That‘s a wrap

 That‘s a wrap. 2022 has been an amazing year for us. After over two years without shows, we‘ve finally played live again and released a new record. „Molten Husk“ came out four months ago and we couldn‘t be happier with it. We can't remember ever getting so much good feedback for a record. A big thank you goes out to all of you who supported us this year. We had to cancel a couple of shows because of various reasons but we‘ll make it up next year. 

 Shout out to our friends in Ashenspire, Phantom Winter, Organa, A Secret Revealed and to Basti & Moment of Collapse Records. To give you something back, you can use the code ‚ending2022’ on our bandcamp page to get a 25% discount. It’s valid till the end of the holidays. There’s also a tiny bit of merch online in small sizes. Enjoy! 

https://abest.bandcamp.com 

Ps.: In case you might care, you can find our favorite records of this year on the second slide. 

 Photos by @sulphurousvisions

Weekender w/ A Secret Revealed

 Our last shows of 2022 will take place in Gießen and Leipzig. Both shows will be together with A Secret Revealed. 

16.12. Gießen, AK44 w/ Bloodjob 

https://facebook.com/events/s/a-secret-revealed-abest-bloodj/1339109543496023/ 

17.12. Leipzig, Stö 

https://facebook.com/events/s/abest-a-secret-revealed/2412375655593270/

Siegen w/ Phantom Winter

This coming November, we will be in Siegen at Vortex Musikclub together with Phantom Winter. It‘s our first time ever in Siegen, so we hope to see many new faces!

Pictures: Live in Emsdetten '22

 Pictures by our friend Denise

Molten Husk Release Show

We'll celebrate the release of "Molten Husk" on September 16th in one of our favorite locations: The infamous T-Keller in Göttingen. On top of that we invited our friends in Organa and Toadeater. See you there! 

Molten Husk Reviews, Part II

Another bunch of reviews for „Molten Husk“. Thank you so much for all the kind words! We are really overwhelmed and it‘s so cool to hear that all of you dig what we‘ve done on this new record. 

 „Prong, Yautja, vielleicht Full Of Hell - alle aber im sophisticated Gewaltausch, fast Feuilleton, trotzdem abgefuckt genug, um sich nicht zu sehr für Kunst zu interessieren. Spätestens wenn das Trio in Into A Mirrored Hall Mastodon mit fast schnörkelfreiem Old-School-Death-Metal dropkickt, ist der Spaß komplett.“ - Visions, Ausgabe 354 

„By not playing it safe or sticking to the script, Abest managed to create something far more interesting, and far more rewarding than many of their peers.“ - No Clean Singing 

https://www.nocleansinging.com/2022/08/23/ab·est-molten-husk/ 

„Produit avec doigté par Jan Oberg (à la manœuvre sur les albums de DOWNFALL OF GAIA, IMPLORE ou PRAISE THE PLAGUE), ce disque s’affiche d’ores et déjà comme l’une des sorties essentielles cette année en matière de post-metal/sludge dissonant (rayez la mention inutile). La frappe y est méthodique. Chirurgicale. Meurtrière. Et laissera l'auditeur sonné.“ - Hard Force

 https://hardforce.com/.../40580/ab-est-molten-husk-chronique 

„Abest haben ein kurzweiliges und überdurchschnittlich starkes Album abgeliefert, das neue Gedankenansätze in Genres wie Metallic Hardcore, Post-Metal, Sludge, oder Post-Hardcore wirft.“ - Betreutes Proggen 

https://www.betreutesproggen.de/2022/08/abest-molten-husk/ 

„Un disco ragionato e costruito con molta attenzione, in modo che non si ha mai, difatti, la parvenza di essere di fronte ad un prodotto costruito in fretta o con leggerezza. Ecco, leggerezza zero, per gli Abest.“ - Metalhead.it 

https://www.metalhead.it/album/abest-molten-husk/ 

„Having an album so precise and short really can be a godsend. I’m excited for future releases and curious to know what ancient German deities these lads are possessed by to be able to display all of this pure and bitter hatred for humanity.“ - The Sleeping Shaman 

https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/abest-molten-husk/

On Tour w/ Ashenspire

This coming October, we will hit the road together with Ashenspire from Glasgow. To get warmed up, listen to their absolutely amazing record ‚Hostile Architecture‘. It’s full of dissonant riffs and frantic jazz outbursts. This will be a weekend for the books, that‘s for sure. 

