PHANTOM - Tyrants of Wrath LP HRR 1011LP, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert, download code 1st pressing: 500 x black vinyl, 500 x transparent red vinyl, 300 x white/ magenta galaxy effect vinyl + 200 x multi splatter die hard vinyl, additional poster + A5 card (HRR mailorder exclusive) JC Necrohex - lead guitar and vocals Harel Mortem - lead guitar Rair Tavizon - bass JP Alatorre - drums guest musicians: Emilio Arce - piano and synths Bel Navarro - sepulchral voice 01 Poltergeist 02 The Tower of Seth 03 Violent Invasion 04 Thunderbeast 05 Nimbus 06 Dance of the Spiders 07 Tyrants of Wrath 08 Lost in the Sands 09 Nocturnal Opus 666 10 Nazghul 11 Dark Wings of Death AVAILABLE

Phantom are a speed/thrash metal band from Guadalajara, Mexico, formed in 2021 as a project just for fun. After having cut their teeth on three demos and a split album with four likeminded groups, the four-piece released their debut full-length “Handed to Execution”, which was followed one year later by the EP “Transylvanian Nightmare”. While both were well-received by critics and fans alike, Phantom now up the ante with their second album “Tyrants of Wrath”. “We added more touches of different things to experiment around,” explains singer/guitarist J.C. García. “death/thrash, classic heavy metal, first- and second-wave black metal, even synths and pianos for intros because these songs are more related to the image and topics we talk about – mainly vampires, castles, warriors, death, axes, swords.” Making no bones about the members’ love for the “Castlevania” video game franchise, “Tyrants of Wrath” comes with a fittingly eerie artwork by Maegan LeMay (Cruel Force, Sphinx). Above all though, the record marks a tour de force through the genre’s much cherished traditions – think Razor, Dark Angel, Merciless, Living Death and, of course, Slayer for reference – while adding a fresh spin on things, be it in the shape of ‘Nimbus’ – a tribute to Phantom’s most old-school influences from cult acts such as Manilla Road, Gotham City and Heavy Load – or regarding the off-kilter structure of ‘Nazguhl’, one of many ventures into the unconventional that surprisingly enough never compromise the Mexicans’ extreme metal outlook. “Contrary to most new bands that say they wanna ‘revive’ the genre, we just play what we like,” muses J.C. “Our aim has always been to become a force to be reckoned with and to keep writing the music we would like to listen. In the long term, we wanna tour as much as we can around the world to meet different metal scenes, other places and cultures while presenting our music.” Which should be relatively easy to achieve on the strength of this album. “Tyrants of Wrath” was recorded and mixed at Nehtron Studios Mexico by the band and Héctor Northen, mastering was done by Patrick Engel at German Temple of Disharmony. Phantom will tour Europe in September/October 2025 with Brazil’s Evilcult. “It’s gonna be our first European tour, and we are very excited,” gushes J.C. “You can expect total devastation and absolutely merciless, breakneck performances!”