Formed at the end of 2001 in Strasbourg, France, Absurdity started out by playing straight-ahead death metal, influenced by old Sepultura, Carcass and Bolt Thrower, but are now heading towards more metal-hardcore territory, with the addition of a sample player who gives the band its specific trademark sound.
Urban Strife has already got his specific artwork, as well as their own musical identity, and have performed almost 70 shows in France and all over Europe, playing with acts such as Gojira, 25 Ta Life, Arkangel, Benediction, Dew Scented, Benighted, Vader, Immolation, Suffocation, Rotting Christ
as well as Kronos, Obscenity , S-Core, Poppy Seed Grinder and many more
The Absurdity sound is cold and mechanical, alternating violent death metal passages with neck-snapping hardcore mosh breakdowns. Disembowelling / Earth shattering rhythms and mind numbingly mental.
Vitalizing shows make them a promising reference for the future. Absurdity's songs deal with the issues of the evil, social poverty or simply human misery, and the lyrics are influenced by authors such as Albert Camus, Franz Kafka and even Andre Malraux).You can almost taste the noxious atmosphere as you listen to the band's music whilst studying the album artwork - the abject misery and despair that man feels in his urban prison, set to a backdrop of overwhelming aural desolation.
Many tracks from the first demo Decline Of The Human Condition and samples from the first opus Urban Strife have appeared on compilations or samplers from such publications as Metallian Magazine, French Metal
A European tour with German friends cynical bastards is currently booking for September 2009, across Eastern European countries.
The new 3 track record Industreatment is the first part of a full length opus about what humanity has done to Mother Earth, and the impact of the consumer society on the environment. Since, The unanimous feedback from the press leads the band to sign a deal with believe Europe for a digital distribution of its records.
Get ready to be industreated !
