Abhorrence

Abhorrence is a Finnish death metal band originally formed in 1989.

Abhorrence was formed in early 1989 by guitarists Tomi Koivusaari (of Violent Solution) and Kalle Mattsson, vocalist Jukka Kolehmainen and bassist Jussi Ahlroth (who had played in a band called Disaster), as well as drummer Kimmo Heikkinen. For some time they played under several different names until settling on Abhorrence, playing dozens of concerts alongside bands like Xysma and Funebre. After recording and releasing one demo tape, titled Vulgar Necrolatry, they released a 7″ EP on Seraphic Decay Records. Without a written contract of any kind, the band lost all of the master tapes and possible future revenues.

After several more gigs around Finland, a short visit to Norway (one gig and a party/sleepover at black metal band Mayhem‘s house) with their second drummer Mika Arnkil (on leave from Antidote), the band broke up in 1990, but reunited in 2013. Koivusaari went on to play in Amorphis.

Abhorrence reunited in 2013 for a few gigs to celebrate the release of a compilation album and forgetting to disband again. Since then, in a state of uncertain existence, materializing just to spew out a slew of new obscenities, only to fade out of reality again. A perpetual Schrödinger’s band. Influenced by bands of the late-80’s like Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Funebre, Nihilist/Entombed, Pungent Stench, Autopsy, Xysma, Napalm Death and so forth, but mainly trying their best to sound nothing like them.

2012 saw the release of the 2LP compilation CD “Completely Vulgar“. In 2017, Abhorrence released “Totally Vulgar – Live at Tuska Open Air 2013” as a CD and LP.

In September of 2018, the mini-LP and CD release of “Megalohydrothalassophobic” was unleashed and quoted as their “first new piece of music since 1990”.