Since their 2016 formation PHOBOPHLIC have steadily accumulated early releases in the shape of two demos, 2019\u0092s Undimensioned Identities EP and a split release with Canada\u0092s Sedimentum, all the while honing their craft out across the North American touring circuit – featuring live stints with Gatecreeper and Mutilatred respectively, as well as appearances at LDB Fest and Philadelphia Death Nexus – positioning themselves among US death metals most intriguing young acts.<\/p>\n
Following their early productivity both in studio and on the road, PHOBOPHILIC pulled together to shape Enveloping Absurdity\u0092s eight songs into existence. Shunning the fantastical in favour of lived human reality, the band – composed of Aaron Dudgeon (guitars and vocals), Josh Poer (guitars), Christian Alm (bass) and Vincent Tweten (drums) – opted to center their gaze on what it is to exist. Drawing from French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre as well as Germany\u0092s Fredrich Nietzche\u0092s strains of philosophical thought, Enveloping Absurdity is a meticulous vivisection of the philosophical self and purpose, as it asks fundamental questions of life\u0092s true meaning.<\/p>\n
Across Enveloping Absurdity\u0092s runtime PHOBOPHILIC\u0092s quest for elucidation is explored in punishingly heavy fashion across tracks such as Those Which Stare Back, Nauseating Despair and Survive in Obscurity. But for all of the Midwestern group\u0092s old school death metal artisanship and lyrical angst, there is a fundamental rejection of misplaced nihilism in the form of quieter and reflective passages throughout. No better is this showcased than mid-album track Individuation\u0092s calm before the storm, which offers up Enveloping Absurdity\u0092s most contemplative moment.<\/p>\n
PHOBOPHILIC\u0092s formative promise is fully captured with a stellar production job that retains their to-the-bone intensity, but allows room for the underlying grandiosity of their compositions, thanks to Adam Tucker at Signaturetone Recording in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The artwork was then licensed from Finnish illustrator Joonas R\u00e4s\u00e4nen at EvM Art, as the band sought to marry Enveloping Absurdity\u0092s overarching thematic ponderance with aesthetic totality.<\/p>\n
On their debut long player PHOBOPHILIC rebel against notions of defeat and pessimism, in spite of the struggles that come with an overabundance of consciousness, to a profound embrace of that which ails as well as thrills. At the beating heart of Enveloping Absurdity\u0092s sonic extremity is a victory of the self, not content with simply surviving, but choosing to live. <\/p>\n
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