The Canadian gour­mands of metal at Metal-Rules.com have reviewed the Abigail EP, rat­ing it 3 out of 5 (which trans­lates to “rec­om­mended for seri­ous fans” on their scale).

Metal-Rules says:

This five piece band from Astoria, New York plays an eclec­tic mix of death, black and thrash metal that draws as much musi­cal influ­ence from The Doors and Black Sabbath as Immortal, via Emperor and Deicide and Testament… Singer Stolas Trephinator mixes up tor­tured gur­gles and screams with death roars to great effect, and the fact that I’m reminded of Schmier, Zetro Souza, Abbath and Glen Benton can only be a good thing. And it’s well worth you to tak­ing the time to read their twisted lyrics, see­ing as how ABIGAIL was inspired by the true story of Abigail Taylor (I won’t spoil it for you here but you can look it up on Wikipedia)… With the jagged, doom-ish riff­ing and the black/death vocals, ABIGAIL is a great debut effort. With the inevitable improve­ment on later albums in the lyrics depart­ment as the band matures, Flaming Tusk will be one to keep an eye out for.

Read the full review by click­ing here

Download the Abigail EP.