Terrorvision is the highly anticipated follow-up to Aborted’s 2016 album Retrogore, and is scheduled to drop on the eve of the bands upcoming Australian tour. Ahead of that tour, Metal Wani had a chat to the bands resident screamer Sven De Caluwe to talk about the album, the tour, merchandise, and where the name Terrorvision came from.
They begin the conversation by talking about the bands upcoming Australian tour with The Black Dahlia Murder – their first tour in the country since 2014 – and one which covers some of the more remote touring locations in Australia. When asked on what the bands thoughts are on commencing an album launch tour in support of Terrorvision in Australia De Caluwe recalled “When we released Necrotic Manifesto, it also got released when we were in Australia, it got released a few weeks before, but it was literally the first tour for Necrotic Manifesto was in Australia so that was pretty funny and I guess it’s history repeats itself”.
On the subject of the new album, and where it fits into The Aborted’s discography, De Caluwe remarks “Terrorvision takes off where Retrogore ended in the way that we are further more exploring what I like to call The Aborted dark universe which is, melody might not be the exact right term for it, but where we explore different textures and a dark vibe to the songs that takes us to different places than we have been before”.
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The conversation then shifts into the more ambient nature of the album, and how the use of melody brings the tracks an ethereal presence that differs from what The Aborted fans might expect. “There’s no point in releasing an album of its not as good or better than the previous one, and there’s no point in repeating yourself either” De Caluwe notes when quizzed about the stylistic differences that are present on the new album and how the band has grown since their last release.
The discussion then transitions to the difficulties in writing and collaborating as a geographically dispersed band, something which seems to be on the rise in the industry lately, but something with which De Caluwe offers a very simple and brief explanation for “we’ve been picking the right members for the band, and I think having the right person is a lot more important than geographic location. So when you have the right people working together it works a lot more organic and better than it does even if you all live in the same city”.
The conversation closes out on the topic of merchandise, something that bands are continually trying to push the envelope with, but something The Aborted have achieved moderate success over the years by selling some truly unique items. When asked if the band was going to be releasing anything unique for Terrorvision, De Caluwe offered “yeah we did a collector bundle which was the Aborted Slumber Party Massacre Kit… basically all you need to camp out in your house and watch horror movies”