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Afterbirth - In But Not Of



7.6 | 91 votes |
Release date: 20 October 2023
Style: Brutal death metal

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01. Tightening The Screws
02. Devils With Dead Eyes
03. Vomit On Humanity
04. Autoerotic Amputation
05. Vivisected Psychopomp
06. Hovering Human Head Drones
07. In But Not Of
08. Angels Feast On Flies
09. Time Enough Tomorrow
10. Death Invents Itself
11. Succumb To Life

Additional info
Released voia Willowtip Records
Recorded live in the studio by Colin Marston at Menegroth, The Thousand Caves, Woodside, Queens, NY from April – June 2023.
Mixed and mastered by Colin Marston.
Artwork and layout by Alex Eckman-Lawn.

Staff review by
RaduP
Rating:
N/A
Afterbirth have already upped the ante when it comes to forward thinking brutal death metal. Wanna see them do it again?

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published 31.10.2023 | Comments (2)

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04.08.2023 - 21:43
Desha
delicious dish
Hyped for this! The last one was my favourite record of 2020
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You are the hammer, I am the nail
building a house in the fire on the hill
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04.08.2023 - 22:35
A Real Mönkey
Written by Desha on 04.08.2023 at 21:43

Hyped for this! The last one was my favourite record of 2020

Word up.
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"Change the world. My final message. Goodbye."

~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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04.08.2023 - 23:29
Guib
Thrash Talker
I recently discovered this band via Four Dimensional Flesh and was absolutely shocked by the quality of the material on that album. I can't wait to hear that one for sure.
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- Headbanging with mostly clogged arteries to that stuff -
Guib's List Of Essential Albums
- Also Thrash Paradise
Thrash Here
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20.10.2023 - 15:33
Rulatore
What an uninteresting record. After hearing all the hype, I'm pretty disappointed
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21.10.2023 - 10:30
Rating: 8
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Death metal album of the year right there
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22.10.2023 - 08:59
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
This one has really taken me by surprise, it's even one of the best brutal death metal releases I've heard this year, rarely have I come across a death metal release this year containing such an interesting variety in songwriting, and is as well crafted as this. There's plenty of groove, great solo's, exceptional drumming, and it's outstandingly produced. "In But Not Of", "Angels Feast On Flies", and "Devils With Dead Eyes" are the tracks that stand out above all for me.
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22.10.2023 - 19:20
Desha
delicious dish
Pretty much what I expected, great stuff.
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You are the hammer, I am the nail
building a house in the fire on the hill
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22.10.2023 - 19:41
Rating: 8
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by Rulatore on 20.10.2023 at 15:33

What an uninteresting record. After hearing all the hype, I'm pretty disappointed

Insane thing to say after rating the latest Sanguisugabogg a 10/10
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23.10.2023 - 09:15
SS
This one is super experimental with lots of ambient/atmospheric elements unlike their previous records, without compromising on the tech-death part, and it's great.
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24.10.2023 - 14:38
Rulatore
Written by Roman Doez on 22.10.2023 at 19:41

Written by Rulatore on 20.10.2023 at 15:33

What an uninteresting record. After hearing all the hype, I'm pretty disappointed

Insane thing to say after rating the latest Sanguisugabogg a 10/10

That band and album are way more entertaining than these guys, I'ld argue they are not even that comparable since Afterbirth are going for something with a little bit more depth and atmospheric.

Sanguisugabogg is simpler but way more entertaining than this
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24.10.2023 - 14:45
Rating: 8
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Written by Rulatore on 24.10.2023 at 14:38

That band and album are way more entertaining than these guys, I'ld argue they are not even that comparable since Afterbirth are going for something with a little bit more depth and atmospheric.

Sanguisugabogg is simpler but way more entertaining than this

To each their own I guess, but to me Sanguisugabogg are the definition of boring and uninspired death metal, while this album is fresh, original and has surprises waiting around the corner in every track
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24.10.2023 - 16:07
A Real Mönkey
Definitely more of a focus on atmosphere as opposed to technique, and it works fantastically. An unexpected surprise to be sure but a welcome one.
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"Change the world. My final message. Goodbye."

~Last words of Harambe, seconds before he was shot, according to child he shielded from gunfire
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25.10.2023 - 04:53
Rating: 10
thebenfo
One of my new favorites of the year, if not the decade. Before I was into extreme metal, grunge was my go-to subgenre. Afterbirth has found a way to grab the atmosphere of the grunge and post-punk sound of the late 90's and fuse it seamlessly with the vicious, unforgiving death metal that we come to expect from the NYDM scene. An incredible piece of work.
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25.10.2023 - 15:42
Rating: 8
musclassia
Staff
I really enjoy the album, but it's telling that my experience with it jumps drastically whether they're doing brutal death or some wild tangent into a different genre - I kinda have the same thing with some grindcore album where I like them when they're not being grindcore; I can't really say whether it makes it a successul stylistic fusion or not.
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01.11.2023 - 14:37
Rating: 7
Ansercanagicus
endangered bird
A tiny bit of Suffocation in here, same kind of riffs and sound, with a touch of spacy atmosphere from time to time, thanks to some synth. Those don't sound death metal, but are a nice contrast to the brutal music. It almost ends on Vangelis and PInk Floyd. More than that, the tracks sometimes sound like post metal, so yes it's quite dreamy. The sound is rather organic and doesn't resemble the typical overproduced brutech.
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20.11.2023 - 17:25
Rating: 9
JayMo4
Possibly the album of the year, and this and the new Zenith Passage album are the best death metal I’ve heard in ‘23.

I can’t get my head around the low rating here, especially given some pretty ordinary stuff in the current top 20. But hey, it’s all subjective.
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21.11.2023 - 07:40
Jeyzz
One of my favorite death metal albums of this year
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Who gives a shit
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08.12.2023 - 13:23
Rating: 9
DarkWingedSoul
Same for me !
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24.01.2024 - 22:18
Rating: 9
Opethian
Phenomenal.
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03.09.2024 - 04:23
Rating: 8
tintinb
Great stuff from these guys but somehow I liked their previous output slightly better.
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Leeches everywhere.
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