ABSTRACTER's Tomb of Feathers to be released on 12" vinyl LP on April 15

France's Trendkill Recordings, Germany's 7 Degrees Records and Italy's Shove Records have joined forces to release the final and ultimate version of Tomb of Feathers, the debut album of Oakland apocalyptic blackened crust-doom horde ABSTRACTER. Finally arriving in 12" vinyl format on April 15, Tomb of Feathers was already released worldwide in September 2012 by the US's The Path Less Traveled Records in digital format, on a self-released limited edition cassette tape in fall of 2012, and once again by The Path Less Traveled Records on CD worldwide last summer.

With this imminent vinyl release Tomb of Feathers' monstrous and colossal analog sound destructively comes together having finally found its true home, and the band has stated that this final release version of the album represents its true and originally planned listening realm, being the work entirely recorded on analog equipment and intended to be experienced through the analog medium.

All artwork and packaging design for this vinyl presentation was crafted by Kevin Gan Yuen (www.viraloptic.com) from the Bay Area's revered blackened noise cult visionaries Sutekh Hexen. Based upon original artwork by ABSTRACTER vocalist Mattia Alagna for the CD and tape version, the new artwork of this vinyl release expands further into the band's bleak musical vision and digs deeper into the album's grim subject matter of madness and despair. The LP will be available in an edition of 500 copies only, 400 on pitch-black vinyl and 100 on ghostly transparent grey vinyl.

The Tomb of Feathers 12" LP will be available through the Trendkill Recordings, 7 Degrees Records and Shove Records webstores in Europe and through Trendkill Recordings and the band itself in North America.

Stream Tomb of Feathers in its entirety at abstracter.bandcamp.com.

To pre-order the Tomb of Feathers 12" vinyl contact:

EUROPE:

Shove Records (Italy): shoverecords@gmail.com 

7Degrees Records (Germany): 7degreesrecords@gmx.net  

7Degrees Records Webstore: http://7degrees-records.de/Bestellen-/Order  

Trendkill Recordings (France): info@trendkill.fr  

Trendkill Recordings Webstore (France):trendkillrecordings.bigcartel.com/artist/abstracter 

US:

Trendkill Recordings Webstore

Upcoming live dates:

- April 22 2014 @ The San Jose Rock Shop, San Jose CA

w/ EYEHATEGOD, DEATHGRAVE and DEADPRESSURE

- May 3 2914 @ The First Church of the Buzzard, Oakland CA

w/ BADR VOGU, WILT, DISPARA and CONNOISSEUR

- June 8 2914 @ The Stork Club, Oakland, CA  

w/ CORMORANT, BOTTOM, SECRETS OF THE SKY, GODHUNTER and FORGOTTEN GODS

- August 5 2014 @ The First Church of the Buzzard, Oakland CA

w/ PRIMITIVE MAN, HEXIS, NEGATIVE STANDARDS and AKATHARSIA

- August 12 2014 @ The Witch Haus, Santa Cruz CA 

w/ USNEA, FORN and AUGURS

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ABSTRACTER Release CD Version Of Tomb of Feathers Today

The Path Less Traveled Records has released the CD version of Tomb of Feathers, the debut album of Oakland apocalyptic blackened crust horde ABSTRACTER.

Tomb of Feathers was already released worldwide on September 18 2012 by The Path Less Traveled Records in digital format, and on a limited edition cassette tape by the band itself in fall of 2012 through their own imprint, Anti-Everything Laboratories, Inc. Once again, as it was for the tape, all artwork and packaging layout for the CD was done by the band's vocalist, Mattia Alagna.

Tomb of Feathers is now available in stores, online retailers, digital outlets and by visiting The Path Less Traveled Records' webstore at tpltr.bigcartel.com.

ABSTRACTER Debut Tomb of Feathers To Be Released on CD This Summer

Illinois' The Path Less Traveled Records will release Tomb of Feathers, the debut album of Oakland apocalyptic blackened crust horde ABSTRACTER, on CD July 9th 2013.

Tomb of Feathers was already released worldwide on September 18 2012 by The Path Less Traveled Records in digital format, and on a limited edition cassette tape by the band itself in fall of 2012 through their own imprint, Anti-Everything Laboratories, Inc. Once again, as it was for the tape, all artwork and packaging layout for the CD was done by the band's vocalist, Mattia Alagna.

Stream Tomb of Feathers in its entirety at abstracter.bandcamp.com.

