Atoll Announce ‘Human Abstract’ + Release Title Track
Photo credit: Matti WayThe Phoenix-based extreme metal powerhouse Atoll have announced their new album, Human Abstract, which is set for release on August 25th. The full length album can be pre-saved here. To celebrate the announcement, the band unleashed the bone crushing title track, “Human Abstract''.
“This song delves into the realm of alien abduction, deliriously describing the process of extracting the essence and energy of the human form. The track offers a harrowing narrative, painting a grotesque picture of dissection and the cold detachment of otherworldly beings.”
“We wanted to create a sonic experience that would engulf listeners in an eerie atmosphere, where the boundaries between reality and the unknown blur. With ‘Human Extract,’ we aimed to capture the essence of fear and vulnerability, delivering a musical journey that mirrors the horrors of alien abduction and the horrors of earth and man. It’s an intense, cathartic exploration of the human condition.”
Atoll is made up of Wade Taylor (vocals), Chris Nick (guitar), Spenser Ferguson (guitar), Cameron Broomfield (bass) and Andy Luffey (drums). In 2014 the death metal quintet emerged from the desert wastelands of Phoenix, Arizona and have aggressively served their unique style for the past decade. They brilliantly blend brutal death metal with more traditional death metal elements, grind, and even a dash of ‘core, funk, and thrash. Their composition favors riffs rather than the common verse-chorus-verse arrangement, giving their music less predictable and more unique. Atoll has shared the stage with several incredible bands such as Skinless, Gorgasm, Ingested, and Aborted. Their love of the tour bus life and delivering the highest quality show possible has given them the reputation of being a consistent, unrelenting live force.
Atoll quickly shot up in the local scene of Arizona and expanded their live shows throughout the southwest of the United States. This helped them build up further momentum for their 2016 debut album, The Gathering Swarm. Produced by Griffin “The Father” Kolinski (Knights Of The Abyss) and Jaime King (Between The Buried And Me), the album was quickly picked up and released by Ghastly Music.
Human Extract Tracklist:1. Human Extract2. The Simmering3. Stab Wounds Become Formless4. Homicidal Repentance5. Bikini Atoll Mutant Mayhem6. Justice In The Flesh7. The Final Conflict8. Bone Twister9. You And Your Friends Are DeadThe initial success of their debut caught the eye of Gorehouse Productions who released their sophomore album Fallout Frenzy. The vocals on the album show dynamic range, incorporating highs, mids, and some of the nastiest gutturals you’ll ever hear. The album lyrically further expanded on the origins of the band name, embracing themes of the atom bomb tests of Bikini Atoll in the 50’s, and the subsequent radioactive fallout and mutations that occurred after the bombings.
The 2019 critically acclaimed album, Zoopocalypse, is in-your-face aggression from front to back. Departing from the rudimentary slams of their previous work, this album implements more technicality, tremolo and scaling, and a more advanced death metal sound that would represent the direction the band is moving in. The album even includes a feature from Matti Way of Disgorge, Abominable Putridity and Pathology.
During the global pandemic Atoll was able to strike a deal with Unique Leader Records and released the Prepuce EP in 2022. The mini-release was just a taste of what the band has coming for their next two length albums.
