We are a pulsating tumor on the Earth’s festering flesh. International blackened deathcore project Phasma had thrown everything, including the kitchen sink, into their songwriting over the course of two independently released full-length albums so far. Given their sonic progression up to this point, I was thinking they’d get even kookier with their new album Purgatory but instead they’ve served up a tighter and much more focused effort, this time with the support of black and death metal favorite Transcending Obscurity Records. Gone are the djent riffs that peppered Phasma’s 2018 self-titled debut and they’ve reigned in the overly scattered … Continue reading Review: Phasma – Purgatory