FINLAND · Svart Records
With strange aeons, even death may die – and a cult death metal band come back to life. Abhorrence, the pioneers of Finnish death metal are still at it after thirty years. Originally, the band lived for a single intense year of brutal old school death. In 1989-1990 the teenagers released one demo and one EP, disbanded, and left a permanent mark in the history of extreme metal. Guitarist Tomi Koivusaari went on to make a different kind of impact in the history of metal music with Amorphis.
In 2012 Svart Records released the old Abhorrence material as a compilation titled Completely Vulgar, reigniting the band’s heritage and cult status. The following year Abhorrence reformed to play live again. The unapologetic shows were extremely well received. Svart recorded one and released it as the live album Totally Vulgar – Live at Tuska Open Air 2013.
The old lineup was joined by the young drummer Waltteri Väyrynen of Paradise Lost/Opeth fame in 2016. A comeback EP Megalohydrothalassophobic was released in 2018 to an unsuspecting audience. It received high praise around the world and ended up on Decibel magazine’s Top 40 albums of the year -list. In 2025 the band recorded and released a celebration of 40 years of death metal in the form of Old Age, Sickness and Death Metal single; a tribute to the classics of the death metal genre, respecting the heroes of their youth and many of their contemporaries in Scandinavia.
2026 sees Abhorrence as vital as ever. Abhorrence is yet to release a full-length album. But stranger things have happened than a classic Finnish death metal band working on their first album over thirty decades later, full of energy, creativity and vision.
