“Gateway stands as an unrelenting and eldritch death metal opus that seals one chapter while unveiling the next. The album includes material from every songwriting period of the band, some of it dating back to the Deprived and Bringer of Drought eras, as well as Foreordained, of course. We view it as the closing of
Continuing their collaboration with artist Lauri Laaksonen (Desolate Shrine, Convocation, Pestilent Hex) and producer Xavier Berthiaume (Gevurah, Sanctvs) who recorded, mixed and mastered, “Gateway” from Montréal Death Metal force Phobocosm will land on 28th November via Dark Descent Records. Following first single “Sempiternal Penance“, “Unbound” has been unveiled to reinforce the promise of the record.
“When we wrote Deprived, we decided that our first three albums would be a trilogy, so Foreordained is the last chapter of that trilogy. We made a conscious effort to pace all three albums in a similar manner since we wanted them to be linked – starting with a slow, crushing doom song and concluding
Said to be an amalgamation of everything that came before it, a perfectly balanced fusion of the murky Death Metal depravity of debut “Deprived“, blended with the devastating doom of “Bringer Of Drought“, the upcoming new album “Foreordained” from Montreal Quebec Canadians Phobocosm completes a trilogy. Wrapped in artwork by the inimitable Lauri Laaksonen of
Shrouded in artwork by the inimitable Lauri Laaksonen of Desolate Shrine, Convocation, and Pestilent Hex fame, “Foreordained” will complete a trilogy of albums from Montréal Death Metal force Phobocosm as they continue their career-spanning collaboration with Dark Descent Records. A concept album about death, as well as the futility of denying one’s inherent mortality, predestined
