ABSENCE OF THE SACRED is a Singapore based Death Metal band. Kevin Talley, of DAATH, DYING FETUS, CHIMAIRA, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, THE RED CHORD, HATE ETERNAL, M.O.D., MISERY INDEX and SUFFOCATION repute, sessioned drums for a third full-length album, 'Come Hither O Herald Of Death', at Snakeweed Studios in Singapore during June 2009.