“Axiom” #5 @ Grind&Punishment’s 2011 top 20!
http://grindandpunishment.blogspot.com/2011/12/grind-in-rewind-2011-20-of-11.html
Nothing prepared for me for the journey Greek grindonauts Dephosphorus had planned with debut mini-album Axiom. Nothing excites me more than to stumble across a never before heard of band that totally kicks my ass, and I’m still walking around with a bruised rump courtesy of Dephosphorus several months later. Easily the biggest surprise of the year, Axiom is also one of the best albums. It stitches together grind, crust, atmosphere and bits of black metal’s obsession with things unworldly; Axiom is one of the most compelling records I heard in 2011. The 12-inch gatefold put out by 7 Degrees is also ABSOLUTELY STUNNING and the best packaging to be found this year. Dephosphorus started the year as unknowns but they close it out with upcoming full length Night Sky Transform lodged at the top of my most anticipated list.
Amazing “Axiom” review in french!
Eklektik Rock, a very cool french webzine, has published an amazing review of “Axiom”. According to the editor, “Axiom” is on top of his 2011 list and … <<<“Axiom” kills everything and in 20 minutes, Dephosphorus puts the record straight and annihilates all competition in terms of extreme metal/hardcore.>>>
http://www.eklektik-rock.com/2011/12/dephosphorus-axiom/
J’ai un peu de mal à me décider cette année pour accoucher de ma fameuse liste de fin d’année, vous savez celle qui recense « les meilleurs albums de la terre de 2011 ». Enfin la liste est à peu près faite, mais l’ordre a tendance à changer un peu tous les jours. Comment décerner ma fameuse médaille d’or du coup ? C’est qu’on a des vrais problèmes hein en cette fin d’année ?
Ce problème est désormais réglé (ouf je respire) et le fait d’écouter cet album en boucle ces derniers jours m’a bien aidé il faut le dire. Bah oui, mon album de l’année 2011 c’est cet Axiom signé par les grecs de Dephosphorus. J’ai encore du mal à croire que ce soit leur premier « album » (et en fait il s’agit d’un EP mais on s’en fout, enfin sauf que du coup il est trop court forcément !). Certes Thanos (guitariste) et Panos (chanteur) qui ont monté le groupe (rejoints après par Nikos pour gérer les affaires de batterie tout ça), ne sont pas de parfaits débutants, ayant officié auparavant dans le groupe Straighthate (que je ne connais absolument pas je dois l’admettre), mais tout de même, la performance est assez saisissante pour un groupe qui devrait bientôt tout péter dans le monde de l’underground.
Si je devais décrire leur « astrogrind », genre auto-proclamé par les grecs eux-mêmes, je le décrirais comme un mélange de grind, death, punk, hardcore et sludge avec une pincée de black (dans les quelques dissonances qu’on entend par-ci par-là). Au risque de surprendre et pour simplifier je dirais qu’Axiom, me fait penser à une copulation barbare entre Napalm Death et Impure Wilhelmina. La comparaison avec les suisses (malheureusement disparus) paraîtra peut-être étrange, mais je la revendique totalement, notamment en ce qui concerne le chant arraché de Panos qui ressemble vraiment à ce que pouvait faire Michaël sur les premiers albums de IW mais aussi quant au son de guitare (dès « Collimator » ça me saute bien aux oreilles). On n’est parfois pas non plus loin de la crasse sludge de Unearthly Trance, groupe avec lequel Dephosphorus partage d’ailleurs de réelles affinités puisque Ryan Lipynsky participe au futur album du groupe à venir… bientôt on espère (car apparemment déjà enregistré)!
