REVIEW: PHOBIA - SERENITY THROUGH PAIN

 

PHOBIA - SERENITY THROUGH PAIN (Necropolis/Deathvomit Recs., 2002)

Mastered by Paul Miner

Artwork by Victoria Scalisi

Tracks: 1- God is Grace, 2- Death threat, 3- You Suffer, 4- B.u.s.h., 5- Hurray for Jesus, 6- Poison My Mind, 7- D.F.F.D.,8- Pathetic Minds, 9- Slave to religion, 10- Seig Help. 11- Wounds Through Punishment, 12- Mercy Killing, 13- Closure, 14- Welcome to Violence, 15- White Devil, 16- You, 17- Social Sheep, 18- Rid Self Condemnation, 19- Ways of Destruction, 20- Fueled by Pride, 21- Mental incarceration, 22- Private War, 23- Sovereign

This is a deceiving CD. It starts with an acoustic intro with some clean vocals singing along theguityar and immediately it gets into hyper fast death/Grind with the track called "Death Threat". The first thing that got my attention was the excellent sound quality that this recording has, even better than many of the top bands in the style. Then another thing that hit me was the great riffs that this guys made. In fact they are not going at top speed all the time prefering to do more interesting rhythm changes and emphasizing the heavier than hell rhythms. This riffs that are slower than the grinding blast beat parts are extremely well supported by drummer Matt Mills who is really killer along the whole recording. Heavier than hell. Favorite tracks: "You Suffer", "Poison my Mind" and "Rid Self Condemnation". Contact: www.necropolisrecords.com