Abraham | idsungwüssä | Pelagic Records

Release Date: 26 September 2025

Format: Digital / Vinyl / CD

Genre: Post Metal, Sludge, Experimental

Country: Switzerland

After four albums that have carved deep scars into the European post-metal scene, Abraham returns with “Idsungwüssä”, their fifth full-length and the final chapter in their apocalyptic trilogy. Known for their bleak atmospheres and philosophical undertones, the Swiss collective once again step into the void with a record that sounds as if it’s written from the ashes of humanity itself.

Their previous releases, especially “Débris De Mondes Perdus” and “Look, Here Comes The Dark!”, were vast explorations of ruin and rebirth. “Idsungwüssä” continues that path but shifts the perspective, away from Earth and into a cosmic wilderness, where desolation turns into transcendence. The album’s concept follows a parallel thread to their earlier works, closing the circle not through repetition, but through expansion.

The production, shaped between late 2024 and early 2025, captures an intensity that feels lived-in. You can almost sense the fatigue and determination of the band as they balanced daily life with creative struggle. This pressure becomes part of the music. The sound is enormous, thick layers of guitars stacked in an unusual way, left and right channels in unison while the center bursts through with a third voice. The result is colossal and suffocating, drenched in reverb that turns riffs into waves of distortion.

Vocals delivered in Swiss-German give the album a unique edge, blending anguish with a kind of distant ritualism. When they rise from beneath the instrumental mass, they sound less human and more elemental, like something screaming from the void. Between the heavier passages, melodic interludes and fragile moments of calm appear, not as relief but as emotional depth. The band’s use of organ, Moog, and additional keys brings an eerie, almost liturgical texture, like an ancient signal sent through space.

“Idsungwüssä” unfolds as a journey rather than a collection of songs. It stretches across despair and transcendence, moving from grinding sludge passages to ethereal stretches that dissolve into silence before another storm returns. It’s not an easy listen, but that’s precisely its strength. This is music made to confront the listener rather than comfort them.

By the album’s closing moments, there’s a sense of finality, a strange peace among ruins. Abraham don’t simply continue their saga, they bring it to an end with conviction, beauty, and an honesty that few bands in post-metal can claim. It’s an album that demands patience and rewards immersion. A powerful and immersive finale from a band unafraid to dig deep into the bleakest corners of existence, “Idsungwüssä” stands as a fitting closure to Abraham’s trilogy, harsh, human, and haunting.

Score: 7.0

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