Pour autant, et malgré ces quelques références, Dephosphorus réussit l’exploit d’affirmer son style dès cette première sortie, mêlant sa crasse (avec la prod qui va bien) et son barbarisme d’apparence primaires, avec un sens aigu de la petite mélodie qui tue tout et qui s’instille sournoisement en toile de fond, permettant au propos pourtant extrême de ne jamais être indigeste. Ces petites mélodies presque spatiales (d’où le « astro » – grind) font toute la différence et conjuguées à un sens de l’immédiateté punk et à des compos qui ne tirent jamais en longueur en s’embourbant dans des tempos lourds, lents et chiants (à l’inverse de UT donc), rendent les 7 titres de cetalbum absolument irrésistibles et géniales.
Axiom tue tout, et en 20 minutes, Dephosphorus met les pendules à l’heure et annihile toute la concurrence en matière de métal/hardcore extrême. On ne peut décemment que reprocher 2 choses à Dephosphorus à ce stade : un EP c’est trop court quand c’est aussi bon (ce problème sera heureusement réglé dès 2012 avec la sortie de Night Sky Transform qui aura le bon goût de contenir le double de titres), et putain (j’en profite pour faire passer le message, Panos si tu me lis) « vous faites chier à ne sortir Axiom qu’en LP et téléchargement, on veut une version CD bordel !!! ».
Je garde l’appréciation de « Chef d’Oeuvre » pour l’album à venir (ne me décevez pas les gars pitié!), mais on n’en est déjà pas loin avec Axiom…
“Axiom” @ The Living Doorway’s Best of 2011
http://thelivingdoorway.blogspot.com/2011/12/living-doorway-presents-best-of-2011.html
It’s entirely possible that Axiom was the best reader submission TLD received all year, and I believe we might have even been the very first to post it anywhere on the world wide web. An honor for us, of course, especially since just about everyone who came in contact with this blistering clusterfuck of blackened space-grind got burnt to a crisp with utter delight. Seriously. This is the audial equivalent of eating solar flares and shitting space lava.
“Axiom” @ Deaf Sparrow’s Top Ten Of 2011!
http://www.deafsparrow.com/the-best-of-2011-feature.htm
Dephosphorus crushes cocks and balls and on its way, it shits all over all the grind albums put out in 2011. Yeah, yeah, we have all heard about how good Rotten Sound’s latest album is and yeah, whatever that sounds like grindcore and was released on Relapse shall be making the rounds of all the other lists, but in our book, quality grindcore has gone through a makeover and it has come out like a strange fruit with panda bear make up. Axiom, Dephosphorus’ first is an absolute beast of blast beasts, ripped throat screams and guitars so menacing you will instinctively have to hold onto your testicles as if they were the rounded and hairy embodiment of your mommy. In a day and age when Greece is broke as fuck, we thank for the utilities service in Athens and wish that the power never goes out in the ancient city. If only so that Dephosphorus continues to make albums as cock-crushing as Axiom.
“Axiom” is CVLT Nation’s #1 GRINDCORE/ POWER VIOLENCE Release of 2011!
http://www.cvltnation.com/cvlt-nation’s-top-six-grindcore-power-violence-releases-of-2011/
So check this out…how gnarly is gnarly? Better yet. how epic awesome is epic awesome?? Well, I’m hear to tell you the sounds that DEPHOSPHORUS creates on their debut record Axiom deserve all of these accolades & then some. This band is so sick they produced their own genre called astro grind. So you are probably asking yourself, what the fuck is this? From my point of view, it’s some of the heaviest shit that I have heard lately. Basically, DEPHOSPHORUS are some demented musical scientists that have mixed the torment of black metal, the animalistic power of grindcore, the rabid angst of hardcore, the FTW attitude of punk with buckets of blackened soul to produce a record that should be on everyone’s top ten list. While listening to this album, I feel like they are drilling holes into my skull, but I don’t mind because this music is rotting joy to my demented soul. The grooves that DEPHOSPHORUS conjure up are truly astro, they are deep & otherworldly. This band is a perfect example of laying everything on the line & hiding nothing – they put every ounce of their souls into each song. The riffs that you will experience on Axiom might leave you in a state of shock or maybe with just slight brain damage. The tones that the guitars make on this album speak a language of revolution & call for the overthrow of all of the corrupt beings on planet earth. The drumming on this album sounds like an ancient army on a warpath fighting for their rights against a maggot-eating emperor! Grindcore is only the jump off for DEPHOSPHORUS – each song weaves elements of so many different genres you can’t tell where one starts & the other ends, and this blending almost leaves me speechless. What else that gets me hyped about this band is their use of eerie & bugged-out sound effects that give your thoughts a space vehicle to travel on! Vocally, the screams & growls pack a vibe of blackened rage that can’t be ignored – actually while listening to them I get an energy boost. So when you hear their tracks COLLIMATOR or ON THE VERGE OF AN OCCURRENCE, if they don’t make you feel good to be alive, you just might be dead already! Plus, DEPHOSPHORUS get props for their sick album art by Viral Graphics.
