Accuser" is the fourth full length studio album from American extreme metal band Abigail Williams, released on the 30th October 2015 through Candlelight Records.
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I walk into The Accuser with no judgements, no ill-conceived notions, and no high hopes. I just want it to be as good as Becoming. Is that too much to ask?
It turns out that isn’t too much to ask. However, instead of employing the slow strut of Becoming (showing off its flirtatious goods and building tension over an hour’s time), The Accuser abandons the teasing and, instead, struts a few steps, turns, and punches you straight in the face. Opening with an attitude befitting a Gorgoroth assault, “Path of Broken Glass” rips and tears its way through four-and-a-half minutes of blackened char before chopping down trees with its stop-starting chugs and the Filth-y shrieks of Sorceron. Memorable, mean, and addictive, “Path of Broken Glass” sets a tone of chest-beating hate, but quickly checked by “The Cold Lines.” This slow, eerie, highly atmospheric track horse-collars your adrenaline and pulls you straight down into the mud, burying you in a grave of reverberating screams. This song single-handedly drags you back into the catacombs etched out during the fifty-five minute runtime of Becoming.
The production isn’t anything to write home about but the balance is good. I especially love hearing the bass make its way to the surface on “Of the Outer Darkness” and during the slower moments of “Forever Kingdom of Dirt.” Overall, this is a very good album and be you an abandoner of Abigail Williams or a noob to their sound, check this out.
Reviewed by Dr. A.N. Grier for angrymetalguy.com.
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