PHOBETOR prepare to release 'When Life Falls Silent'
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When Phobetor released their first EP, Burning Memories, a little over a year ago, they were already hungry to push things further. They knew they had so much more to say, both musically and lyrically, than they had managed to express on their first release. Since then they have been working feverishly upon the solid foundations of Burning Memories, digging deep to find their truth. Now they are ready to present Phobetor reborn – harder, heavier, more extreme, with their hearts laid bare and their undiluted passions aflame. This is the incendiary, uncompromising sound of When Life Falls Silent.
From its beginnings in blood and pain to its ending in a last shuddering breath, life is a wild ride of confusion and terror, boiling black storm clouds punctuated by all too rare rays of warming sunshine. With When Life Falls SilentPhobetor have torn away the veils of deceit that hide this terrifying truth from our frantic eyes; they have tapped the vein of our ceaseless struggles and drunk deep of our desperate blood. In the explosive riffs and agonised vocals they have captured raw, dangerous emotions and soul-shaking power. Sinking their blades into the bodies of thrash, death and black metal and pushing every needle into the red they have created a sound as extreme as it is original. From the aching, barren atmosphere of ‘Blind Widow’ to the bewildering, jagged attack of ‘Bury My Name’ and the defiant screams of ‘Dysmorphia’, When Life Falls Silent is a vicious, visceral and challenging experience, the sound of the reality you cannot bear to face.
From its haunting Hans Trasid (Orkrist, Bleeding Utopia, Dawn Of Destiny etc) artwork to the rage and terror within each song, When Life Falls Silent cannot be ignored. Confrontational and utterly unstoppable, Phobetor are the new voice howling in the darkness, that will tear your world to pieces.
Track Listing:
1 - Merging Infinity 2 - A Toxic Lie 3 - Whispers of Dissonance 4 - Blind Widow 5 - Psychopathy 6 - Bury My Name 7 - Harmony of Solitude 8 - Dysmorphia 9 - When Life Falls Silent
PHOBETOR – WHEN LIFE FALLS SILENT LABEL: BLACK JASPER RECORDS RELEASE DATE: JULY 17th 2020
Genre: Extreme Metal For fans of: Crisis | Machine Head | Behemoth | Opera IX
Debora Conserva - Vocals Mitch Revy - Guitar Marc Dyos - Drums Richard Hunter - Bass (session)
BIOGRAPHY/LOGO
From the warmth, tranquillity and peace of the womb we are cast out into this world in a paroxysm of screams, bewilderment and blood. We are thrown from comforting darkness into blinding light, from simple contentment into an ocean of noise and confusion, turmoil and pain. Throughout the years of our existence we fight against the tides of life, struggling to keep our head above the relentless waves, always aware of the unfathomable depths below us, sucking at our thrashing limbs. Occasionally we will crawl, coughing and spluttering, onto tiny islands of contentment, vomiting our terror onto the warm sands and crying tears of gratitude and joy for the respite. But the wild storms of existence are never far away and soon we are lifted by the winds and flung back into the raging waters to struggle again. Until we finally find our sanctuary once more...in the stillness, the darkness, the peace of the tomb.
Since they began, Phobetor’s drive and vision was to mirror the anguish and chaos of life, to capture its essence and reflect it back into the hearts of the masses. While their first EP, Burning Memories, may have worked with familiar ingredients, blending groove and melody into strong song structures, there was always the desire for more; more extremity, more intensity, more individuality and a more ambitious and challenging approach. Now those goals have been achieved and Phobetor have found their sound and their identity. They stand alone while the adherents to genre rage around them. All the desperate, senseless struggles of human existence ensnared in a soul-shaking primal scream. All forms of extreme metal boiling in a cauldron of heartache and fury. This is When Life Falls Silent and it is the truth behind the veil, the seething turbulence of reality without the comfort of mutually agreed upon deceits. Lurching, staggering riffs that explode into violence, a voice lost in nightmares, unfettered emotion, nerve-shredding tension and unstoppable force...Phobetor are a new voice, a scream of defiance in the face of hopelessness and the sound of the reality you cannot bear to face.
Mixed and mastered by Krysthla guitarist Neil Hudson and presented in the perfectly unsettling, darkly disturbing artwork of Hans Trasid (Orkrist, Bleeding Utopia, Dawn Of Destiny etc) When Life Falls Silent is a complete entity, the realisation of Phobetor’s ferocious dreams. Dare to look beyond the garish comforts that blind you and howl into the void with Phobetor...
DISCOGRAPHY
Burning Memories - (EP) 2019 When Life Falls Silent - 2020