Fully loaded blast of old school metal the way it was meant to be!!!
author: Michael Rames
Just knowing that the singer is Kevin Goocher (also the singer for Omen) along with the killer guitar licks of Eric Knudson and the baddness of bassist Glenn Malicki and the driving backbeat of drummer Danny White makes this CD a welcome listen to begin with. It's nothing but old school metal all written and performed the way it was meant to be. Included is guest appearances by Jason McMaster of Dangerous Toys/ Watchtower fame as well as Robert Lowe of Solitude Aeturnus. Its full of greatness with standout tracks like the fast and furious- Pain Machine, the balladesque- Enchanted and the tribute to Dimebag Darrell- Metal Warrior. Soundclips of some of the songs can be found at WWW.PHANTOM-X.NET as well as the video for Enchanted.
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Great production
author: Power Metal Zine
Musically, it does not make Kevin Goocher deviate that much from his other band, OMEN. It offers some typical US metal melodies, in songs like the humnical METAL WARRIOR. Phantom-X sounds really close to OMEN, especially if judged by the opener STORMS OF HELL. Great production.
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In the top 10!
author: HEAVY Magazine
Phantom-X's debut album, Rise of the Phantom, has a place at #7 in the SOUNDCHECK for the December issue of HEAVY Magazine. Great production. Great music. All around great album.
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On the charts
author: RoadRash Bash for Garage Radio
Phantom-X currently has two songs that have placed in the top 10 on GarageRadio. ENCHANTED has been at #1 for 7 weeks now and STORMS OF HELL just rose to #8 for the first week.
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