One of the most catchy and brutal records of the death metal genre to have come in the last few years is Aborteds’ Terrorvision, in my opinion, special due to the concept that permeates the albums’ lyrics and artwork.
For this essay I am going to focus on the artwork of said record, courtesy of Par Olofsson, because once you look past the huge monsters in live colours on the package itself and open the booklet, you are granted with images of gore, but with references to the numbness brought on by the excessive use of smartphones, as most of the people depicted are zombie-like staring at their phones, even as they are pierced by the talons of the horrifying monsters that appear on the cover.
Gore and artwork reminiscent of John Carpenters’ “They Live”, serves as both caution and illustration of the Terrorvision depicted throughout the album by Sven and his very competent bandmates.
As for the music itself, the album is a relentless assault of aggressive music and very gory and elaborated lyrics, highly recommended to fans of death metal, but not for those who aren’t familiar with the genre, closer “entry point” records can be found in other albuns.
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