![]() The fact that members of British black metal bands The Sun’s Journey Through the Night and Revenant Marquis appear is a welcome nod to where Abduction come from, yet the fact that the band are atypical for a UKBM act – no rousing odes to England or 90's Scandinavian formulas here – is perhaps their most precious attribute. Thus 'Black Blood' draws both from the band’s roots and new inspirations. With this record, I’ve implied a greater story, without explicitly describing each chapter.” On the other hand, the evolution of what Abduction has become requires something less indecipherable. “I’m an avid listener of ‘raw’ black metal,” explains vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist A|V, “particularly the way that unintentional noise and lack of clarity can draw you in and provoke the imagination. From the hypnotically earnest and haunting opener ‘In Exaltation of the Supreme Being’, to the expansive 11 minute epic ‘Plutonian Gate’, with its marked progressive and psychedelic overtones, to the blend of uncompromising stripped down black metal and slower, almost post-metal textures of ‘Psylocybic Death’, it is an intense and dynamic experience. Recorded – like its predecessor – by Ian Boult at Stuck on a Name Studios in Nottingham, this nightmarish yet entrancing listen is pushes Abduction into new territories without straying from their core sound. Performing alone in the early years – a rare sight, despite the many one-man bands in the genre – Abduction’s central protagonist A|V then expanded the band into a full live outfit, to better create intense, ritualistic and immersive performances, both at underground shows and larger festivals.Ĭue the explosive 'Black Blood', Abduction’s most ambitious and rewarding album to date. People in positions of power, as well as agents, manager, and other artists, are going to be watching this event closely to see what happens after - whether it becomes a superspreader event, how it was managed, what the blowback on artists might be.Formed in 2016 as a shadowy single-man entity, Abduction have made astonishingly fast progress, carving a fearsome reputation for themselves as a standout act in an increasingly crowded extreme metal scene. The festival is also in a place where it will set the bar for EDM events across the country. But we know that events at scale have difficulty enforcing mask mandates, especially when someone is hundreds of people deep in the middle of a crowd. Tickets for the April 10 event at Lot 54 at The Vanguard go on sale tomorrow.Ībduction’s flyer says there will be a temperature check (we assume upon entrance) as well as requiring masks. The one-day event just dropped its lineup, featuring Diplo, Barely Alive, a Bassrush takeover, Tchami, Virtual Riot, and more, as well as 4B b2b a “mystery guest,” who’s obviously Flosstradamus. Of course, throwing it in the midst of a global pandemic presents its own challenges and opens Insomniac up to a lot of public opinion, but let’s look at what we have first. that were already going on before it was founded, this will set the bar for the rest of their events moving forward. ![]() ![]() As the first festival since Insomniac East was newly minted, not EDC Orlando, Forbidden Kingdom, Okeechobee, etc. Insomniac is throwing a full-outdoor festival in Florida this April, called Abduction.
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