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Artist Spotlight - The Human Abstract |
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
 One of the busiest
touring bands in metal, the Arizona based The Human Abstract is out in
full force touring behind their sophomore release, Midheaven.
The band just recently finished a tour with Trivium and All That
Remains and just started up a tour with Japanese noise metallers Dir
En Grey on November 14th. Midheaven is the first album for the band without founding member A.J. Minette,
who decided to pursue other musical interests outside the genre. New
guitarist Andrew Tapley has come in to the mix and helps make Midheaven a bit different from the band’s debut
album, Nocturne. The first sign of a shift in focus
away from straight metalcore is the lead off track and single “A
Violent Strike.” There are elements of their past in the new
songs, such as “This World Is A Tomb” and “The
Path.” The album also delves a bit into their classical tastes
and shows off those features more so on this album in the past. Midheaven
is a concept record that describes a story of an undisclosed man
dealing his a somber and meager existence. The band pulled together
the concept through real stories the band had either lived through or
had heard about while writing the album.
The band has toured
extensively over the years with just about anyone in the metal scene
and has hopped on the Warped Tour a few times as well. The new tour
could end up being one of the group’s most high profile gigs
(outside of Warped) to date with the always mysterious Dir En Grey.
The Human Abstract will be the
only English speaking band of the
night, due to Dir En Grey’s all Japanese lyrics. But either
way, you are in for a very cerebral and exploratory night of metal
with the The Human Abstract when they arrive at Clutch Cargo’s on
Tuesday, November 18th.
The Human
Abstract will be opening for Dir En Grey this Tuesday, November 18th
at Clutch Cargos. Tickets are $29.50 and are available at
www.ticketmaster.com.
Additional dates can be found at www.myspace.com/thehumanabstract.
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