"Raw, Sick and Brutal Noize" demo - track 21
"Filthy Fucking Freaks" live demo - tracks 7, 12 & 17
"Throbbing Black Werebeast" 7" EP - tracks 1, 4, 8, 14, 18, 20 & 24
"Open Wound" demo - tracks 2, 10, 13 & 19
"Deranged" split 10" EP - tracks 3, 9 & 15
"Unreleased Studio 2000 Sessions" - tracks 11 & 23
"Unreleased Studio 2002 Sessions" - tracks 6, 16, 22 & 25 - also released on the 2005 split with Bloodred Bacteria
"Suicide Pact Unreleased" - track 5
Complete with full lyrics, line-up information, recording information for ALL tracks as well as some liner notes about the recording sessions by member of the band! "Drunken Mystery" is credited for bass on track # 18.
Miscellaneous staff
fot. Dennis Dread Cover art born 1972
fot. Daryl Kahan Layout
Chris Reifert Artwork
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxjIfi0R9wo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JBSFXtfR0E
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX6lPeOrG4c
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_v67wUuUYvE
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Um-HnqQs0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJjyjH0XmaI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxxt9ms5Jzg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RTkVqdFfzs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eKrM1_HOY
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSfJT8kU4P0
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-daf50maOk
I'm ashamed to say this but I am only now getting around to listening to Abscess. It makes no sense really seeing as though Autopsy is my all time favorite death metal band and I hold Chris Reifert and company in high regard. I also enjoy the numerous side projects these guys are a part of namely The Ravenous, and EatMyFuk. So the fact that I have neglected this band until now is utterly mind boggling! Anyway personal regret aside, I am sitting here with my first Abscess cd and it is a compilation of most split, demo, ep, and vinyl only songs. Abscess's sound is very unique to me, if you were to take Autopsy and mix Black Flag you would begin to scratch the surface of what you have here. Death/punk is the name of the game, and this is some of the filthiest, nastiest, and ugly shit I have ever heard. The tempo of the songs range from fast (Swimming In Blood) to groovy and slow (To Die Again), so there is a lot of variation. The lead guitar work of Danny Coralles and Clint Bower is very good for this style and never gets boring. Reifert's drumming is also a highlight, he always knows the right fill and beat to play. I can't really comment on the bass it doesn't pop out except for that awesome solo in Leave The Skin. Vocally speaking this compilation is all over the place. Everything from deep guttural growls to maniacal yelling and shrieking can be heard. The lyrics have a tongue in cheek humor to them, they are over the top with topics that would make even the most die hard death metal freak cringe. This compilation is very solid it's like listening to Acts of the Unspeakable, Shitfun, Damaged, and Apocalyptic Raids all playing at once! I can't really expand on the production, every track is radically different, lets just say that these tracks are representative of their sound. They are supposed to sound nasty and raw and I feel the dirty production helps give the songs an identity. The only complaint I have is I wish that they would fix the track list. All these songs are broken up and spread all over the CD. Say for instance you wanted to listen to only the Open Wound demo well that means that you would have to skip from track 2 to track 9 to track 17 etc. It is a pain in the ass and I can't see any justification for it, but more often than not I do listen to this thing from start to finish anyway. This is a very solid compilation and a good starting point to get into Abscess. Bottom line is if you like Autopsy or any of the old school style of death metal, and you have an ear for some punk like Dead Kennedy’s, Black Flag, Minor Threat, and Earth A.D.-era Misfits then you will love this plain and simple.
