{"id":6654,"date":"2023-02-06T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T11:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2023-11-10T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:27:31","slug":"popmatters-com-lists-phalangsts-whiteout-among-the-best-metal-albums-of-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/popmatters-com-lists-phalangsts-whiteout-among-the-best-metal-albums-of-january-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Popmatters.com lists Phal:Angst&#8217;s Whiteout among the best Metal albums of January 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/best-metal-albums-january-2023\/3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/best-metal-albums-january-2023\/3<\/a><br \/>\nEmbedded in the Austrian underground scene, Phal:Angst have been quietly experimenting in the intersection of industrial, electronica, and post-rock. Their newest offering,\u00a0Whiteout, sees them calm down part of their aggressive nature in favor of an atmospheric approach. The emotive post-rock structures and solitary piano of the title track establish as much. Phal: Angst fully submerge in this cinematic essence, combining the ceremonial progression with precise drumming and whispering vocals.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic and industrial aspect further exploits this ambient leaning. \u201cSeverance\u201d combines post-rock motifs with an industrial backbone. The same strategy is deployed to provide the pensive mentality in \u201cLeast Said, Soonest Mended\u201d. Urban beats combine with ethereal guitar playing to create a transcendental experience, as is the case with \u201cWhat a Time to Be Alive\u201d, while more old-school electronica a la Font 242 creeps in with \u201cWhat Rests Mute in Bright Corners\u201d. The more aggressive connotations boost the delivery, with \u201cUnhinged\u201d calling on the more cataclysmic aspect of Mogwai, and a touch of Neurosis. Finally, the re-interpretations of tracks by Lustmord and Jarboe shine a different light on an already very well-done work. \u2013\u00a0Spyros Stasis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.popmatters.com\/best-metal-albums-january-2023\/3 Embedded in the Austrian underground scene, Phal:Angst have been quietly experimenting in the intersection of industrial, electronica, and post-rock. Their newest offering,\u00a0Whiteout, sees them calm down part of their aggressive nature in favor of an atmospheric approach. The emotive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6654"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6657,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6654\/revisions\/6657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phal.angst.band\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}