Phobos are a band form Hungary that plays a mixture of ambient black metal and dungeon synth and this is a review of their 2020 album "Aláhullás" which was released by NGC Prod.
Folk instruments start off the album while the music also has its avant garde moments which also mixes in with the heavier sections of the songs at times. During the faster sections of the tracks a great amount of tremolo picking and blast b eats can be heard which also gives the recording more of a raw feeling.
Vocals are mostly angry sounding yet depressive sounding black metal screams while all of the drum beats are programmed. When synths are utilized they also bring in elements ambient and dungeon synth along with most of the tracks being very long and epic in length and the solos and leads are also done in a very melodic style.
Female vocals can also be heard in some parts of the recording along with some clean playing and acoustic guitars also added on some of the tracks. Throughout the album you can also hear a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as one song also introducing melodic male vocals into the music and the riffs also add in a great amount of melody and there are also a couple of instrumentals one of which also adds in touches of harsh noise. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics are written in Hungarian and cover dark themes.
In my opinion Phobos are a very great sounding avant garde mixture of ambient black metal and dungeon synth and if you are a fan of those musical genres, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Bevérzett vásznak" and "Izoláció". 8 out of 10.
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