Phobophilic announce debut album ‘Enveloping Absurdity’
PHOBOPHILIC have announced their debut album!
Titled Enveloping Absurdity, the upcoming album from the Fargo, North Dakokta-based death metal band is their debut full-length record and is scheduled to be released in September this year, via Prosthetic Records.
Following their early productivity both in studio and on the road, the band pulled together to shape Enveloping Absurdity’s eight songs into existence. Shunning the fantastical in favour of lived human reality, the band opted to centre their gaze on what it is to exist. Drawing from French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre as well as Germany’s Fredrich Nietzche’s strains of philosophical thought, Enveloping Absurdity intends to be a meticulous vivisection of the philosophical self and purpose, as it asks fundamental questions of life’s true meaning.
Speaking about the upcoming album, the band shares, “this album feels like a sizable leap forward for us. It’s much more refined than our previous releases in all aspects. We spent a lot of time making sure the songs stood out on their own but also complimented each other and told a full story. Enveloping Absurdity is about recognizing the separation of what we want the human experience to be and what it truly is. It’s the realization of the universe’s complete and utter indifference to humanity, facing that reality and choosing to find meaning from within.”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, PHOBOPHILIC have released the first song from the upcoming album; Those Which Stare Back. The new song was first premiered via Metal Injection. Speaking about the new song, the band adds, “Those Which Stare Back is about personal struggles with depression and the loss of loved ones to addiction, accidental overdose and suicide. It explores the guilt that comes with being alive when those around you who were so full of life have died and wishing you could trade your life for theirs. While lyrically it’s the darkest song on the album, musically it’s the highest energy and immediately throws you into the chaos with twisting and turning riffs and melodic flourishes, reinforcing the turmoil expressed in the lyrics.”
Listen to Those Which Stare Back here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming debut album below:
Track List:
1. Enantiodromia
2. Those Which Stare Back
3. Nauseating Despair
4. Cathedrals of Blood (Twilight of the Idols)
5. Individuation
6. The Illusion of Self
7. Survive in Obscurity
8. Enveloping Absurdity
Enveloping Absurdity is set for release on September 16th via Prosthetic Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
For more information on PHOBOPHILIC like their official page on Facebook.