20/10 - Emscherdamm, Oberhausen 

21/10 - Gerber, Weimar 

22/10 - Stumpf, Hannover 

Poster by Tobias Holmbeck

Stream Molten Husk in full

„Molten Husk“ is streaming in full over at Decibel Magazine. You can also read some words written by Patrick over there as well. Enjoy! 

 https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2022/08/18/full-album-stream-abest-molten-husk/

Molten Husk Reviews, Part I

First reviews for „Molten Husk“ start poppin‘ up!

 „Komplett am Rad gedreht für vollen Erfolg: Abest drehen etwas an den Stellschrauben und machen damit alles richtig. „Molten Husk“ ist tatsächlich ihre bislang beste Platte, was bei dem ohnehin unterhaltsamen Katalog etwas heißt.“ - Demonic-Nights.at 

http://www.demonic-nights.at/2022/08/abest-molten-husk/

„There is not one ounce of subtlety on this album, the slow parts are devastating and feral, the fast parts brutal and fixated on hurting you and any relaxing of pace is interjected with the sort of unease that never fully prepares you for what is coming next. Abest are both devastatingly savage and unrelenting in equal measure and it’s a beautiful thing to behold.“ - Musipedia Of Metal 

https://musipediaofmetal.blogspot.com/2022/08/reviews-david-paich-abest-walter-trout.html

„Molten Husk de Abest es un disco cargado de sensaciones agresivas y furiosas, donde los elementos técnicos y elaborados son detalles que no merman en su música, pero ayudan a crear todo esa masa negra y cruel que la banda trata de enfocarse. Porque la música en su concepción solo te dice, escucha y recibirás muchas dosis de odio y fuerza en cada segundo. Buen disco.“ - Metallerium Webzine

 https://www.metallerium.com/abest-molten-husk-2022

 „Molten Husk“ will be out this Friday, August 19th, on Moment of Collapse Records.

Hannover on August 21st

 We well play Hannover next weekend on August 21st together with Trespasser! 

Molten Husk Video

Have you watched the video for "Molten Husk", the title track off our upcoming full length, yet? "Molten Husk" will be out August 19th.

 

Molten Husk out August 19th

Our new single „Molten Husk“ is available for streaming over at No Clean Singing together with a video done by Chariot Of The Black Moth. „Molten Husk“ is the title track of our upcoming full length which will be out August 19th on Moment Of Collapse Records. It can be pre-ordered on vinyl and cd right now by clicking on the link below. Digital pre-orders are available on our Bandcamp.

Listen to „Molten Husk“: https://www.nocleansinging.com/2022/07/12/an-ncs-premiere-abest-molten-husk/ 

Pre-Order „Molten Husk“: https://abest.momentofcollapse.com

Berlin w/ Crowskin & Flowers and Pines

Hey friends, we are stocked to back in Berlin on the 28th of May playing Under Water World Rigear Straße together with Crowskin and Flowers and Pines. Come around!

New song "Into A Mirrored Hall" streaming now!

We are proud to announce that our new full length "Molten Husk" will be out this Summer on Moment Of Collapse Records! You can stream the new single of it called "Into A Mirrored Hall" right now on all possible streaming platforms. 

https://orcd.co/intoamirroredhall

Braunschweig w/ Scunks & Sprüpuzz

 We will be back to Braunschweig for the first time in four years! The concert is for a good cause, so make sure to pack in some spare money. 

 https://www.facebook.com/events/282702330706264

Göttingen w/ Ultha and Unru

 We are stoked to announce that we will be supporting Ultha and Unru in Göttingen at the end of April. This will be our first show since two years. Can't wait to be back on stage!

Demo (Remastered)

Today marks the 10th anniversary of our demo. To celebrate this we planed to re-release it on vinyl. Due to the pandemic situation and the ongoing crisis on vinyl production for indie labels and artist, the vinyl will be available later this year. For now you can listen to the full remix and remaster of our demo done by Jan Oberg of Hidden Planet Studio on bandcamp. All proceeds out of the downloads will go directly to Mission Lifeline. 

 https://abest.bandcamp.com/album/demo-remastered

We are on Instagram

 From now on you can follow us on Instagram (and Facebook of course) to get all relevant updates. 

https://instagram.com/abestmetal

It's been two months..

„Narrative Subtracted“ is out for two months. Do you like the track? What if we tell you that in less than two months from today you‘ll be able to listen to more new music from us.. 

 Photo by Sulphurous Visions