Review by Daniel for Aborted - The Purity of Perversion (1999)

Aborted's debut album marked a pretty uneventful start to their career. While there was certainly plenty of brutality on display, they didn't really offer the listener anything much to help distinguish themselves from the rest of the generic brutal death metal on the market at the time. The big boys of the genre had been doing this stuff better for a good few years by this stage. To my ears "The Purity Of Perversion" sits somewhere between Suffocation's "Human Waste" EP & Cannibal Corpse's "Butchered At Birth" as far as style goes. In fact, the deeper vocals are very similar to early Suffocation. The production is pretty raw but it suitably maintains the energy level of the band. I find that the quality improves a little in the back end of the album but it's hard to pick out any highlight tracks as the material tends to be a bit samey. I think most death metal fans will find something of interest here. Just not enough to warrant too many repeat listens.