Hateful Abandon - Liars/Bastards
2014 / Post-Punk, Black metal
Imagine a cold, merciless and colourless concrete hell where misery and hatred flow like wine flows at higher class parties. Utter frustration causes unrest and fear is used to keep the situation stationary. If imagining is too hard, the movie 'Hobo With a Shotgun' shows you a setting quite close to the former description. 'Liars/Bastards' is a perfect soundtrack for an urban dystopia.
Hateful Abandon's other releases are not familiar to me at all, but according to the almighty internet, their material has moved from black metal to post-punk step by step. 'Liars/Bastards' shows only slight black metal elements anymore and it mainly consists of eerie and hollow synths accompanied with frustration filled semi-harsh vocals. Even though the parts are repeated for quite a long time, the album doesn't feel dull at all. In the end, the songs differ from each other quite a lot, but the feel of misery and mental nausea is present throughout the album.
'Liars/Bastards' is not meant for a joyful summer day without a single worrying thing in mind. It's a journey through the world of oppressed people and their every day frustration. This is a recommended listen to anyone into eerie and cold music.
Favourite tracks: 'Culprit' & 'There Will Never Be Peace'
Hateful Abandon's other releases are not familiar to me at all, but according to the almighty internet, their material has moved from black metal to post-punk step by step. 'Liars/Bastards' shows only slight black metal elements anymore and it mainly consists of eerie and hollow synths accompanied with frustration filled semi-harsh vocals. Even though the parts are repeated for quite a long time, the album doesn't feel dull at all. In the end, the songs differ from each other quite a lot, but the feel of misery and mental nausea is present throughout the album.
'Liars/Bastards' is not meant for a joyful summer day without a single worrying thing in mind. It's a journey through the world of oppressed people and their every day frustration. This is a recommended listen to anyone into eerie and cold music.
Favourite tracks: 'Culprit' & 'There Will Never Be Peace'
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