Celophys to Release Phobos Elevator on Emetic Records
Worthy of note for those who worship tone and/or dig the stonerisms of Eastern Europe — which between the two I think really covers everybody — the young gentlemen of Ukrainian duo Celophys will release their new album, Phobos Elevator, on limited CD and LP through US label Emetic Records. The two-piece made their debut with Triassic Desert last fall and worked quickly on the follow-up, which they put out digitally through Bandcamp earlier this month.
Those who would approach should beware that the plodding weedian stomp of Celophys comes packaged with a low death metal growl. We’re talking Chris Barnes and, in less growling moments, earlier Death kind of stuff. This comes as a welcome surprise for the brutality hound in me — I wanted to start a stoner death metal 
band a while back, thinking of it as a logical extension of Weedeater-style sludge, but to no avail; apparently I should’ve checked the Ukraine on Craigslist — and with other outfits experimenting in blends of death-doom and stoner idolatry, Celophys‘ Phobos Elevator makes sense sound-wise in a world gone mad with genre crossover.
No word exactly on when Emetic will put out Phobos Elevator, I’d expect early 2014, though it could be sooner I suppose if there was a real rush, but the rumble-heavy five-track offering will arrive in limited-to-200 pressings of vinyl and CD, and is sure to vibrate the living hell out of any turntable that tries to support its weight.
Stay tuned for more on Celophys and in the meantime, feel free to get acquainted with Phobos Elevator on the player below, which I snagged from their Bandcamp page in a most bastardly fashion.
https://www.facebook.com/celophys/
http://celophysdoom.bandcamp.com/
These are some the best riff’s I’ve ever heard, emphasized by some epic drumming!
If I had things my way, I would prefer cleaner melodic (but meat and with balls)vocals to contrast the the rest of this masterpiece.