Aborted
Encyclopedia
- For the medical procedure, see AbortionAbortionAbortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus or embryo prior to viability. An abortion can occur spontaneously, in which case it is usually called a miscarriage, or it can be purposely induced...
Aborted is a Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band formed in Waregem
Waregem
Waregem is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the Leie River, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem proper. On...
, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom, and the United States. Aborted has released six studio albums, two EPs and one live performance DVD.
Allmusic stated that Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind
Deathgrind
Deathgrind is a musical genre that fuses death metal and grindcore. The genre, along with pornogrind, is related to the goregrind subgenre...
genres" and described the band's style as "unrestrained grindcore savagery and meticulously crafted death metal technicality".
History
Aborted was founded by the Belgian vocalist Sven de Caluwé in 1995. The band subsequently released a demo tape and eventually were signed to Uxicon Records. Since then the band has released three splits (on Soulreaper Records, Bones Brigade, and Listenable Records, respectively), six full-length albums, two EPs, and a DVD. Aborted are currently signed to Century Media RecordsCentury Media Records
Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...
. According to Allmusic, Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind genres".
On December 1, 2009, de Caluwé announced the band's current line-up, including his former Whorecore co-member Eran Segal on guitar, his System Divide
System Divide
System Divide is an extreme modern metal/melodic death metal band, formed by the couple Sven de Caluwé and Miri Milman , and originating and featuring members from Israel, Belgium and the US.-History:...
co-member Cole Martinez on bass, Abigail Williams
Abigail Williams (band)
Abigail Williams is an American metal band, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but now based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2004, the group would suffer constant changes to their line-up...
vocalist/guitarist Ken Sorceron on guitar, and former collaborator Dirk Verbeuren
Dirk Verbeuren
Dirk Verbeuren is a heavy metal drummer for Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork, French melodic death metal band, Scarve , French melodic death metal band, Phaze I, Dutch death-thrash metal band, Anatomy of I, and American thrash metal band, Powermad...
on drums as a session member, though the touring drummer will be Ken Bedene of Abigail Williams. The band released the Coronary Reconstruction
Coronary Reconstruction
Coronary Reconstruction is an EP by the Belgian death metal band Aborted, released on January 14, 2010 through Century Media Records. The album is the first to be recorded with the band's new 2009 line-up, and was released mainly as a digital EP, with only 1,000 physical copies made...
EP, the first with the new line-up, on January 14, 2010.
On March 28, 2011, de Caluwé announced that recording for Aborted's seventh studio album, Global Flatline
Global Flatline
Global Flatline is the upcoming seventh studio album by the Belgium-based death metal band Aborted. It is scheduled for release in January 2012, through Century Media Records. The album was recorded at Hansen Studios in Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen, and is the first to feature ex-Abigail...
would begin in June. The album is reported to contain fifteen tracks. Global Flatline will be produced by Jacob Hansen, who previously worked with Aborted on 2003's Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done
Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done is the third full length album by Belgian death metal band Aborted. It was released in 2003. All but the last track feature samples of a medical and/or horror note...
and 2004's The Haematobic EP
The Haematobic EP
-Track listing:Videos-Personnel:* Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – vocals* Bart Vergaert – guitars* Thijs De Cloedt – guitars* Frederik Vanmassenhove – bass* Dirk Vanbueren – drums-References:*[ The Haematobic EP ] at Allmusic...
.
On June 20, 2011, the band entered Hansen Studios in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
with Jacob Hansen to record Global Flatline. On July 9, 2011, it was confirmed that recording for Global Flatline has been completed. Confirmed guest vocalists on the album include Julien Truchan of Benighted
Benighted
Benighted is a brutal death metal band formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Julien Truchan, guitarists Liem N'Guyen and Olivier Gabriel, bassist Eric Lombard and drummer Kevin "Kikou" Foley...
, Keijo Niinimaa of Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...
and Jason Netherton of Misery Index
Misery Index (band)
Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...
. Global Flatline will be released in January 2012. A digital single of the title track will be released on October 25, 2011. Guitarist Eran Segal has confirmed that Aborted will be appearing at the 2012 edition of Hellfest
Hellfest
Hellfest started as a hardcore punk music festival during the summer of 1996 in Syracuse, New York. Named for the intense summer heat at the show, it soon became a staple festival for the hardcore and punk rock scene...
.
Band members
Current members- Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – lead vocals (1995–present)
- Eran Segal – guitar (2009–present)
- Mike Wilson – guitar (2011–present)
- J.B. Van Der Wal – bass (2011–present)
- Ken Bedene – drums (2009–present)
Studio session & live members
- Étienne Gallo – live drums (2006)
- Dave Haley – studio drums for Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2006)
- Matan Shmuely – live drums in IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
(2006) - Ariën van Wesenbeek – live drums (2007)
- Dirk VerbeurenDirk VerbeurenDirk Verbeuren is a heavy metal drummer for Swedish melodic death metal band, Soilwork, French melodic death metal band, Scarve , French melodic death metal band, Phaze I, Dutch death-thrash metal band, Anatomy of I, and American thrash metal band, Powermad...
