AN NCS PREMIERE: ABYSSAL RIFT — “SPHERE OF PERPETUITY”

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Jun 222026
 

(written by Islander)

The last time we hosted a premiere for Ohio-based Abyssal Rift, in the lead-up to their 2023 debut album Extirpation Dirge, we described the music as abyssal and extraterrestrial, abysmal and maddened, imperiously malignant and violent — “a rendering of death/doom that’s viscerally arresting but also atmospherically surreal, and strangely seductive as well as monstrous”.

That debut album was so frighteningly arresting that the thought of what they might do next triggered recollection of that famous line from the sci-fi horror film The Fly: “Be afraid. Be very afraid.” Well, now we know what they’ve done next, and the warning is valid.

What they’ve done next is create a second album named Relics of Great Ash that will be released on August 14th by the band’s new label Transcending Obscurity Records. And what we’re doing next is bringing you the premiere of its third single, “Sphere of Perpetuity“. Continue reading »

AN NCS PREMIERE: ABYSSAL RIFT — “THE EYE”

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Nov 132023
 

In case you missed Decibel Magazine‘s premiere of Abyssal Rift‘s song “The Scourge“, here’s a recap:

It’s every bit as frightening as the cover art above for this Ohio band’s debut album Extirpation Dirge. Hell, it’s even more frightening — both abyssal and extraterrestrial, abysmal and maddened in the sensations generated by the eerie reverberation of its swirling and swarming riffage, its strangely writhing leads, and the monstrous roars and ghastly screams welling up from catacomb depths.

But that’s not all. The song moves from hammering and scathing intensity into a wraithlike realm, where swaths of ambient eeriness surround glimmering and glittering notes and musing bass tones. Then the chords lurch like a behemoth, gargantuan and grim, heaving ahead as those horror-show vocals rise up once more and a guitar wails in agony. Continue reading »