ABIGAIL WILLIAMS "A Void Within Existence" [12" LP, Grey Vinyl, Gatefold]
2025 - Symphonic Black/Metalcore/Atmospheric Black Metal from United States
Detailed Description
Produced by frontman Ken Sorceron and mixed by renowned engineer Dave Otero (Aborted, Akhlys), "A Void Within Existence" is a scorched offering of black metal transcendence: harrowing, cinematic, and utterly uncompromising. Drums are performed by the virtuosic Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Ghost Bath), whose work here blurs the line between precision and chaos. Lyrically, the album dives deep into existential themes of loss, disintegration, and unreality. Tracks like "Still Nights" and "No Less Than Death" reflect on identity through surreal and fragmented images - distant lights, poisoned memories, dreams where "there is no pain." Elsewhere, songs like "Embrace The Chasm" and "Life, Disconnected" summon visions of cosmic dread and personal oblivion, confronting the listener with raw emotion and esoteric vision. The record is accompanied by striking cover art from Eliran Kantor (Testament, Bloodbath), whose visual interpretation mirrors the inner desolation and mythic scope of the music. "This record was born in the quiet hours, when everything felt hollow," Sorceron reflects. ""A Void Within Existence" isn't just a title - it's a feeling I couldn't shake while writing. There's a loneliness threaded through these songs that came from somewhere deeper than I expected. The world outside was falling apart, and in a way, so was the one inside. I wanted to push beyond the limits we explored on "Walk Beyond the Dark". Sonically, emotionally, spiritually - nothing was off-limits. I produced the album to stay close to that vision, and with Dave Otero on the mix and Mike Heller behind the kit, everything came to life exactly how I heard it in my head: raw, vast, and crushing. This is a record about absence. About peeling away what isn't real - examining the void left behind. If there's anything left after that - maybe it's the truth. Maybe it's just the void. Either way, this is the most honest I've ever been. "A Void Within Existence" is more than an album. It's a crucible - a journey through the fire where only shadow and silence remain."