ABSTRACTER is the latest sonic monstrosity to emerge from the gutters of the San Francisco Bay Area's enigmatic extreme music underground. Formed in 2010 and with virtually no prior experience in other bands or exposure of any kind, and with only a little over a year of writing experience under their belt, these four obscure slime mongers from Oakland have crafted a debut that is both mesmerizing in its seemingly effortless ability to construct massive and enveloping soundscapes, and annihilating in it's brutal, relentless, and merciless sonic grasp on the listener's synapses. With forty minutes of music divided solely among three tracks, this bile-drenched debut is clearly a vessel for music that has at it's core the urge and primordial instinct to drag the listener into a vast, violent, and obscure world all of its own.

Written in 2011 over a span of just a few months, Tomb of Feathers displays ABSTRACTER's unique sound and style of songwriting, influenced by bands like Amebix, Swans, Beherit, Godflesh, Disembowelment, and His Hero Is Gone, and shaped by elements borrowed from a vast array of genres, spanning from black metal, to crust and doom metal, to shoegazing and psychedelic rock, to hardcore punk and noise music. The work itself is a single-themed concept album about madness and mental disease as a result of the extreme and cynical individualism that permeates humanity.

Entirely self-produced and self-funded by the band Tomb of Feathers was recorded live in three days (one track per day), directly to 22 track - 2 inch analog tape mounted on 30 minute reels processed by a mid-80's Akai tape recorder, by sound engineer Josh Garcia (Melvins, Dwarves). The recordings were then passed on to Greg Wilkinson (Brainoil, Lycus, Laudanum, High On Fire, Noothgrush, OM, Atriarch, Sleep, Worm Ouroboros, Vohl) at Hear Hammer Studios for mixing, and were then shipped to Philadelphia to be mastered by James Plotkin (ISIS, SUNN O))), OLD, Khanate, etc.).

ABSTRACTER is:

Ben James: drums

Jose Picou: bass

Robin Kahn: guitar

Mattia Alagna: throat

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ABSTRACTER Release Tomb of Feathers On Cassette

Tomb of Feathers, the debut album by Bay Area crusty blackened noise doomsters ABSTRACTER, was released today on cassette tape format. The band have made a rare and brave statement with this release by recording the entire thing on analog tape, and they now bring you yet another step in their effort to allow people to experience their music through a format and sound that is totally unique and of superb quality. 

The cassette tape will be available in two versions, a regular version and a deluxe version containing a digital download, and will be bundled up in a clear cassette box with a four panel J-card designed by Mattia Alagna, ABSTRACTER's vocalist, who is also responsible for all the artwork contained within.

The cassette tapes will come in a limited run of one hundred units, and will be sold by the band them selves directly through their own imprint, Anti-Everything Laboratories, Inc. 

You can order your copy on the band's official Bandcamp page: abstracter.bandcamp.com/merch (Tape + Digital Download)

And/or on their official online store (Tape only): abstracter.bigcartel.com

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Entirely self-produced and self-funded by the band Tomb of Feathers was recorded live in three days (one track per day), directly to 22 track - 2 inch analog tape mounted on 30 minute reels (processed by a mid-80's Akai tape recorder), by sound engineer Josh Garcia (Depeche Mode, Melvins, Dwarves). The recordings were then passed on to Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios for mixing, and were then shipped to Philadelphia to be mastered by James Plotkin (ISIS, SUNN O))), OLD, Khanate, etc.).

Tomb of Feathers was released worldwide in September 2012 on digital format through the Path Less Traveled Records, and is slated to surface on CD and vinyl through the same label in early 2013.

ABSTRACTER is:

Ben James: drums

Jose Picou: bass

Robin Kahn: guitar

Mattia Alagna: throat

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ABSTRACTER's Tomb of Feathers Out Now; Full Stream

Tomb of Feathers, the debut album from crusty Bay Area Blackened Noise Doomsters ABSTRACTER, is now available as a digital download through The Path Less Traveled Records. CD and vinyl versions will be released in early 2013 and a cassette tape version of the album will be released this fall through the band's own imprint Anti-everything Laboratories.

Tomb of Feathers is available at abstracter.bandcamp.com.

Consisting of three tracks spanning 40 minutes, Tomb of Feathers is both mesmerizing in its massive, enveloping soundscapes, and annihilating in its brutal, relentless, and merciless grasp of the listener's synapses. ABSTRACTER's unique sound is influenced by the likes of AMEBIX, SWANS, BATHORY, GODFLESH and DISEMBOWELMENT, and shaped by elements borrowed from a vast array of genres, spanning from black metal, to crust and doom metal, to shoegazing and psychedelic rock, to hardcore punk and noise music. The work itself is a single-themed concept album about madness and mental disease as a result of the extreme and cynical individualism that permeates the world, and humanity's cowardly tendency to constantly leave the weak behind. 