‘Axiom’ nominated in the best greek release for 2011 category @ Rockmachine Awards
Why don’t you vote for us ladies & gentlemen?
“Axiom” #5 @ Equivoke/Sanakan’s Top 20 Albums of 2011 list!
http://equivoke-mdl.blogspot.com/2011/12/sanakans-top-20-albums-of-2011.html
I really didn’t expect anything in the grind/hardcore arena to top this year’s GridLink album especially from such a young band, but that’s what Axiom did in my opinion. I’m fucking addicted to this burst of chaotic energy in an absurd sense. A superb blend of breakneck cosmic grind, and crusty blackened hardcore expertly crafted into a truly fantastic and unique experience. Every song is memorable and paced so well, all elements gel together without becoming stale or crowded. The spacey overtone is wonderful. This band has incredible potential and what they display here is most likely only the tip of it.
“Axiom” review @ The Sound Of The Law (in french)
A righteous review in french… <<… Dephosphorus’ music is quite evident when we think about it. This fluidity is its power.>>
http://www.thesoundofthelaw.org/dephosphorus.html
Anciens gratteux des grindeurs de Straigthhate rejoint par le batteur de Injekting Khaos (du black grec influencé par la scène française froide et haineuse façon Antaeus, à la recherche d’un label pour un nouveau mini LP), Desphosphorus vient de pondre un truc qui tourne en boucle chez moi.
Cet ep m’a tout simplement botté le cul, peut être autant que le 1er release de Superstatic Revolution. Assez narratif, diversifié et surtout très bien composé, Dephosphorus ne sonne pas pour autant posé ou stérile, loin là. La rage et le feeling sont palpables. N’hésitant pas à martyriser les futs dans des élans grind ou à perdre quelques neurones dans des plans crusty, les grecs nous envoient aussi un peu plus haut dans le ciel avec quelques plans spacy. Ne tombant pas dans le piège d’une surtechnicité stérile, Dephosphorus reste accessible à tout moment et privilégie les ambiances dissonantes et ne rechigne pas à lorgner vers le death ou le black. Chiadé tout en sonnant spontané. Finalement assez hors carcan, même si grind et post hardcore sont les premiers mots venant à l’esprit, la musique de Dephosphorus est en fait assez évidente quand on y pense. Cette fluidité est sa force.
On ajoute un artwork intéressant et des gars pas cons en inties.prochain album sous peu « Nigth Sky Transform ».tout est prêt, ne reste plus qu’à trouver un label.. Pas la peine de s’étendre plus que ça.
Two reviews of “Axiom in italian
http://dundundudu.blogspot.com/2011/12/dephosphorus-axiom.html
Dephosphorus cominciano a fare robe nel 2008, in Grecia. Dopo anni di demo registrati e altri titititirititi, sbuca fuori Axiom, prodotto da una casa discografica tedesca. E son grosse esplosioni anagogiche e cosmiche in ovunquelato.
