PHOBOPHILIC — Demo 1 (review)

PHOBOPHILIC — Demo 1 album cover Demo · 2017 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Demo 1" is the first demo release by US, North Dakota based death metal act Phobophilic. The demo was independently released in July 2017. Phobophilic formed in 2016 in Fargo. It´s not every day you come across an extreme metal act from North Dakota, and I´m guessing it´s not a state with a huge extreme metal scene, but these guys have obviously found each other and formed a band.

The demo features 6 tracks (one is a short intro) and a total playing time of 20:57 minutes, so there´s enough quantity here to get to know what Phobophilic sound like. To my ears they play a relatively creative type of old school death metal, with the occasional more contemporary twist (breakdowns and some pretty technical playing). The music features quite a few tempo changes, and can go from slow and doomy, to mid-paced and heavy, to fast-paced and blasting in a matter of seconds (acts like Demilich, Adramelech, and Disembowelment are valid references at various points during the playing time). The vocals are either growling, or slighly more aggressive and snarling. They are brutal and quite intense, and they are generally a great asset to the music.

Considering that this is a demo release, it features a very well sounding production job. Raw, brutal, yet detailed. So upon conclusion Phobophilic arguably hit something a bit special with this release. Not only are the musical performances on a high level on all posts, but the sound production is also of a high quality, and add to that some creative songwriting resulting in an adventurous horror drenced and almost darkly psychedelic old school death metal journey. This is more than just a promising first release and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is more than deserved.
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