Entirely self-produced and self-funded by the band, Tomb of Feathers was recorded live in three days (one track per day), directly to 22-track 2-inch analog tape mounted on 30-minute reels processed by a mid-80's Akai tape recorder, by sound engineer Josh Garcia (DEPECHE MODE, MELVINS, DWARVES). The recordings were then passed on to Greg Wilkinson at Earhammer Studios for mixing, and were then shipped to Philadelphia to be mastered by James Plotkin (ISIS, SUNN O))), OLD, KHANATE, etc.). 

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To Vomit Crows

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ABSTRACTER is a crust/sudge/psych band from Oakland, CA, formed in 2010 by vocalist Mattia Alagna, who had recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area from Italy (where he fronted the noise/hardcore outfit (A)toll) and guitarist Robin Kahn, who had spent much of the year working on solo noise, drone, and improvisational projects, and who was looking to get something more organic and brutal off the ground. The two got in touch through Craigslist after they identified in each other their mutual love for “violent, bleak, and unearthly sounds”, a shared and generalized disgust for humanity, and their common love for bands like Godflesh, Bathory, Disembowelment, Swans and Amebix.

The band was then rounded out on bass by Mattia's close friend Jose Picou and by Ben James on drums. Bassist Jose Picou at the time was a standup bassist and multi-instrumentalist coming from a dark-wave and post-punk background, and drummer Ben James another multi-instrumentalist who had previously played the drums in Bay Area sludge metal band Damnweevil and the guitar in local hardcore/thrash outfit Tree Puncher, and who is also the current guitarist for bay area avant-black metal enigma Nihilotep.

Tomb Of Feathers is the band's first offering. Written over a span of just a few months, the recording displays the band's unique sound and style of songwriting, along with their broad array of influences, spanning from black metal, to crust and doom metal, to psychedelic rock, to hardcore punk and noise music. The work itself is a single-themed concept album about madness and mental disease as a result of the extreme and cynical individualism that permeates the world and humanity’s cowardly tendency to constantly leave the weak behind. The band has dedicated this recording to the last of the last, and to whoever has suffered from, or is currently battling mental disease and abandon.

Entirely self-produced and self-funded by the band, Tomb of Feathers was recorded live in three days (one track per day), directly to 22 track - 2 inch analog tape mounted on 30 minute reels processed by a mid-80’s Akai tape recorder, by sound engineer Josh Garcia (Depeche Mode, Melvins, Dwarves). The recordings were then passed on to Greg Wilkinson at Hearhammer Studios for mixing, and were then shipped to Philadelphia to be mastered by James Plotkin (ISIS, SUNN O))), OLD, Khanate, etc.). The band is currently writing their sophomore offering and are regularly playing selected shows in the broader bay Area, with confirmed shows coming up in the fall with the likes of City Of Ships, Young Lions, Ehnahre and Kayo Dot.

ABSTRACTER is:

Ben James: drums

Jose Picou: bass

Robin Kahn: guitar

Mattia Alagna: throat 

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ABSTRACTER's Tomb of Feathers to be Released 9/18/2012 on The Path Less Traveled Records

The Path Less Traveled Records will release Tomb of Feathers, the debut album from crusty Bay Area Blackened Noise Doomsters ABSTRACTER September 18th on digital format. The CD and vinyl versions will be released in early 2013. A cassette tape version of the album will be available for sale in fall of 2012 through the band's own imprint Anti-everything Laboratories.

Consisting of three tracks spanning 40 minutes, Tomb of Feathers is both mesmerizing in its massive, enveloping soundscapes, and annihilating in its brutal, relentless, and merciless grasp of the listener's synapses. ABSTRACTER's unique sound is influenced by the likes of AMEBIX, SWANS, BATHORY, GODFLESH and DISEMBOWELMENT, and shaped by elements borrowed from a vast array of genres, spanning from black metal, to crust and doom metal, to shoegazing and psychedelic rock, to hardcore punk and noise music. The work itself is a single-themed concept album about madness and mental disease as a result of the extreme and cynical individualism that permeates the world, and humanity's cowardly tendency to constantly leave the weak behind.

Entirely self-produced and self-funded by the band, Tomb of Feathers was recorded live in three days (one track per day), directly to 22-track 2-inch analog tape mounted on 30-minute reels processed by a mid-80's Akai tape recorder, by sound engineer Josh Garcia (DEPECHE MODE, MELVINS, DWARVES). The recordings were then passed on to Greg Wilkinson at Hearhammer Studios for mixing, and were then shipped to Philadelphia to be mastered by James Plotkin (ISIS, SUNN O))), OLD, KHANATE, etc.).

For biographical information on ABSTRACTER, visit thepathlesstraveledrecords.abstracter

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