– drums, percussion (2003–2004, 2009–2011)
Former members
- Niek Verstraete – guitar (1997–2002)
- Christophe Herreman – guitar (1998–2000)
- Thijs De Cloedt – guitar (2000–2006)
- Bart Vergaert – guitar (2002–2005)
- Stephane Soutreyard – guitar (2005–2006)
- Matty Dupont – guitar (2006)
- Sebastien "Seb Purulator" Tuvi – guitar, backing vocals (2006–2009)
- Peter Goemaere – guitar (2007–2009), bass (2006–2007)
- Koen Verstraete – bass (1997–2002)
- Frederik Vanmassenhove – bass (2002–2006)
- Olivia Scemama – bass (2006)
- Sven "Svenchi" Janssens – bass (2007–2009)
- Steven Logie – drums (1997–1998)
- Frank Rousseau – drums (1998–2003)
- Gilles Delecroix – drums (2004–2006)
- Dan WildingTrigger the BloodshedTrigger the Bloodshed are a British death metal band from Bath, England, formed in 2006. The band comprises guitarists and founders Rob Purnell and Martyn Evans, as well as vocalist Jonny Burgan, bassist Dave Purnell and drummer Dan Wilding...
– drums (2007–2009) - Ken Sorceron – guitar (2009–2011)
- Cole Martinez – bass (2009–2011)
Discography
Studio albums- The Purity of PerversionThe Purity of PerversionThe Purity of Perversion is the first full length album by Belgian death metal band Aborted.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – vocals*Koen Verstraete - Bass*Niek Verstraete - Guitars*Frank Rosseau - Drums...
(Uxicon, 1999) - Engineering the DeadEngineering the Dead2008 re-release bonus tracks-Personnel:*Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – vocals*Thijs De Cloedt – lead guitar*Niek Verstraete – guitar*Koen Verstraete – bass*Frank Rousseau – drums-References:*[ Engineering the Dead] at Allmusic...
(Listenable, 2001) - Goremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage DoneGoremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage DoneGoremageddon: The Saw and the Carnage Done is the third full length album by Belgian death metal band Aborted. It was released in 2003. All but the last track feature samples of a medical and/or horror note...
(Listenable, 2003) - The Archaic AbattoirThe Archaic AbattoirThe Archaic Abattoir is the fourth album by Aborted. The song "Dead Wreckoning" contains audio samples from the film American Psycho, and the song "Threading On Vermillion Deception" contains audio from the film Blade.-Track listing:...
(Listenable, 2005) - Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical OvertureSlaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical OvertureSlaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture is the fifth album by death metal band Aborted. David Haley from Psycroptic was the featured drummer for the release....
(Century Media, 2007) - Strychnine.213Strychnine.213Strychnine.213 is the sixth studio album by the Belgian death metal band Aborted, released on June 24, 2008 through Century Media Records. The sample used in the song "A Murmur in Decrepit Wits" is Aborted's take on a 1980s interview with Charles Manson....
(Century Media, 2008) - Global FlatlineGlobal FlatlineGlobal Flatline is the upcoming seventh studio album by the Belgium-based death metal band Aborted. It is scheduled for release in January 2012, through Century Media Records. The album was recorded at Hansen Studios in Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen, and is the first to feature ex-Abigail...
(Century Media, 2012)
Extended plays
- The Haematobic EPThe Haematobic EP-Track listing:Videos-Personnel:* Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – vocals* Bart Vergaert – guitars* Thijs De Cloedt – guitars* Frederik Vanmassenhove – bass* Dirk Vanbueren – drums-References:*[ The Haematobic EP ] at Allmusic...
(Listenable, 2004) - Coronary ReconstructionCoronary ReconstructionCoronary Reconstruction is an EP by the Belgian death metal band Aborted, released on January 14, 2010 through Century Media Records. The album is the first to be recorded with the band's new 2009 line-up, and was released mainly as a digital EP, with only 1,000 physical copies made...
(Century Media, 2010)
DVDs
- The Auricular ChroniclesThe Auricular ChroniclesThe Auricular Chronicles is a live performance DVD by the Belgium-based death metal band Aborted. It contains the band's live performances including a full concert from May 2006 in Paris. It was released in October 2006 by Listenable Records.-Background:...
(Listenable, Live DVD, 2006)
Demos
- The Necrotorous Chronicles (Demo, Esophagus, 1997)
- The Splat Pack (Demo, 1998)
Splits
- Eructations of Carnal Artistry (split CD with Christ Denied, 2000)
- Created to Kill (4-way split CD with Misery IndexMisery Index (band)Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...
, BrodequinBrodequinBrodequin is a death metal band from Knoxville, Tennessee. Formed in 1998 by brothers Mike and Jamie Bailey, the band has released three full-length albums to date.-The band's music:...
and Drowning) (2002) - Deceased in the East/Extirpated Live Emanations (live split 10" record with ExhumedExhumed (band)Exhumed is an American death metal band from San Jose, California, most recently signed to Relapse Records. They were formed in 1990, when sole remaining founding member Matt Harvey was at the age of 15. Exhumed spent much of the ensuing decade hacking its way through numerous demos, split CDs,...
, 2003)