Abdullah

Abdullah was born out of the desire to create haunting and atmospheric hymns infused with both somber melody and primal heaviness. Formed during the bleak Cleveland Autumn of 1998 by Alan Seibert (playing the same guitar he'd used since he was fourteen) and Jeff Shirilla (pounding on a set of drums bought for $200 off a cocaine addict), the band created its first significant work, the Snake Lore demo in 1999. MeteorCity quickly signed them on the strength of that demo, and the band entered Suma Sound Recording (Grand Funk Railroad, The James Gang, Bloodrock) to produce their debut album in 2000. Metal Hammer called the record a "slugging sludgefest - A band so immersed in the quagmire of doom that you can almost smell the slothful saintliness of Saint Vitus and the eccentric pachyderm undulations of Electric Wizard - a mere glimpse of the beast into which Abdullah may well blossom."

Rounding out their full lineup as a five-piece during late 2001 and early 2002, the band returned to Suma Sound in April to blast out the dozen-plus songs that would make up their sophomore record, Graveyard Poetry. Graveyard… builds upon Abdullah’s critically-acclaimed foundation of massive, infectious doom riffs and heaven-striving vocal melodies by letting the members&Mac226; varied musical influences show a bit more; thus, the new record proudly recalls elements from Diamondhead to Thin Lizzy to Acid Bath to Venom. The key to transcending the stoner/doom genre, it seems, is not so much the desire to move beyond the boundaries of the narrow-minded genre, but rather the act of proceeded with no awareness that any boundaries exist. Abdullah resonate with a profound, fluid heaviness impossible to pigeonhole, and Graveyard Poetry is sure to appeal to any and all fans of music both heavy and emotional.