Absurd – Schwarze Bande (2022)

March 12, 2024

Absurd’s fairly recent reincarnation has been something of a return to form. What we have here is seemingly a completely different line-up from the “Wolf”-led era, and it shows. The core of the band’s sound remains true, but the execution is different. The band have always had a punk edge to their music, and I always just assumed that this was due to the closeness of their / their audience’s proximity to RAC music. Whether this is true or not, Schwarze Bande has a rawer, looser approach to the punk influence in Absurd’s music. This is coupled with melodic and buzzsaw black metal riffs and rabid vocals to excellent effect, resulting in one of the strongest – if not the strongest – releases in Absurd’s long and inconsistent catalog. Well worth checking out.