Phobetor are a band from the United Kingdom that has been featured before in this zine and on this recording plays a blackened form of death metal with some touches of groove metal and this is a review of their 2021 album "Through Deepest Fears And Darkest minds" which was released by Black Jasper Records.
Dark sounding keyboards start off the album before going into a heavier direction while the mid tempo sections of the songs also add in elements of groove metal. When the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard while the vocals also add in a good mixture of black metal screams and death metal growls.
Throughout the recording you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts while the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style. Melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing along with a couple of tracks also adding in a brief use of clean playing and all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them as well as the closing song also being very long and epic in length.
On this recording Phobetor takes the brutality of blackened death metal and mixes it with the mid tempo sections of the groove metal to create a very aggressive sounding recording. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics cover Darkness, Death and Dream themes.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Phobetor and if you are a fan of blackened death and groove metal, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Beneath Black Waters" "Your Empty Shadow" "Within Death's Embrace" and "As Dreams Decay". 8 out of 10.
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