With Absolute Truth must come abolsute truth. The sophomore LP and continuing conceptual narrative from Portland one man death machine Becoming Akh is more complex, more technical and, sadly more unlistenable. Forsaking anything even remotely related to low-end frequencies, it’s painful to try and got to the admittedly technical prowess on display throughout the record. Continue reading “Becoming Akh: Absolute Truth (2017)”
What what I knew about Becoming Akh before coming into their 2015 EP Abolisher. It was metal, and it was on Transcending Records. I got the album and about a dozen others like it as part of a campaign to help Transcending Records with a flood that devastated their merchandise. I even wrote about it on Nine Circles. The first of a two-part concert album, Abolisher deals in a kind of mechanized progressive death/djent that sits high in a few sonic frequencies and eschews the rest. Continue reading “Becoming Akh: Abolisher EP (2015)”
Consuming the Tangible 