Chabtan
“Eleven”
2012
What little I know of France is contained to bits about the Reign of Terror and Napoleon. They have in the modern era a reputation of kowtowing and surrendering so Chabtan is a surprise. What the fuck are they so pissed off at? I don’t know but it has given us a brutal heavy album with serious repeatability. I had listened to Divine Vengeance three times in a row before I realized shit I need to go to the next track, which is Bloodstained Hate. This is another track I let play over and over. They are listed as a deathcore band, and while I would not pigeonhole them I would put them more on the side of a band like Aborted, which they don’t sound like for assault and heaviness as opposed to say Bring Me The Horizon. I think they naysayers of new bands who make marginalizing claims about today’s music underestimate how awesome and serious it is that a band can create and keep this level of intensity. There are many bands that fall into what I call “eddie trunk” or bourgeois metal category. Bands that write a couple of strong tracks and then you want to throw the rest of the album away. This is not one of those, and many of the bands I have reviewed have the strength and integrity to make it all count. Chabtan is balls to the walls metal. I love the vocals, all the layers and the dynamics. The production is complimentary to all of the musicians.
Tracklist:
1. Cult of Blood
2. This Day Is Red
3. Betrayer
4. Divine Vengeance
5. Bloodstained Hate
6. Nacon
7. Worshipping Death
8. Eleven
https://www.facebook.com/officialchabtan
Members:
Laurent Gasperetii – Bass
Yanis Bergheul – Drums
Christofer Rousseau – Vocals
Dimitri Merly – Guitars
Jean-Philippe Porteux – Guitars
Rating: 10 out of 10
~Alaric Hannibal Barca