CRAB PHOBIA — Vol.I (review)

CRAB PHOBIA — Vol.I album cover Demo · 1989 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2.5/5 ·
UMUR
"Vol.I" is the first demo release by Swedish thrash/death metal act Crab Phobia. The demo was independently released in 1989. Crab Phobia was formed in 1989 and "Vol.I" is their only release as they changed their name to Traumatic in 1990.

Stylistically the material on the 5 track, 14:48 minutes long demo is brutal thrash metal with raw growling vocals, which place the music in thrash/death metal territory. It´s almost 50/50 so it´s arguably hard to tag the material on "Vol.I" correctly, but I´d predominatly call the instrumental part of the music thrash metal while the vocals belong in death metal territory. Crab Phobia are a well playing act and especially drummer Totte Martini deserves a mention for his powerful and tight drumming. The material is effective and powerful enough, but nothing out of the ordinary for the style.

"Vol.I" features a relatively well sounding production, although the guitars aren´t placed high enough in the mix and are sometimes overpowered by the loud bass (which by the way is really well produced). The drums feature a clear and powerful sound, while the vocals feature a lot of reverb effect. A 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is warranted.
Share this review
more

Review Comments

Post a public comment below | Send private message to the reviewer
Please login to post a shout
No shouts posted yet. Be the first member to do so above!

Review Index

Member Zone

Username:
Password:
Stay signed in

Metal Subgenres

Artists Alpha-index

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Rot Stink Rip Death Metal
TOMBSTONER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Human Rosin Melodic Metalcore
HATE BREEDER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Through The Hell Hardcore Punk
ENEMY 906
Buy this album from MMA partners
Lightmatter: Rebirth Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
Eye Of Horus (Lightmatter EP Pt. 2) Deathcore
EARTHGAZER
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

Agremorta - Adrocitas (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Ploratus Umbra (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
Agremorta - Vertex Membrana (Official Lyric Video)
AGREMORTA
Bosh66· 5 days ago
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR - The Temple Of Curved Space (Official Track Stream)
HAIL SPIRIT NOIR
adg211288· 5 days ago
In Sulfur - The Gate (OFFICIAL VIDEO) 2022
IN SULFUR
Bosh66· 6 days ago
More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us
Follow us on Twitter Become a Facebook fan RSS Feed