PHASMA - Purgatory
Transcending Obscurity Records
I'd file this one under the genre title Extreme Fuckin Metal. Yes I'm serious about that and no I don't want to create a new genre. There's just a hell of a lot to unpack here on this one. For starters this is a two piece act featuring Jason Athanasiadis and Luis Ferre. Jason Athanasiadis is from Greece and the composer of the band. Basically he creates the music which is a combination of Atmospheric Black Metal and all styles / sub genres of Death Metal. I give this guy props because half of these cuts are insanity while others are regiment ally stable.
Which brings us to the vocalist Luis Ferre from the US who is an Extreme Metal singer to the hilt. He can do harsh blackened screams, cookie monster vocals and even Brutal DM pig squeals. So with this tag-team of the extreme they musically produce something akin to a beat-down with an added saws- saw cutting through your banging forehead. Yeah there's actually some groove to it all.
This full length is six cuts long with Roman numerals as titles. Yeah I know why waste time with lyrics or song titles when it's all about musical destruction. Be that as it may, and it's just fuckin January damm it, there's something cool about this fuckin insanity. While the opening two cuts are out to tear you to ribbons. What comes next is where I find some cool touches. Midway into this album is where Jason Athanasiadis really excels on the song structures that more define what's going on in his deranged mind.
In the end this is the most insane extreme music experience you'll hear this year, and it's just January. Or you'll walk away feeling I'm insane anyway and you'll blast this because you like noise for the sake of noise. All I know is that I need a drink and a smoke after listening to this nightmare. The final cut has the audacity to end it with Hammond organ sounding keyboards. That's the audio equivalent of giving you the middle finger. That's right we're done and fuck you. Yeah this release is a winner.
LISTEN HERE:
https://phasmametal.bandcamp.com/album/purgatory
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