[Archive] Ep. 19: (Review) Afterbirth -'In But Not Of' LP
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on November 17th, 2023). Fortunately, podcast links remain intact and are still relevant. See below for Spotify, Youtube and other podcast platform links.)
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Show Notes:
After originally forming in 1993, Afterbirth disbanded for two decades, and then reformed in 2013, releasing two acclaimed full-length albums. In But Not Of, the band's first to be released on Willowtip, promises nothing short of topnotch musicality and audio devastation!
The band released the following statement concerning the forthcoming album:
“ ”We are proud to be working with Willowtip Records and their enthusiasm for this album has inspired us to continue pushing the trajectories of the Afterbirth sound to the most far-fetched conclusions possible, while always staying true to our original approach and ethos from when the band was first started all those many years ago. There is not just one tangible concept on this album, rather, there are a myriad of interconnected musical themes and lyrical narratives to confuse, confound and delight the listener.
In But Not Of will surely drag the listener kicking and screaming through quantum leaps into different situations and topics too numerous to mention. Though we may be IN, we are not OF. For fans of chameleons, frogs, clouds of smoke, that which wriggles in the haunted abyss and alternative rock.””
Album Order Links (Physical/Digital):
afterbirthnydeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/in-but-not-of
willowtip.com/bands/details/afterbirth.aspx
Track Listing:
1 Tightening The Screws
2 Devils With Dead Eyes
3 Vomit On Humanity
4 Autoerotic Amputation
5 Vivisected Psychopomp
6 Hovering Human Head Drones
ALBUM CREDITS:
All music written and arranged by Afterbirth between 2020 – 2023.
In But Not Of was 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.
Original band photography by Rob Alvarado.
Guest vocals by Cory Peterson (Thaetas) and John Collett (Nightmarer).
Additional percussion by Fred Grau.
Keyboards and Synthesizers by Colin Marston.