Rabid Whole, The - Autraumation

‘All The Same’ opens the album with tickling synth loops and before you know it you’re getting tugged into a tearing circle of raging, soaring guitars, propelling drum blasts and the greatly diversified vocal delivery of singer Andreas Weiss who’s just as well capable of soulful, clean lines as he is with turning his instrument into a ferocious weapon. The striking lack of guitars marks the first ‘phase’ of the next track which is ‘Harder To Be True’ but a bubbling tension is taking hold soon atop the clear-cut and forceful drum patterns that steadily fights its way towards the surface and breaks through at the beginning of the chorus and manifests in a mental mix up of the scissoring riffs and Andreas’s screaming desperation.

The menacing aura of ‘The Strings Inside’ unfolds quickly within the first disquieting notes of the string synth work opening the tune just an instant later to be complemented by Post Punk-ish or classic Goth Rock styled guitar lines before the literally infernal breaks loose upon your ears dishing out insanely hard drum kicks and riffs until all of a sudden everything reverts back to the nightmarish ambience infused section from before. Andreas shares vocal duties on this track with Sheenah. ‘Tell Me Lies’ allows no respite for the listener for the guitars are pounding against your eardrums at a constant level throughout the track. It’s a song that’s spewing energy and strong feelings and all are unleashed on you so you better are prepared for a full blast. The closing ‘Evidence of the Fall’ is in some way like a pendulum swinging between the poles of brooding darkness and unyielding harshness all wrapped up inside a package of elaborated drumming and seasoned guitar works.