‘Sti mangia-aglio han svecchiato un genere come il grindcore nobilitandolo, a loro stesso dire, ad “astrogrind”, dando alla violenza dell’album un valore rituale e purificatorio altissimo e che ha radici enormemente antiche. Un certo tipo di esoteria simil-pitagorica permea tutto l’album sin dal titolo e dall’artwork. La geometria sonora e la perfezione della brutalità dell’album sono tutti i mezzi che i musicisti in questione usano per raggiungere la catarsi, per epurarsi, per diventare un puro esercizio di ragione nella sua accezione più antica, quella degli atti di pura forza che si eseguono in contrasto con la natura violenta della physis stessa. Copiosissimi viaggi metempsicotici ed elevazioni spirituali per un genere che s’era consegnato all’idolatria suicida di pochi fanatici che ne capiscono ben poco.
http://parvulescumonamour.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/dephosphorus-axiom/
Tout court: adrenalina pura.
arrivano direttamente dalla Atene in tumulto che si devasta tra risse con la polizia e spese sociali ai supermercati, il debutto sulla breve distanza di questo trio che gode di un’ottima produzione e di una composizione a tratti davvero ispirata- visto che riesce a mettere più d’un accento personale su un territorio alla fine abbastanza difficile da scardinare e rinnovare come quello grind. ma i ragazzi hanno le carte in regola (e non lo dico soltanto io, pure ondarock lo dice) per prepararci un debutto su ellepì che potrebbe portare una devastazione sonica ancora mai vista in questo terzo, lugubre e riottoso millennio, non so se mi spiego? oh, io incrocio le dita, voi invece gugòlate i ragassi e ascoltatevi le sette tracce: promettono un gran bene.
qui il loro sito officiale dove trovate tutto, e quando dico tutto intendo proprio tutto (frì daunlò, ndr): dephosphorus!
“Axiom” #4 @ Corporate Demon’s top 10 list for 2011
http://corporatedemon.blogspot.com/2011/12/favorite-albums-of-2011.html
4. Dephosphorus – Axiom
Sadly, I don’t even remember where I first read about Dephosphorus. I easily follow over 50 metal sites in my Google Reader. But I am eternally grateful to whoever it was that wrote about this album and enticed me to download it (they released it for free, I do not steal music). For about the first month after I had it on my computer I constantly found myself craving and revisiting it. So I ordered the vinyl, because these guys definitely deserve the support. Axiom hits every sweet spot in my body. Raw fucking energy, intelligent lyrics and a captivating aesthetic. If you haven’t heard this yet, download the free copy and give it a listen. And if you like it fucking buy it. Support the music you love. It feels good. Trust me.
Update concerning Dephosphorus’ members side-bands
- AMNIS NIHILI, featuring Panos on vocals, have recently released their debut mini-album “Christological Escalation” on Avantgarde Music as a digipack CD and cross-shaped 10″ vinyl. 4 tracks/17 minutes of harsh & mesmerizing metal with artwork by Viral Graphics!
- INJEKTING KHAOS, featuring Nikos on drums and vocals, are on the lookout for the appropriate label to release their self-titled mini-album. The artwork has been designed once again by Viral Graphics and the music is all about devastating black/death metal…
- KOMMPOUND, Panos’ field recordings/ambient/drone project, is about to unleash its lengthier release yet, “The Mignola Split”, shared with noise comrade HELLBOY 106. KOMMPOUND contribute with “Northern Sea Ritual”, an epic 40-minute long track.This release will be out as a cassette limited to 50 copies by Blastbeat Mailmurder/Productions in cooperation with Expressionoisesism Prod. It is a tribute to Mike Mignola’s Hellboy comic series. The cover artwork has been designed by fellow scenester Daniel Goudelis from Superpuma.
“Axiom” featured @ Kunal Nandi’s Top 10 for 2011!
http://www.collective-zine.co.uk/news/writer-s-end-of-year-top-10-2011-kunal-nandi/
We are glad that Kunal Nandi from Superfi Records has included “Axiom” in his top 10 list for 2011!!!
