Review by Alex on September 12, 2019.

Phobophilic has excavated some of the most unnerving death metal you will hear in 2019, this is old school gallantry from the bottom of the genre's most reputable realms. Have we not been battered enough for the year? Apparently not, according to Blood Harvest Records whom will be handling this sacrifice before the altar of embryonic death metal. Undimensioned Identities is Phobophilic's second recording due out the 13th of September, yes Friday the 13th, so better have your hex-proof underwear on and try to grab a hold of this puzzling piece of matter before the scavengers of the underground gobble it all up.

Landing amidst the murkiness with a glowing aura of curses contracted from a place in time no eyes have seen but their own, Phobophilic smoke-screen's the senses of the doubting and corrodes the essence of non-believers with these 4 backwards, crepuscular testimonials. Short in length, but effectively crafted to trigger wandering minds seeking a passage or route to astral and metaphysical mysteries, or so it may appear; Undimensioned Identities provides that frequency of sounds most of us have beard but only few would dare understand; raw, yet graced by the touch of eloquent hands, these abstruse anecdotes crafted and proliferated within the soil of the genre, comes at a time where death metal is peaking and the competition is ever so strong; however, what is at hand can withstand the mighty force of their veteran comrades.

'That Witch Swallowed the Sun' alerts you of the incoming blitzkrieg on the senses, but it's a warning enfeebled. Within the first few musical notes and blustering baying you're already deep-seated and stunned by the trance of the ceremony. The following verses of 'Subterranean Miscreation', 'Diminished to Unbeing' and 'Synaptic Vessel', seal the exits shut and for 18 minutes you're being violently flung-around in a whirlpool of un-creation. Vox are menacingly loud, bass notes drive the cutting force of the riffs and the drumming moves-around like a schizophrenic case.

Interpret this material how you may, personally there's lots of ideas being tossed around when listening to Undimensioned Identities, some within the realm of what we may refer to as fiction (until the penial is penetrated) and some actively apart of grim realities and uncertainties such as nuclear war. Whatever they be, Phobophilic's Undimensioned Identities could be used as accompanying music to the most dreadful and abominable events. Only an ep, but damn it screams 'full-length release'; one better be on the way to follow-up this stellar piece of work. Get your wallets out and add this to your death metal cabinet before Yule arrives.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Review by JD on December 30, 2009.

Iron Horses band name conjures up many images in my quite fertile mind. One of the favourites are of a long line of Harley Davidson Panheads rolling down the highways in a smoke spewing pack, motors thrumming away in a cacophony of pure roaring power as the leather clad riders sombrely pilot their machines along... Ah, that is such a great image, and a flood of pure energy as I let it sit in my head for a moment. Now...on to the task at hand, is this German band as good as that image was?

The band is a conglomeration of straight ahead metal music and some anger-meets-extreme-angst driven Hard Rock that is not really new... but how it is put all together it's actually almost seems to be a new and improved styling of fuck you metal has never been as damned good. The band drips, oozes and just exudes that sort of pure attitude that comes with just being who you are.

These guys are the real deal when it comes to straight ahead music. They mix the styles of such great acts as AC/DC, Ted Nugent and even Priestess with the power of Motorhead and even some Rose Tattoo, yet they have seemed to have made sure that their music is purely their own. They almost out sleaze Motley Crue here... and that is a task that is very hard to do, yet they have!!

If your looking for some serious Shred Metal or some Progressive sort of angles to your musical diet, go elsewhere... but if you are looking for music with loads of attitude, honesty and some seriously large set of gonads... then Iron Horses are the band for you. They do not apologize for who they are, and the seem to want to stomp on those unfortunate people that try to get them to not be who they are.

It seems as the down and dirty type of metal have a new leader come to the forefront, and they will keep that crown for a long time.

Categorical Rating Breakdown　　

Musicianship:8
Atmosphere: 8.5
Production: 8
Originality: 7
Overall: 8

Rating: 7.9 out of 10