ABSU – The Third Storm Of Cythrául LP (Ultra Clear/Blue Marble Shade Swirl Vinyl)

March 2023 pressing: 500x ultra clear with sea blue marble shade swirl 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined innerbag, poster A2, full-color on 150g art paper, gatefold cover, full-color on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.
Remixed audio from 2013.

This is one of those albums that is not well received by the many metal heads for a simple reason. The huge success of the great album by Absu, Tara, made many new Absu fans almost overnight. Fans hungry for more turned to older Absu. The Third Storm of Cythraul being the closest full length album to Tara fans discovered it and were disappointed that it was quite different than Tara. While Tara was technical, very technical, and well thought of and laid out to the point of perfection, The Third Storm of Cythraul does not do this. Focusing on what Absu inherited from 80’s black/thrash bands (judging by the sound of this album possessed and Celtic frost inspired it) they produced a much needed album for the time. One that wasn’t afraid to take what metal was in the 80’s, raw, fast, high pitched, and just plain straight forward and riff based and put it into one good black/thrash album.