Afterbirth
From:
Long Island,
NY,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Afterbirth News
Below is our complete Afterbirth news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Reeking Aura Premiere New Song
NY/NJ based death/doom metal band Reeking Aura premiere a new song entitled “Seed the Size Of A Spider’s Eye”, taken from their upcoming new album "Blood and Bonemeal", which will be released by Profound Lore on July 29th.
Check out now "Seed the Size Of A Spider’s Eye" streaming via YouTube for you below.
Reeking Aura are comprised of the below known scene veterans: More...
Afterbirth Streaming Full Album
"The Time Traveler's Dilemma," the debut from New York-based death metal unit Afterbirth, is out now via Unique Leader Records. Stream the record in its entirety below.
The album is available on CD, digital, and vinyl formats and was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joseph Cincotta at Full Force Studios (Suffocation, Dehumanized, Mortal Decay). "The Time Traveler's Dilemma" comes enclosed in the cover art of Kishor Haulenbeek, while the vinyl edition was mastered by James Plotkin. As an extra bonus, Frank Rini performs backing vocals on the track "Timeless Formless."
1. Eternal Return 03:21
2. Maggots in Her Smile 04:19
3. Drills and Needles 04:57
4. Discarded Astral Body 01:09
5. Multiverse Dimentia 04:58
6. The Time Traveler's Dilemma I 02:47
7. Sifting Through the Sands of the Unholy 05:21
8. Timeless Formless 05:59
9. Transcendental Object at the End of History 01:57
10. Devouring the Hungary Ghost 05:42
11. The Time Traveler's Dilemma II 03:38 More...
Afterbirth Posts New Song
"The Time Traveler's Dilemma," the impending debut from New York death metal collective Afterbirth, will see release next week via Unique Leader Records. In advance of its release, today new song "Sifting Through The Sands Of The Unholy" is offered up for streaming below.
"Originally, this song was always intended to be an instrumental," states guitarist Cody Drasser. "Even when we had our original, pioneering death metal vocalist Matt Duncan in the band and I was preparing the song to show to the rest of the members, it always had a sense, to me at least, of being a long, epic, and atmospheric progressive death metal track that lent itself more to mental imagery and inner wanderings than needing any particular lyrical vision. Conceptually, I had always been reminded of the horrific ambience and terror of H.P. Lovecraft's 'The Nameless City' when I was piecing the song together."
Cody goes on to say, "The song title itself arose from a late-night death metal talk with a friend of mine many years ago and it always stuck in my head as being particularly inventive and memorable. Musically, it springs from inspiration guided by my early love for thrash and heavy metal bands like Iron Maiden, Kreator, Megadeth, Metallica, etc. as I wanted to capture and evoke the aura and spirit that those bands stirred up in my young psyche with their adventurous, legendary songwriting, especially when it came to some of their more extended, and epic song passages. For a long time it did exist as the instrumental version. After Matt's departure from the band and new vocalist Will Smith coming on board, we all spoke about the idea of perhaps adding lyrics to the song; while I might have been slightly hesitant at first, Will presented ideas to the band that coincided with my own personal interpretations that were a perfect fit for the song and honestly too good to ignore just for the sake of keeping the track strictly instrumental." More...
Afterbirth Streaming "Drills And Needles"
As the release of "The Time Traveler's Dilemma," the long-awaited debut from New York death metal unit Afterbirth, draws closer to release, today new single "Drills And Needles" is offered for communal consumption.
Afterbirth's "The Time Traveler's Dilemma" will see release this coming July 28th on CD, digital, and vinyl formats. The record was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joseph Cincotta at Full Force Studios and comes enclosed in the cover art of Kishor Haulenbeek.
The vinyl edition was mastered by James Plotkin (OLD, Scorn, Khanate, Khlyst et al). As an extra bonus, Frank Rini (ex-Internal Bleeding) performs backing vocals on the track "Timeless Formless." More...
Afterbirth Releasing "The Time Traveler's Dilemma"
New York-based death metal behemoth Afterbirth -- featuring within its ranks members of Helmet, Artificial Brain, and Buckshot Facelift -- will release the brutalizing "The Time Traveler's Dilemma" full-length album via Unique Leader Records this summer.
Among the earliest purveyors of brutal death metal, Afterbirth was forged on Long Island, New York during the Summer of 1993. The following year, the band released the "Psychopathic Embryotomy" studio demo, but due to various issues among its members, Afterbirth disbanded shortly thereafter.
After a near-twenty-year hiatus however, the band reunited in 2012 and began composing new material for an unknowable future and a then as-yet untitled debut. "The Time Traveler's Dilemma" -- set for release on July 28th on CD, digital, and vinyl formats -- was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Joseph Cincotta at Full Force Studios and comes sheathed in the cover art of Kishor Haulenbeek. More...
Afterbirth Signs With Unique Leader
New York progressive/brutal death metal group Afterbirth - featuring within its ranks members of Helmet, Artificial Brain, and Buckshot Facelift - is the latest addition to the Unique Leader Records roster.
Comments the band: "Afterbirth is extremely pleased to announce that we've signed with Unique Leader Records, one of the most legendary and long-running labels in the death metal underground. We couldn't be happier to be part of the Unique Leader tradition and its growing roster of some of the most intense and brutal bands operating in extreme music today."
Details of the band's forthcoming new full-length to be announced in the coming months. Unique Leader also issued this history on the group:
"Among the earliest purveyors of brutal death metal, Afterbirth was forged on Long Island, New York during the Summer of 1993. The following year, the band release the Psychopathic Embryotomy studio demo which has since become something of a cult-like classic among the extreme metal underground. Due to various issues among its members however, Afterbirth disbanded shortly thereafter the recording. More...