Album Review: Abigail Williams – A Void Within Existence

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Album Review: Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence

Album Review: Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence

Reviewed by Rich Oliver

Abigail Williams are a band that have had multiple reinventions throughout their time from their metalcore influenced beginnings to symphonic black metal to melodic black metal to the atmospheric black metal sound that prevails today. The one constant throughout the twenty plus years of Abigail Williams is frontman, guitarist and band mastermind Ken Sorceron and he remains very much at the helm for the sixth album “A Void Within Existence”. Joining Ken is guitarist Vance Valenzuela (of Vale Of Pnath), bassist John Porada (of Pulchra Morte) and esteemed drummer Mike Heller (of Malignancy & Raven).

“A Void Within Existence” is an album that expands on what Abigail Williams did with the acclaimed predecessor to this album - “Walk Beyond The Dark” in 2019 - with a darker, more despondent and bleaker feel. The atmosphere is as bleak as can be from the dissonant album opener ‘Life Disconnected’ to the haunting and melancholic ‘Nonexistence’ to the unbridled fury of ‘Still Nights’.

Album Review: Abigail Williams - A Void Within Existence

‘Talk To Your Sleep’ has a doomy and dirgy feel to it whilst bringing back the discordant sound heard earlier in the album. Abigail Williams have never sat still, always bringing something new to the table with each album and this can clearly be heard in album closer ‘No Less Than Death’ with its heavy use of clean vocals which are damn effective and really enhance the sombre feel of the song.

This album is a further progression for Abigail Williams bringing in some new and different influences into the band’s sound and it is definitely some of the strongest material the band has put out. “A Void Within Existence” is an extremely well crafted collection of songs which evoke different moods and atmospheres bringing anger, fear, sadness and despair all together in one bleak and wonderful package. This is the most mature and accomplished album the band have done to date. Black metal fans and fans of dark metal in general should definitely check this out.

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