Dephosphorus – Axiom LP
Hard working Greek lads get their great self released CD onto wax. Bit crusty, nicely varied, always melodic and always evil.
DEPHOSPHORUS interview @ Metal Hammer Greece
Latest Metal Hammer Greece#324 (December 2011) features a 2-page interview with Dephosphorus. Move your ass to the kiosk and buy it!
CVLT Nation’s Artist to Artist Interview series: DEPHOSPHORUS Vs. UNEARTHLY TRANCE
Following the instalment where Ryan Lipynsky from Unearthly Trance has interviewed Dephosphorus, here’s the interview that Panos and Thanos have done with Unearthly Trance:
http://www.cvltnation.com/dephosphorus-vs-unearthly-trance/#more-23604
“Axiom” review @ Hangar18
http://www.hangar18.com.ar/index.php?topic=27324
Ok, evidentemente éste es el año en que el Metal extremo y los delirios alucinógenos decidieron unir fuerzas definitivamente. No es que antes no hubiera sucedido (nombres como Skeleton Of God, Cephalic Carnage, Agoraphobic Nosebleed o Portal así lo demuestran), pero en la actualidad parece haber una suerte de rebrote de locura generalizada que, en bandas como Mitochondrion, Baring Teeth, Psudoku, Gigan o Flourishing (entre tantas otras), está alcanzando niveles inéditos de creatividad violenta. Dephosphorus es un trío griego nacido en 2008 y, si nos guiamos por lo expuesto en estos siete temas que conforman su debut discográfico, tienen todo lo necesario para sumarse sin problemas a la lista antes mencionada. Se nota una clara fundación Grindcore en su sonido y el hecho de prescindir de bajista los puede asociar directamente con Discordance Axis o Pig Destroyer, con lo cual ya tendríamos un buen punto de referencia para empezar. En efecto, más allá de las voces podridas, los alaridos, los blast-beats y los riffs carnosos, aquí la cosa se pone bien retorcida e impredecible, con múltiples cambios de ritmo operando al filo del caos absoluto, una guitarra que se expande en intrincados y convulsionados paisajes cósmicos, haciendo gala de una vasta gama de recursos e ideas puestas al servicio de trastornar neuronas y quebrar huesos al mismo tiempo. Y es que, aún teniendo en cuenta la demencia surrealista que desprenden estas composiciones, el trío se las arregla para no perder de vista cierta energía visceral que funciona como perfecto balance y le da un sabor particular a su propuesta. Por momentos, suena casi como si en Napalm Death hubieran logrado resucitar e incorporar a sus filas al inmortal Piggy de Voivod, en otros asoma la cabeza cierto espíritu Blackmetalero a la Deathspell Omega pero cubierto de gruesas capas de alquitrán Sludgero y más adelante pueden hacer pensar en unos Neurosis epilépticos y nerviosos. En fin, material con personalidad propia, creatividad desbocada y la rabia suficiente como para atrapar a cualquier amante del extremismo musical que se precie de tal.
