Jarhead Fertilizer four-piece metal/grindcore band from Ocean City, Maryland. The first two releases were primarily grindcore/thrashcore/powerviolence infused with elements of death metal. After a six-year wait, the band’s 2021 release Product of My Environment marked a drastic change in sound to groovy death metal with slam and grindcore elements. Featuring members of Full of Hell.

With lyrics inspired by Lovecraftian horror, PHOBOPHILIC’s abrasive explorations of existentialism and the limits of human consciousness are a welcome feature of the currently thriving US death metal scene. The influence of death metal’s forefathers is evident in PHOBOPHILIC’s full throttle output, but their gaze is fixed firmly on the future – wherever it may take them…