itSELF have pulled together some heavy hitters
IN 2009, THIS Brazilian duo selfreleased Make My Suffer Short, a tight and acerbic death/thrash album that gained enough traction for them to tour globally for a few years. After a long period of inactivity, the core of itSELF have now returned but with little mention of their previous efforts, instead focusing on the talent they’ve assembled to create their second record. The presence of Psycroptic’s Jason Peppiatt on vocals and ex-Obscura bassist Linus Klausenitzer’s meandering strings sitting high in the mix certainly adds a bit more interest to The Absence, but it’s the addition of Carsten Altena from Dutch oddballs The Monolith Deathcult that firmly erases the lineage from the band’s debut.