Den nya powertrion Philm som levererar post-hardcore metal/punk består av Dave Lombardo (Slayer) på trummor, Gerry Nestler (Civil Defiance) på gitarr/sång och Pancho Tomaselli (War) på bas. Philm släpper sitt debutalbum Harmonic den 15 maj via Ipecac Recordings.
Låtlista Harmonic:
1. Vitriolize
2. Mitch
3. Hun
4. Area
5. Way Down
6. Harmonic
7. Exuberance
8. Sex Amp
9. Amoniac
10. Held in Light
11. Dome
12. Killion
13. Mezzanine
14. Mild
15. Meditation
Lombardo berättar om Philm’s ljud, ”When people hear about my involvement in Philm, they automatically assume that it will compare to Slayers’s sound, they couldn’t be more different. I have scaled down my drum set to a four-piece, reminiscent of the drummers from the late ’60s that influenced me. Each song is unique in itself, I like to refer to it as ’rhythmic emotion.’ It’s almost like taking all the heavy songs of the ’60s and bringing that era to a modern plateau, then blending them with the modern trance and psychedelic sounds of today.”
Om debutalbumet Harmonic säger Lombardo, ”We decided to record Harmonic in the intimate setting of a home, with various vintage recording equipment. The music was written collectively in an improvisational manner, unlike the majority of recordings I’ve done before. This was very important given this is my first recording where I’m carrying the title of producer and performer. The album achieves a dense, unholy convergence of tones and discords. We also touch on haunting, desolate, ambient sounds. Our music tends to be written in a manner where we never know the outcome until we listen back to what we recorded. A harmonic journey.”
Det finns fortfarande spår av metal i Philm’s ljud men bandet koncentrerar sig mer på andra stilar som jazz, ambient, hardcore punk, experimentel och funk i en lite hårdare tappning. Ett skäl till den här blandningen beror på att Lombardo’s bandmedlemmar, Tomaselli har varit med i funk/rock bandet War ända från starten och Nestler frontar proggrock bandet Civil Defiance, addera allt detta och du får den underbara värld som Philm lever i.
Nestler berättar om Philm’s medlemmar, ”Dave and I first got together in 1997 to start an original band. We later regrouped between Slayer’s scheduled tour dates in late 2009, playing some upstairs jams at the Rainbow in Hollywood. We then decided to restart our band. Pancho had met Dave a few years back at one Dave’s drum clinics and we decided to invite him in.”
Angående Philm’s ljud säger Nestler, ”The music of Philm is channeled through the many different influences of drum and bass, expressionism, and underground that ranges via ancient and indigenous to street. There are many different things that Dave and I have been into that have contributed to the vision of Philm. Pancho’s highly skilled bass playing, chordal color and shape have helped expand the overall sound instrumentation and groove. Dave Lombardo’s drumming goes without comparison, except that it might be said, to quote Pancho that ’it’s like playing with the seven, not four, horses of the Apocalypse behind you.'”
Ett live klipp av Philm när de spelar på Roxy i West Hollywood, Kalifornien den 29 maj 2011 kan du se här under.
