SHIFT - 'Abandon' 



CSR236CD (12 May 2017)
CD in spot-varnished digipak
Barcode: 0641871744923



Following the unrestrained act of aggression that was 2014's "Altamont Rising", Swedish Death Industrial act SHIFT returns to more personal and ethereal domains on "Abandon". Created over a ten year period from a huge cache of sources, boiled down to four tracks of unyielding slow moving heaviness. Abandon features several guest appearances and is SHIFT's most complex recording to date.

"Abandon [uh-ban-duh n] The concept of leaving completely and finally forsake utterly; desert: to abandon a child; to abandon a sinking ship. To give up; discontinue; withdraw from: to abandon hope. To give up the control of: to abandon a city to an enemy army. To yield (oneself) without restraint or moderation; give (oneself) over to natural impulses, usually without self-control: to abandon oneself. Law. to cast away, leave, or desert, as property or a child. Obsolete. To banish."

Spot-varnished digipak.

Track listing:

1. To Rid Them All And To Wash Their Filth From My Body (11:19)
2. Nothing – No One (7:42)
3. Recaptured II (3:18)
4. Armed, Disturbed, Hostile (19:15)

Reviews:

"...an Expeditious Descent into the Heart of Hopelessness... Abandon, as is clear from its namesake, is heartless; above all, it is crushing. In short, it’s nothing short of absolutely fucking powerful!.. ‘some people just want to watch the world burn‘ - Abandon is the perfect soundtrack to the growing flames." (Heathen Harvest)

"The low, brooding record has a much appreciated grimness, and the distorted, detached vocals help add to the creep value. Shift is a solid part of the Swedish death industrial scene, and keeps improving with each release." (4/5 Musique Machine)

"una tra le massime realtà post-industriali di ultima generazione... La resa audio sopraffina ed estremamente potente si sposa alla perfezione con un disco basato su poche e incisive elettrificazioni... Conferma di rara qualità" (Darkroom)

"El nuevo disco de Shift es directo y sangrante, escandaloso como una cuchillada en pleno estómago. Abandon está vertebrado por cuatro cortes en los que los paisajes opacos y el ruido demoledor se arremolinan de forma centrípeta... El nuevo trabajo de Shift se desmarca notablemente de sus predecesores, ofreciendo una heterogeneidad compositiva que enriquece la discografía de este excepcional proyecto sueco." (NOmelody Magazine)