Aborym

Italy's Aborym achieved its definitive formation in 1997 after an abortive early phase lasting from 1991 to 1993. Malfeitor Fabban, who managed bass, synthesizers, and programming duties, recruited Sethlans on guitars and samples together with vocalist Yorga SM to produce the self-funded Antichristian Nuclear Sabbath demo. The recording drew the participation of Attila Csihar, already celebrated for his foundational contributions to Mayhem, as the new singer and Nysrok SS as lead guitarist; both joined the lineup ahead of the 1999 Scarlet Records album Kali Yuga Bizarre. That release unveiled a singular strain of futuristic black metal whose jagged samples, electronic drums, and industrial textures defied straightforward classification. The 2001 follow-up Fire Walk with Us ventured further into challenging and sonically oblique territory. Citing drum'n'bass, jungle, techno, classical, and EBM among its reference points, With No Human Intervention in 2003 sustained the electronic emphasis within black metal and proved to be the final album featuring vocalist Attila Csihar, who rejoined Mayhem, and guitarist Set Teitan, who entered Dissection. Mysticum's Preben Mulvik assumed vocal responsibilities for the well-received Generator, issued by Season of Mist in 2006, after which four years elapsed before the band returned to the studio. A series of personnel shifts preceded the 2010 release Psychogrotesque. Reduced to the trio of Fabban, Bård G. Eithun, and newly added guitarist Paolo Pieri, the album presented a single composition segmented into ten parts and was characterized by the band as "a harsh sonic monolith of sickness and depravity." The Agonia Records double LP Dirty arrived in 2013, its first disc devoted to original material and its second disc containing reworked older tracks along with three covers. Co-founder Fabban assembled an entirely new supporting lineup augmented by multiple guest musicians for the 2017 album Shifting.Negative.