Phantomsmasher's "Atomsmasher" album isn't metal

Despite the use of cut-up & heavily effected blast-beats & psychotically screamed (& generally ridiculous) vocal shenanigans, there isn’t really any trace of grindcore on Phantomsmasher's debut album 'Atomsmasher'. Hell, there’s nothing even remotely like metal if I’m being honest! Metal is built on heavy guitars & riffs but there’s next to no guitars included on this record. To my ears it’s a combination of avant-garde experimental music, electronic music, psychedelia & noise; a concoction that sits far closer to the electronic & avant-garde genres than it does to even the more ambitious metal subgenres like avant-garde metal. Therefore, I'd like to see 'Atomsmasher' removed from The Horde & added to Non-Metal.

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