Style: cavernous death metal, atmospheric death metal
Primary Emotions/Themes: death metal that scours the line between intensity, atmosphere, and brutality
Thoughts: It's interesting how a band can change from one album to another. This is the debut album from Phobocosm, and it sounds like it's a completely different band than Bringer of Drought.
There are two major differences here than the sophomore album: song length and the energy at which the songs are delivered. Firstly the songs are about half the length here than they are on the follow up. The ideas are more concise and I think that works in the bands favor. The feeling of being lost in the riffs is gone, and as a result the band has a more active approach to the riffs and as an extension the music itself.
The riffs here are the main difference maker. They are still muddy and nasty as they are on the follow up, but god damn do they keep my attention more. There are multiple parts on the album where the band will come out of no where with a massive riff that makes me stop what I'm doing and pay attention (listen to the ending of Drowned and tell me that's not killer). It's night and day to compare the two albums, with Deprived coming out the victor by a long shot.
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