“Axiom” review @ metalitalia.com
http://metalitalia.com/album/dephosphorus-axiom/
I Dephosphorus sono l’ultima frontiera del metallo pesante esportato dalla Grecia. Debuttano con “Axiom”, un interessante lavoro che rischia fortemente di ergere la band a ben più che semplice promessa del grindcore europeo. Loro si definiscono “Astrogrind”, noi preferiamo lasciare i termini ad altri e concentrarci sulla sostanza di questo travolgente full-length, un disco astratto, onesto, senza alcun tipo di compromesso e, soprattutto, brillante per creatività. Il delirio sonico di “Axiom” è ampio, tanto quanto basta per immergere ed intrappolare l’ascoltatore in un’orripilante pozza nera come la pece. Un risultato stupefacente se si pensa che, partendo da una semplice e neppure troppo originale base grindcore, il trio greco ha iniettato nel proprio suono delle massicce dosi di black metal e crust, che esaltano al meglio il lato selvaggio e satanico della proposta. Tuttavia, il background dei Dephosphorus è prettamente punk, influenza più che marcata sui sette brani che compongono la breve tracklist, forti di immediatezza e di un incedere adrenalinico esaltante, dove a prendere il sopravvento sulla blasfemia sonora è la ragionata e organizzata forma canzone. La principale forza dell’album è, dunque, quella di picchiare duro ma con criterio, proponendo riff efficaci e diretti ma al tempo stesso profondi e, volendo, ultraterreni, dalla forza tale da confondere l’ascoltatore e metterlo alla prova nel capire dove inizia e finisce un genere, una capacità da lasciare senza parole. A rafforzare la robusta proposta troviamo, poi, l’adatto innesto delle urla disumane del singer, a tratti molto vicino allo stile vocale di Jeff Walker, un’ulteriore aggiunta ad un lavoro con molti punti a suo favore e reso ancor più efficace grazie ad una profusione caotica ma dannatamente adatta al mood della band. “Axiom” è uno degli esempi più personali nel mischiare le tenebre black metal, la ferocia del grindcore, la rabbia dell’hardcore e l’attitudine stradaiola del punk. Dunque, per gli amanti di questo tipo di sonorità, un lavoro da procurarsi ad occhi chiusi. Un songwriting sopra le righe e un impatto conciso, oscuro e divertente fanno di questo lavoro una delle rivelazioni del 2011.
“Axiom” review @ Wahrschauer
http://www.wahrschauer.net/component/reviews/?task=view&rid=1413
Das griechische Trio DEPHOSPHORUS benannte sich bei seiner Gründung 2008 eigentümlicherweise nach dem chemischen Prozess des Abspaltens von Phosphor. Inhaltlich befasst sich die Brachial-Kapelle jedoch viel eher mit untergangenen oder auch zukünftig existenten Lebensformen außerhalb des bekannten Planeten Erde. Dementsprechend nennen DEPHOSPHORUS ihren Sound dann auch „Astrogrind“. Der Begriff Grind(core) mag allerdings nicht zu 100% passen, steckt in der Darbietung doch jede Menge schwere, zähe Doom-Lava, die man auch auf den alten BOLT THROWER Meisterwerken antreffen kann. Manche Gitarrenparts erinnern gar an MORBID ANGEL zu ganz ursprünglichen Zeiten und auch inhaltlich haben die drei offenbar ähnlich gelagerte Interessen wie die spacigen Florida-Deather. Wie auch immer, DEPHOSPHORUS erzielen mit Hilfe der Musik und der archaisch-apokalyptisch angehauchten Lyrics, die (womöglich unbewusst?) immer wieder die Nähe zu Lovecrafts Story „The Doom That Came To Sarnath“ ansteuert, eine beklemmende Stimmung, die so lange durch rasende Drum-Parts befeuert wird, bis das Ausmaß der extraterrestrischen Bedrohung klar wird und letztlich das Ende unserer Zivilisation einläutet. Der Sound des nur als Gatefold-Vinyl (!!!) erhältlichen Albums ist überwiegend extrem dem Underground verhaftet, klingt oftmals gefährlich nahe an der Demoproduktion, jedoch tut dies der „positiven“ Wirkung dieser eindringlichen und durchaus auch abwechslungsreichen Musik kaum einen Abbruch. Insgesamt bin ich ein wenig erstaunt, da diese Produktion eher dem Ende der 80er Jahre entstammen könnte als der Feder von jungen Menschen des 21. Jahrhunderts. Da ich jedoch vor 25 Jahren genau diese Band zu meinen absoluten Top-Acts gezählt hätte, muss ich sie auch 2011 allen Old-School-Death-Metallern wärmstens ans Herz legen!
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