Abstract Rapture
Fentange, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | SELF
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The best kept secret in music
Press
"The drumming ... is ultra-tight, the guitars are impressive and the singer seems to match the qualities of James Hetfield. Remarkable is also the excellent heavy production of this album. Actually the conclusion can be no different from the fact that Democadencia is a very tight thrash metal release." - Goth Tronic
"These men put down a massive guitar-sound with chunky riffs. Shouter Dritt spits out his sing along slogans in the vein of Rob Flynn and
Max Cavalera, but he regularly switches to clean vocal lines. This interaction is applied in a perfect manner." - Metal Nose
"The song writing is extremely sophisticated, the guitar work more than impressive ...
They have the potential to become big in the current thrash metal scene..." - Disagreement.net
Discography
Asphyxiation - Demo 2003
Dead End Entry - EP 2006
Democadencia - LP 2008
Earth Crush - LP 2011
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Bio
ABSTRACT RAPTURE WERE FOUNDED IN MAY 2001 BY DRITTT (VOCALS), NOL (GUITARS), STEVE E. (BASS) AND STEVE R. (DRUMS). DURING 9 MONTHS, ABSTRACT RAPTURE WROTE MANY SONGS IN ORDER TO PLAY CONCERTS IN LUXEMBOURG AND THE NEARBY SURROUNDINGS. THEIR FIRST GIG WAS IN ATHUS, BELGIUM, AT THE MARIGNAN.
WITH POSITIVE REVIEWS, THEY CONTINUED PLAYING CONCERTS WITH BANDS FROM THE LUXEMBOURGISH SCENE.
TWO YEARS LATER THEY STARTED RECORDING THEIR FIRST DEMO CALLED «ASPHYXIATION». ALTHOUGH THE SOUND WAS NOT 100% (THE CD WAS RECORDED IN THE CELLAR WHERE THEY REHEARSED) IT SOLD VERY WELL AND GAVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ORGANIZE MORE SHOWS.
TOWARDS THE END OF MAY 2003, STEVE E. AND STEVE R. DECIDED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. THEN ROL JOINED THE BAND ON BASS. SPIT ARRIVED AT THE END OF DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. HOWEVER, HIS STYLE IMMEDIATELY FIT WITH THE BAND AND TWO WEEKS LATER, THE « RAPTORS » PLAYED THEIR FIRST SHOW AT THE ROX BAR IN THE GRUND, LUXEMBOURG. THE BAR FILLED QUICKLY AS PEOPLE REALLY GOT INTO THE MUSIC.
MANY CONCERTS FOLLOWED AND SLOWLY ABSTRACT RAPTURE BECAME WELL-KNOWN IN THE LUXEMBOURGISH METAL SCENE . DURING 2004 THEY PLAYED A LOT OF GIGS, WHICH ONLY SOLIDIFIED THEIR IRON WILL AND DETERMINATION TO PLAY.
IN JULY 2005, THEY ENTERED TIDALWAVE STUDIOS IN KARLSRUHE, GERMANY, TO RECORD THEIR 5-TRACK-EP, «DEAD END ENTRY». WHICH WAS RELEASED AT THE END OF DECEMBER 2005.
MEANWHILE, YOGY, GUITAR PLAYER OF THE BAND SCARRED, JOINED ABSTRACT RAPTURE AS FULL-TIME LEAD AND RHYTHM GUITARIST IN ORDER TO SUPPORT NOL AND BRING NEW INFLUENCES IN THE BAND.
IN MARCH 2007, ABSTRACT RAPTURE WON THE "WACKEN METAL BATTLE" IN LUXEMBOURG WHICH TOOK THEM TO THE WACKEN OPEN AIR FESTIVAL IN AUGUST 2007 TO SHOW THE WORLD THEIR UNIQUE STYLE OF MASSIVE METAL SOUND.
IN AUGUST, ABSTRACT RAPTURE HOOKED UP WITH MADDENING MEDIA WHO IMMEDIATELY SENT THEM TO THE TIDALWAVE STUDIOS TO RECORD THEIR FULL-LENGTH ALBUM "DEMOCADENCIA". THIS MONUMENT OF MODERN AND POWERFUL THRASH METAL WAS RELEASED ON MARCH 21ST, 2008 WORLDWIDE.
ON APRIL 2009, AFTER 6 YEARS OF HARD WORK, THE RAPTORS AND THEIR BASS PLAYER ROL DECIDED, UNANIMOUSLY, TO SEPARATE. FORMER BASS PLAYER, STEPHEN ELKINGTON, HAS REJOINED THE BAND.
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