Monday, April 16, 2012

Phobia/Remnants Of Filth/Willowtip/2012 CD Review


  Phobia  are  a  band  from  Orange  County,  California  that  has  a  history  that  goes  back  more  than  20  years  that  plays  a  musical  style  that  I  would  describe  as  being  brutal  crust/grindcore  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Remnants  Of  Filth"  which  was  released  by  Willowtip.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  grindcore  riffs  that  dominate  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  crust  and  grindcore  together,  while  the  lead  guitars  when  they  are  utilized  are  very  primitive  sounding  crust/grind  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  crustcore style  yelling  and  high  pitched  grindcore  screams  along  with  some  spoken  word  samples  being  thrown  in  at  times,  while  the  lyrics  cover hateful,  political,  drinking  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful  and  heavy  sound  to  it  where  you  can  hear   all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  album  from  Phobia  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  brutal crust/grindcore,  you  should  check  this  album  out.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Dementia  Having  Overdose"  "Let  It  Go"  "No  Sympathy  For  The  Weak"  and  "Filthy  Fucking  Punks".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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