Review by: Nick Langdon - Sinister Online - 2004

Despite the potential for a brutal crossover scene, very few bands have combined black metal and death metal to create something that rivals the masters of said genres. Face it, no death/black metal band could scale the heights of Morbid Angel, Nile, Immolation, Crytopsy or Emperor, Darkthrone, Burzum, Limbonic Art et al, and lately only Myrkskog have been doing anything exciting in the realm between. And at the end of the day most bands who attempt the death/black hybrid simply come across as black metal with some chugging riffs and the odd growl, or just death metal with keyboards. But transcending such banalities and slaying all your preconceptions with contemptuous ease, come The Furor.

And rarely is a group so aptly named for fury and rage are the only agenda here and as "Damnations Morning" explodes outward you will attest. Frantic, scything guitars lock horns with relentlessly brutal drumming while the appropriately named Disaster snarls of the apocalypse. When everything is so deliciously vicious it seems pointless mentioning individual songs, but the Fleurety meets Deicide "Surpassing the Steel Array" deserves a special mention for raising the intensity stakes once more; just in case you thought that around the album's halfway point they were going to run out of steam. Utterly exhilarating for those of strong enough constitution, and a shotgun blast to the head of the weak, there really are no two ways to take "Invert Absolute". There is only death here.

It's really amazing to consider just how lightweight an impact 9 members of Slipknot make when compared to the hell-noise the afore mentioned Disaster and his two co-destructors Warlock and Kill Machine summon (take note, kids). And I know I'm namedropping far too many bands here, but in all seriousness, put this album up against big names in the scene such as Aeternus and Vital Remains and the Aussies quite simply wipe the floor with them.

Definitely one of the top five Australian releases of the year, and though I hate to sound like fucking Molly Meldrum here, do yourself a favour and check these guys out NOW!

Review source: The Furor - Invert Absolute Review

Review by: Amducious - Crusty Music Webzine - 2004

The Furor's debut full length album, Invert Absolute, demonstrates not only their skill on their instruments, but also how they should be abused in order to pump out a death ladened black metal masterpiece. Hailing from Perth, this 3 piece offer 8 tracks of blistering black metal and an intro that serves as a good moodsetter for the album. This is skull crushing, aussie black metal at it's best. The vocals sometimes remind me of Jeff Walker, which deffinatley is not a bad thing! And in passages, leans slightly towards more traditional death metal vocals. They are not a pure black metal band, as it is made quite obvious with their death metal inspired chugging riffs scattered through out the album.

With Louis Rando aka Disaster,(Pagan, Pathogen), pounding away on the skins, Invert Absolute serves as a new benchmark of what aussie black/death metal will from now on be compared to! In "Surpassing The Steel Array" there is what can only be described as a small tribute to early ...And Oceans, and there are similarities in their guitar work aswell. But honestly, The Furor have captured their own unique sound in a genre of metal that so many others fail at.

Produced by Aidan Barton at Soverign Studios, (The Berzerker, Voyager) the album displays the bands obvious influences of traditional BM, but at the same time embraces a slightly more epic approach in their song writing, which is demonstrated in "Invisible Paths" clocking in at 8.40. Covered in corpse paint and spikes, The Furor not only look the part, but they expose themselves and gang rape you ear drums for 45 minutes.

This album only gets better and better the more you listen to it, so do yourself a favour and go buy this album! You will not be dissapointed!

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Review by: Matt Smith - Maelstrom Webzine - 2006

These Australian ambassadors of black metal really blaze in this 2004 debut. After an extended intro, the trio gets right to the point, barraging listeners with fast-picked riffs and blast beats set to the sound of Disaster's throaty screams, before slowing for the last track, "Invisible Paths." The production is crisp and the lines are mixed well, so that no instrumentation is lost and even the high-speed guitar lines can be heard clearly.

The Furor isn't unlike a lot of the black / death-crossed music you've heard already, but the band does a better-than-average job on all fronts: The vocals are absolutely sinister and are dynamic enough to avoid monotony, the guitars are tight and varied and their riffs creative, and the drums don't simply amount to a sea of blast beats.

Invert Absolute is a prime example of extreme metal - harsh, pounding instrumentation chugging through well-arranged songs, hardly slowing to build atmosphere, and accompanied by solid, throat-ripping vocals. Albums like this may not be hard to find, but it's always heartening to hear a band that gets all of the basic elements right and can pull off corpse paint and spiked armbands to boot. (7.5/10)

Review source: The Furor - Invert Absolute Review