Absurd – Blutgericht (2005)

November 8, 2023

I’ve always found Absurd to be as awful musically as their personal beliefs but after randomly stumbling onto their “second wind” period I was forced to change my mind. Totenlieder, with its powerful riffs and rabid vocals (some of the best in the game), coupled with its folk-simplicity and morose melodic qualities, had me re-assessing my viewpoint on Absurd.

Blutgericht is well, maybe not more of the same as what we got on Totenlieder, but it is very similar and unfortunately just not as good. It’s not to say that Blutgericht is bad, it just doesn’t have the memorable songs that came before in the previous record. Production-wise, things are more or less the same, with the same polished sound and excellent clarity. The vocals, drumming and riffs are all great once more, but this just doesn’t come out as memorable as Totenlieder.