PHOBIC - SICK BLEMISHED UNCREATION (Elegy Records, 2002 )
Produced By: Phobic and Elegy Records.
Tracks: 1- Funebre Nuclearity, 2- Wickedness, 3- Iconoclast Rapture, 4- Feed Flesh Messenger, 5- Blemish Murder Execution, 6- Spawn Born In Sin, 7- Mured and Left Behind, 8- Manifestation of Hate, 9- the Right Ones, 10- Cancer of Soul, 11- S-L-999
Recorded at Maelström Studio
Phobic´s music sounds really strange to me. Despite having a death/black metal feeling, the way in which this CD is recorded has surprised me. First of all the vocals are brutal but at the same time follow rhythms that are not the common in this styles (check for example "Funebre Nuclearity". The guitars are fast and the bass is mixed really loud so the sound has a lot of bottom end. There are fast riffs (that are not of the one note type that are used in black metal or death metal many times) and some rhythms are closer to blast beats but the band prefers to play other type of stuff with more heaviness and mid tempos. The sound is good but I would like them to mix louder the guitars to add more brutality to the songs. The drums and vocals are well mixed and are the core of Phobic´s music. A brutal release with interesting arrangements.
Favorite tracks: "Wickedness", "Blemish Murder Execution" and "The Right Ones"
Contact: www.elegymusic.com
